Guest Commentary by Brian Brady If your inner rebel is calling you this tax season, you might want to head up to the Oceanside Pier Ampitheater on Monday, April 16, 2012. Taxpayer advocacy group Stop Taxing Us is hosting its Fourth Annual Tea Party Rally, from 4:55PM until 7:05 PM. Stop Taxing Us is Southern California’s largest tea party group …
“I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today”
Alyssia Finley, quoted in the OC Register… “The fate of California Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative depends on whether voters buy his sales pitch that the new revenues will benefit schools. They won’t… About half of all new revenues will actually go to teachers’ pensions.” Of course the issue here is the pensions. They need to be funded, but why …
California “Tax Freedom Day” IMPROVES – sorta, kinda
San Diego Tax Fighters 10969 Red Cedar Dr. San Diego, CA 92131 Voice: (858) 530-3027 Monday, 2 April, 2012 Press Release – Authored by Richard Rider California “Tax Freedom Day” IMPROVES – sorta, kinda Today the Tax Foundation released its annual computation of “Tax Freedom Day” for the nation and each state. http://taxfoundation.org/taxfreedomday, “Tax Freedom Day” is the day on …
Sherry Hodges Statement on Farrah Douglas
Guest Commentary by Sherry Hodges Farrah Douglas irresponsibly and falsely claims I was responsible for the release of information about her personal and business financial difficulties. I can understand Ms. Douglas’ desire to shift attention from her financial problems, since she is competing to represent the people of the 76th Assembly District in Sacramento, and oversight of state finances is …
EDUCATION: What’s the mayor got to do with it?
Little doubt that education is one of today’s hottest political topics. Candidates for mayor of America’s Finest City even managed to weave the buzz-worthy issue into their platforms. Tomorrow, a forum promises to delve head-first into the matter and answer the one question which seems to come up time and again: What’s the mayor got to do with education? For …
The GOP didn’t reject Fletcher, it embraced DeMaio
By Jason Cabel Roe Originally posted on FlashReport on April 2 If it weren’t for the Republican Party, we would not even know who Nathan Fletcher is. That’s right, the political party he abandoned last week after 15 years of professional association; the one that provided the structure and opportunities for a politically ambitious young man to learn the system; …
President Shocks Reporters
Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by Communities@Washington Times , March 31, 2012. Used by permission. In an unprecedented (alleged) press conference, the president made some announcements which elicited stunned gasps from the crowd of reporters who covered it. Since that moment, all of Washington has been in a buzz as talking heads and spectators try to figure out …
Breaking: Bob Filner releases long awaited pension plan
After months of delays and promises, mayoral candidate Bob Filner today released his long-anticipated pension plan for the City of San Diego, showing hundreds of millions of dollars in savings over the first three decades of implementation. The document, titled the “Long and Winding Roadmap,” was immediately praised by the local Democratic Party and the San Diego and Imperial Counties …
Team Fletcher: “Just Win, Baby!”
Politics & Media Mashup will return next week. This week, it’s all Nathan Fletcher all the time. Nathan Fletcher left the Republican Party because there’s nothing he wants more than to be San Diego’s next mayor. Yes, to me it’s that simple. Fletcher said this week he was leaving the party – with less than three months before the June …
The “Buffet Rule” will cover 0.1% of annual Obama budget deficit
No, not 1%. ZERO POINT ONE PERCENT. http://open.salon.com/blog/richard_rider/2012/03/29/the_buffet_rule_will_cover_01_of_obama_budget_deficit or http://www.flashreport.org/blog/?p=53194
Farrah Douglas responds: Rumors, anonymous packages, and bogus investigations will not deter me
Guest Commentary by Farrah Douglas When I announced my candidacy for the 76th State Assembly, I knew I was going to have a tough race. But I was not prepared for the level of bullying, intimidation, and dishonesty that I have experienced as I fight to represent our community in Sacramento. The most recent example is the anonymous – and …
Please Sign On-Line Petition to Aid Parent-Led Reforms in San Diego City Schools
Rostra Friend Debra O’Toole told us March 14 about a Parent-Led education reform group called VoiceForOurKids.org. She asks our help now by signing this Online Petition protesting an Unfair change in San Diego City Schools graduation requirements. The changes, she writes, will ruin the college-prep plans of many local teenagers and their parents. Please take a moment to click the link, read …
Log Cabin Republicans rescind Fletcher endorsement … and praise him
A press release from LCR San Diego in response to today’s Nathan Fletcher announcement… LCRSD PR Rescind Fletcher Endorsement March 2012
Rider suffers theft — seeks millions from Juan Williams
Egad! Juan Williams (he’s a black guy, BTW) STOLE my controversial Trayvon Martin SDROSTRA blog item and my follow-on comments, converting them into a WS JOURNAL op-ed published this morning. Read it here. The harm I’ve suffered is incalculable. My crack team of lawyers will be in court this afternoon to seek legal redress (and millions in compensation) for this …
Nathan’s Incredibly Bad Move
If Nathan had made the announcement about his party switch six-months ago it could have been construed as a statement of principle, but because he made the move six-weeks before the election it looks like an act of desperation by a candidate who is stuck in fourth place. Of course, that’s exactly where he is in the latest polling. But …
Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party
Today, I’m announcing my decision to leave the Republican Party and re-register as an independent. This is a decision I’ve struggled with for some time, and I wanted you to hear the reasoning directly from me. Please click on the video below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=glhfg9oXlZ0
Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally – San Diego
I went to the Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally last Friday in downtown San Diego. I was struck by how impassioned both the speakers and participants were. The President’s policies are uniting people of faith against him. The speakers all spoke of the importance of freedom and conscience to the proper functioning of government. They spoke of the continued …
Breaking: El Cajon Councilman Tony Ambrose
Longtime El Cajon Planning Commissioner Tony Ambrose was just unanimously appointed by the City Council to the vacancy resulting from the recent resignation of Jillian Hanson-Cox. Ambrose is a Republican. The U-T San Diego will no doubt have additional details soon
Vargas Dominos
If State Senator Juan Vargas wins a Congressional matchup against former State Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny (and others), it will result in a vacant Senate seat. Assemblyman Ben Hueso lives in Vargas’ Senate district. If Hueso were to run and win a special election for Senate, it would create a vacancy in his Assembly seat. So, who would run for …
Breaking: Insiders say Bonilla is resigning from Otay Water board to take position in Mexico
Jaime Bonilla, trustee and former president of the Otay Water Board, has resigned to accept a position as an official in Mexico, insiders say. It is said the position may be to work for a Congressman, although Rostra is awaiting written confirmation. Bonilla has long been “credited” with nearly single-handedly controlling the board majority at the Otay district, including driving …
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