Posted at the FlashReport today… Ex-Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham is slowly winding down a lengthy sentence in a federal prison — the crime committed by this war-hero-turned-politician? He sold America. Literally. As a Member of Congress, he personally profited, and not in a small way, by selling his votes. One of the most stunning pieces of evidence introduced in the …
How to legally receive the superb WALL ST JOURNAL Opinion section daily by email
As I mentioned in a previous posting, for me, my WALL ST JOURNAL newspaper is my catnip with my morning coffee — at least the Opinion section. Great stuff. Oddly enough, you can subscribe FOR FREE online for this very section. The WSJ will send you a daily email with the editorials, op-eds, letters to the editor — with the …
Naked? There’s An App for That
Just four days remain before Mayor Jerry Sanders and team closes the AT&T San Diego Apps Challenge. So far, a total of 43 app ideas posted propose everything from wanting a nuts-and-bolts explainer on the enrollment process in “good public schools” to a full list of all the contact information for local elected officials, from email addresses to Twitter handles. …
Sweetwater Recall: Union-driven, or broader coalition? Let’s see…
An interesting story posted the other day in U-T San Diego, questions whether or not the recall attempt against three members of the Sweetwater Union High School Board is union-driven or a broader coalition of community members, parents, and taxpayers. Of course, we’ll run down the facts and let you decide…
Who wants to be a City School Board member? … 30 days left to file vs. John Evans (D) in GOP-leaning District A
March 9th is the deadline to file for a seat on the San Diego Unified School Board in the June 5, 2012 primary. A Democrat (John Evans) presently holds the Republican-leaning District A post. But Republican Mitz Lee won here in 2004, and beat Evans 60% to 40% in the 2008 primary… so it is winnable. If YOU, or someone you know lives here …
As Super Bowl Shows, Build Stadiums for Love and Not Money
Speaking of Super Bowls (today’s the day!), here’s a timely article on building new stadiums to draw such “profitable” events to a city. As one might expect from a well-referenced, objective analysis (such as this opinion piece), it’s a BAD idea financially. There might be other “rah-rah” reasons that voters would approve such projects, but proponents’ bogus economic claims of …
Alpert: ‘There is very little trust inside San Diego Unified’
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://sdrostra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Emily.jpg” captiontext=”Emily Alpert”] Politics & Media Mashup: your weekend news aggregator leads off with a Q & A with Emily Alpert, the former education reporter at voiceofsandiego.org. Also included: Gobs of links to some of the week’s best stories about local, state and national politics as well as social and traditional media. Emily Alpert covered education for voiceofsandiego.org until she was laid …
Zane: Court ruling nothing short of huge
An op-ed written by T.J. Zane in today’s U-T San Diego discusses the recent favorable U.S. District Court ruling on campaign finance regulations in the City of San Diego, the role The Lincoln Club of San Diego County played in the case, what’s changed and why it’s so important to San Diegans. Zane is President and CEO of the …
AD 78 …Toni Atkins has primary challenge — Supervisor Greg Cox still unopposed — and reports he has $343,939 cash-on-hand. No wonder!
Read about new candidates first at SD Rostra… (1) Assemblywoman Toni Atkins faces a Democratic primary challenge from veteran attorney Donald Loftus of San Diego… (2) Supervisor Dianne Jacob (R) has a new competitor, Michael Shea of El Cajon, in the 2nd Supervisorial District. Rudy Reyes is already in that field. Both Reyes and Shea are Democrats… (3) Supervisor Greg Cox (R) …
DUMANIS: Redevelopment Must Continue in San Diego
SAN DIEGO – San Diego District Attorney and Mayoral candidate Bonnie Dumanis today released the following statement marking the end of the Center City Development Corp. and the Southeastern Development Corp. and addressing the need for successor agencies to assist and promote redevelopment in San Diego. Today is the start of a new chapter for the city of San Diego …
Global Warming Vs. Affordable Inhalers: An Inconvenient Truth
Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by Washington Times Communities on January 28, 2012. Used by permission. The pharmacist seemed sympathetic to my plight. Sadly, he explained that Primatene Mist (an over the counter inhaler for asthmatics) had been taken off the market. I was not surprised. Certainly many doctors have warned people of Primatene’s potential side effects. Oddly …
Really, We Can’t Make This $#!X Up!
We’ve gotten Jerry Sanders dropping f-bombs and then it was Ben Hueso doing an impression of Stevie Wonder. Last year, it was SDPD Chief Bill Landsdowne gleefully (my description) aiming his Taser at Councilman Carl DeMaio’s… uh… let’s just say he hit way below the belt. All of this has been good clean fun in the service of calling attention …
City Council is Forced to Put Pension Reform on June Ballot
Yesterday the San Diego City Council fulfilled its legal obligation to place the Comprehensive Pension Reform Ballot Measure on the June 2012 city election. The CPR Ballot Measure is the centerpiece of my plan to fix the city’s financial problems. Thanks to the hard work of thousands of San Diegans who helped collect a record-breaking 145,000 signatures, San Diegans will …
McCann makes a “robocall” to Sweetwater residents about colleagues’ legal expenses
Sweetwater Schools Trustee John McCann placed an automated phone call to district residents, asking for action to oppose the use of taxpayer funds for the legal defense of three of his colleagues and a former board member. Wendy Fry at the UT has the story, where you can listen to the recording. Here are the board docket items for tonight’s …
A Monday look at Friday’s Rostra Fun
Rostra blogger Tony Manolatos is doing a weekly segment on KOGO with host LaDona Harvey, every Friday during the 3 p.m. hour. If you missed last Friday’s show, Tony discussed the mayoral poll results that Jim Sills broke on Rostra Friday morning, the U-T’s vision for Downtown San Diego and other fun stuff. Have a listen here. The segment with …
Jerry Brown claims HSR can be built far cheaper — and for free
Today Governor Jerry Brown claimed that CA High Speed Rail will cost “a lot less” than the current $100 billion figure that “people are saying” it’s going to cost. And he found a gold mine of free money that’s going to pay for it. The man needs some serious drug testing. Jerry, $100 billion is not “what people are saying” …
Rallying the Pension Reform Troops
Yesterday I held the first in a citywide series of Pension Reform Town Hall meetings, to keep the public engaged and involved in this critical ballot measure. Here’s the story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byJPw5G1E-0
Vote for Sylvia Sullivan’s Pro-Life Poem, “Please Forget me Not”
Tireless East County conservative leader Sylvia Sullivan has entered a national poetry competition dedicated to the Pro-Life Movement. Sylvia’s moving and compelling words are reproduced below. If you like the poem, please join me in Voting For It at this link. Just click the Facebook “Like” button on Sylvia’s poem while logged onto the Facebook link nearby. The poetry competition is sponsored by the Manhattan Declaration, …
Voice’s Fact Check King: One False Claim Is Found Every Week
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://sdrostra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kyle-Keegan-2010-100px-11.jpg” captiontext=”Keegan Kyle”] Politics & Media Mashup: your weekend news aggregator leads off with a Q & A with Keegan Kyle, the Fact Check King at voiceofsandiego.org. Also included: Gobs of links to some of the week’s best stories about local, state and national politics as well as social and traditional media. If you read voiceofsandiego.org you read Keegan Kyle, who …
Do State Labor Laws Trump Democracy?
That seems to be the position taken in a lawsuit filed by the Municipal Employees Association of San Diego. From the U-T: The Municipal Employees Association, San Diego’s largest public employee union representing white-collar workers, has accused Mayor Jerry Sanders of violating state labor laws by refusing to negotiate the elements in the initiative while at the same time using …
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