Is it just my interpretation or did County Board of Education Member Jerry Rindone give the proverbial finger to Tony Krvaric and the Central Committee at the endorsement proceedings a couple of weeks back? First off, let me say how disappointed several Central Committee members were when the vote was taken via voice vote in a room full of both …
Dumanis: Education is Key to Reducing Truancy and Crime, Improving Quality of Life
SAN DIEGO – Citing the importance of education in combating truancy and crime, District Attorney and candidate for mayor Bonnie Dumanis announced today her support for the San Diego County Office of Education’s plans to reduce truancy by asking parents and community members to be alert to truant youth in their neighborhoods. As part of the plan, county officials are …
EGCA Weighs In On Mayoral Race
I’m honored to have the support of the Engineering and General Contractors Association for my mayoral campaign and “Save Our Streets Plan.” http://youtu.be/3WF_e7NDnwo
During the Internet Blacklist Protest, SD Rostra is ONLINE!
As a means of protesting pending Internet blacklist legislation known as SOPA and PIPA*, instead of going OFFLINE, we are staying ONLINE. After all, what better way to promote free speech, then to continue to engage in free speech? Why censor ourselves? *The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Protect …
Rostra’s Marie Waldron reports $128,000 Cash-on-Hand for her State Assembly Bid! Well done, Marie.
In an amazing accomplishment for a non-incumbent candidate, Escondido Councilwoman Marie Waldron (75th AD) will report $155,000 raised, and $128,000 cash-on-hand through December 31, 2011. How good is that? Let’s Compare … two years ago at this time, Assembly incumbent Marty Block (D) had $49,532 cash-on-hand, Kevin Jeffries (R) had $68,536, and Sen. Chris Kehoe (D), $26,009. A Big Tip of …
Two Endorsements, Two Narratives
Interesting day in the mayoral race. Both Nathan Fletcher and Carl DeMaio rolled out significant endorsements that say a lot about their priorities and what to expect from their prospective administrations. Nathan Fletcher and the Lifeguard Union Fletcher announced the endorsement of the Lifeguards union and released a “Clean Water and Safe Beaches Plan.” Fletcher is clearly continuing to advance …
Press Release: Jerome Stocks to head up Steve Danon campaign effort
ENCINITAS MAYOR, SANDAG CHAIR JEROME STOCKS TO HEAD DANON FOR SUPERVISOR CAMPAIGN Encinitas, CA – Jerome Stocks, Encinitas Mayor and San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) chair, representing all 18 cities throughout the region, today announced he will chair the Steve Danon for County Supervisor campaign. “It’s a pleasure to join Steve’s campaign as Campaign Chairman,” said Stocks. “It’s crucial …
Reaction to the first Mayoral Debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUF_5b38nMo&feature=player_embedded
San Diego Mayoral Debate Mashup
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://sdrostra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/invite.jpg”] The Lincoln Club of San Diego County, San Diego County Taxpayers Association & The City Club sponsored Friday’s Mayoral Debate at the U.S. Grant Hotel. All four major candidates — City Councilman Carl DeMaio, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, Congressman Bob Filner and State Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher — attended the standing-room-only debate. This was the first debate to include …
Rider now a weekly TV commentator on XETV-6 morning news
Good news! XETV TV-6 in San Diego has made me a regularly scheduled weekly commentator on their morning news show. Apparently they were sufficiently pleased with my recent appearance (below) to add me to their stable of talking heads. Given that they were satisfied with this rather mediocre performance, I should be good for a 10 year run at least! …
Bob Kittle: ‘I have no interest in returning to the U-T’
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://sdrostra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Robert_Kittle_mug.jpg” captiontext=”Bob Kittle”] Politics & Media Mashup: your weekend news aggregator leads off with an exclusive Q & A with Bob Kittle and includes links to some of the week’s best stories about local, state and national politics as well as social and traditional media. Most of you are familiar with Bob Kittle, the former editorial page editor at U-T San …
Belly Up to the Bar Part II – UStream of the Mayoral Debate
If you missed Gayle Falkenthal’s Part 1, The San Diego Rostra Mayoral Debate Drinking Game, please read that little gem here. For those who can’t make it to the debate tonight at the U.S. Grant Hotel (5 p.m.), it will be on UStream, thanks to some quick thinking and work by the Lincoln Club and San Diego County Taxpayers Association. …
Belly up to the bar: The San Diego Rostra Mayoral Debate Drinking Game
For true San Diego poliwonks, New Year’s Eve was just a warm-up act. We know many of you have been saving yourself for the real deal: Political Debate Season 2012. Starting Friday, January 13 with the first official San Diego Mayoral Debate of 2012, we will soon be subjected to a seemingly endless series of candidate debates and it will …
DeMaio Releases “Welcome Home Plan” To Help Veterans Transition to Jobs
As a proud military town with a large population of service members and veterans, San Diego must be a city committed to ensuring our veterans are successfully employed upon leaving the military and entering the civilian workforce. There were roughly 200,000 more veterans in the labor force this June than there were a year earlier, according to the Bureau of …
Bill Walton Supports Nathan Fletcher
by Bill Walton Tuesday, Nathan Fletcher delivered a major address at one of San Diego’s most innovative companies detailing his plans to make San Diego the World’s Most Innovative City. I was proud and honored to introduce him, and to be there as he laid out his vision for the future of San Diego. Nathan not only has a …
State of the City: Winners and Losers
So Mayor Sanders gave his final State of the City address last night, and there were certainly some winners and some losers. First the winners. The three Republican Mayoral candidates were all present and all got shout outs for being there. Good for them. Mayor Sanders, for delivering a solid speech, highlighting success, and handling some outbursts with comedy. The …
Dumanis plans new veterans outreach center for San Diego
SAN DIEGO – Mayoral candidate Bonnie Dumanis announced today plans to open a satellite Small Business Administration Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) in San Diego. Each year more than 28,000 veterans are discharged from the military in San Diego, more than anywhere in the nation. The Small Business Administration helps fund several VBOCs nationally, but only one is located in …
Election File … Councilwoman Judy McCarty (1985 – 2000) backs Scott Sherman in SD City Council 7, where the Memories are LONG
Judy McCarty, who spoke for District 7 at the SD City Council from 1985 to 2000, is endorsing GOP busiessman Scott Sherman for the same Council job. It is fair to say Judy McCarty’s blessing is the single best any D7 candidate can receive: a decade after leaving office, she still commands affection and respect in the older neighborhoods like San Carlos, Allied Gardens and Del Cerro, …
Dumanis responds to Mayor Sanders’ State of the City address
SAN DIEGO – Mayoral candidate Bonnie Dumanis issued the following statement in response to Mayor Jerry Sanders’ annual State of the City address, which was delivered this evening. “Mayor Sanders is right – it’s time to take San Diego to the next level. It’s critical that we build on the Mayor’s accomplishments and not lose the forward momentum he has …
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