This week was game-changing in San Diego’s mayoral race. With today’s poll news and a strong fundraising showing by two of the major candidates it seems we may be headed for an all-Republican runoff. This is very good news. We can ensure a reform candidate is elected by knocking Filner out of the race now. Obama won the City of …
Ricasa: Don’t make me gut my children’s future!
Wow. Just saw this article from the U-T where Sweetwater school board member Arlie Ricasa, through her attorney, is claiming that she’ll have to gut her own children’s college fund to pay for legal services stemming from her alleged indiscretions — 4 felonies, 2 misdemeanors — if the school board (ahem, taxpayers) won’t approve the legal payments. This brings up a philosophical question for …
Sources: Recent Labor Poll finds Filner in 4th place among likely SD June voters
Reliable sources tell SD Rostra that labor forces got more / less than they expected in an early-January poll of 750 likely San Diego City June voters. The surprising results for Mayor, including “leaners,” are said to be: Carl DeMaio 26%, Nathan Fletcher 17%, Bonnie Dumanis 16%, and Bob Filner 14%. Some prior mayoral surveys, public and private, did not rigorously …
Your Captions, please, for the classic Jan Brewer vs. President Obama Photograph
Since Many Moons, your correspondent has not seen a political photo as entertaining and memorable as this one. Feisty Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) greets President Obama at the Gateway airport yesterday in Phoenix-Mesa. Can you provide an amusing or insightful caption for their heart-to-heart? Here’s mine …. HIM: “We just can’t see Eye to Eye.” — HER: “Maybe we could …
Mayoral Candidate Nathan Fletcher Raises More Than $735,000 for June Primary
SAN DIEGO- Nathan Fletcher’s mayoral campaign today announced that Fletcher’s committee raised more than $735,000 from its inception in June through December 31, 2011, for the June primary election. The committee received contributions from nearly 2,500 donors, many of them first-time political donors. Between July 1 and the end of the year, the committee raised nearly $416,000 for the June …
UT: DeMaio, Fletcher show fundraising prowess
From the U-T San Diego… “City Councilman Carl DeMaio and state Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, two of the high-profile candidates for San Diego mayor, reported impressive fundraising totals Thursday for the final six months of last year…” See Craig Gustafson’s article on the numbers. Fletcher’s press release. DeMaio’s release is here.
In Case You Missed It: DeMaio Releases his Comprehensive Jobs Plan
http://youtu.be/FtDeJoOjT9M
An Open Letter to Sherri Lightner
Rec’d from Ray Ellis… Dear Councilmember Sherri Lightner, Two weeks ago my campaign team reached out to your campaign to request a series of twelve debates in front of District 1 voters. They were told that you would only consider it a few months from now. As such, I am reaching out directly to you. We are at a pivotal …
Germany’s vaunted solar electricity program now seen as a disaster
Solar power worshipers point to Germany as their role model. Germany has lead Europe and perhaps the world in the push for solar electricity. With massive government subsidies, the Germans have spent a fortune on massive solar installations that today they can proudly point to. Only one problem. Winter. Turns out that solar doesn’t work well in winter — or …
Marty Block has Primary challenge from fellow Dem Patrick Marsh in SD 39…and new candidates also emerge in ADs 71, 76, and 49th Congress
You won’t see it on the Secretary of State’s candidate website yet, but Assemblyman Marty Block (D) has competition for his party’s SD 39 nomination from Patrick Marsh of University City, who has filed initial papers. OTHER NEW NAMES SURFACING are… (1) Karen Otter (D) opposing Rostra‘s own Assemblyman Brian Jones (R) in AD 71 … (2) Glenn Bernard (R) now …
Famed Padres Announcer Jerry Coleman Endorses Nathan Fletcher, Campaign Releases Web Ad
Padres broadcaster and combat veteran Marine Jerry Coleman today endorsed Nathan Fletcher for mayor. The campaign also released a web video he narrated detailing Fletcher’s military service. “Nathan brings the same leadership qualities, poise and character he exhibited as a combat Marine to all his endeavors – and that’s exactly what it’s going to take to turn City Hall around …
DeMaio Outlines Major Job Creation Strategies in His “Pathway to Prosperity” Plan
After months of holding Job Creation Summits, examining best practices from cities across the nation, and soliciting advice from local business leaders, City Councilmember Carl DeMaio today released an 86-page Pathway to Prosperity Job Creation Plan which spells out 112 ideas to streamline city regulations and launch a number of initiatives to create and keep jobs in San Diego. …
Predictions For Tonight’s State of the Union Message
We will hear that the State of the Union is good. We will all breathe a sigh of relief. We will then hear that good does not mean great. There is much work to be done and it could be done if the Republican Congress would be less political and more cooperative. The politics behind Obama rejecting the Canadian pipeline …
Hey, Manolatos, you available for a trip to Del Mar?
As part of his January 7 Weekend Politics & Media Mashup, Rostra blogger Tony Manolatos wrote: I leave you with this prediction: look for the U-T to carpet bomb the expansion plans for the San Diego Convention Center in favor of a plan that would funnel some of those tax dollars to a new Downtown stadium for the San …
The final CA HSR lie is exposed as more fraud
. . . the last remaining lie that desperate HSR proponents are clinging to — that CA HSR will save us scores of billions of spending on California roads and airports. But it’s now apparent this last bogus assertion is just that — totally bogus.
A Personal Note
Each week, I watch on the ABC News Show “This Week” with great pain and sadness the name, age, and hometown of our service members killed in action that week. This week the list included my cousin and close friend Ben Wise. He was an Army soldier–Special Forces–who was killed in action in Afghanistan. He has a two year old …
Reader: ‘The Watchdog is the best thing about the Union-Tribune’
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://sdrostra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Ricky-Young.jpg” captiontext=”Ricky Young, U-T’s Watchdog Editor”] Politics & Media Mashup: your weekend news aggregator leads off with a Q & A with Ricky Young, the editor of U-T San Diego’s Watchdog Team. 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. “Journalism that upholds the …
Breaking News: Federal Court strikes down provisions of City of San Diego’s campaign finance laws
In a partial rebuke to the City of San Diego that will likely have broader implications, a federal court today declared unconstitutional a city-hoped for $1,000 limit on the amount political parties can donate to local candidates, while further striking down the existing prohibition on candidates spending personal money 12 months in advance of an election. In a summary judgement …
Did Jerry Rindone Lie to the Republican Party?
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 …
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