From today’s FlashReport… As all following California politics know, Governor Jerry Brown, unsuccessful at getting Republican votes to either raise taxes by a vote of the legislature or get GOP votes to place tax increases on the ballot, is now spearheading an effort to place a massive tax increase measure on ballot for this November — seeking to get voters …
Looking Forward
This op-ed originally appeared in the Dana Point Times We greet the New Year with anticipation and hope, setting goals in spite of the unknowns beyond our control. With almost complete one-party Democrat control of the levels of power in Sacramento, there should be fewer unknowns; setting goals and moving forward should be easy. But voter sentiment, open primaries, new …
Name change at Sweetwater Union High School District
Sweetwater Union officials announced plans today to change the name of the school district to the Randy “Duke” Cunningham Union High School District, in honor of the former congressman. (If you have been sleeping, here’s some background.)
Water not so sweet
From the UT… “Calling it perhaps the worst case of public corruption uncovered on her watch, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis on Wednesday announced 26 felony charges against four current and former South Bay schools officials…” http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/04/da-sweetwater-officials-they-simply-lied/ See all the Rostra entries on Sweetwater here.
When it comes to conventions, conventional wisdom is not wisdom at all
RICHARD RIDER COMMENT: The nationwide expansion of convention centers at taxpayer expense continues, undeterred by the dearth of demand growth. Cities such as San Diego are helpless — apparently they must keep building such monuments — otherwise I guess bad things will happen. Kind of like the bad luck one is guaranteed for “breaking the chain” in a chain letter. …
Top 10 IMPLICIT fallacies justifying opulent government pensions
There are many, many fallacies in the sometimes explicit but often IMPLICIT reasons given for paying out great government pensions. Here’s my selection for the top ten excuses: 1. “Public employees deserve high pensions because they work for low wages.” FALSE. Perhaps true at one time, but not any more. In many instances, today’s government employee is earning 10%-30% more …
GOP Ready for Prime Time in SD Council Races — Ray Ellis and Scott Sherman report solid early Fundraising
2012 shapes up as the most-important SD Council election year since the 1990s, and GOP hopefuls Scott Sherman and Ray Ellis are out of the starting gate at a gallup. Scott Sherman is the favorite in District 7 (from which Marti Emerald has fled) and tallied over $55,000 in support by the Dec. 31st cutoff date. Fellow businessman Ray Ellis (opposing …
The Case for the Pendleton Crosses
The Union-Tribune reported last week that atheist groups are complaining about a pair of crosses in Camp Pendleton serving as a memorial to fallen soldiers. The Pentagon will decide whether the memorial may remain, and litigation is highly likely if it does. Such a lawsuit would misconstrue the meaning of the Establishment Clause, which provides that government “shall make no …
Rick Santorum’s stirring Iowa Victory Speech — One to Remember and Enjoy
Rick Santorum spent a year on the dusty roads of Iowa, and when his Moment in the Sun arrived last night, he was Ready. Here are my recollections of his words….. Rick’s immigrant Grandfather, a foe of Mussolini’s fascism, whose big hands dug a new life out of Pennsylvania’s coal mines for his family, the dignity and worth of hard work, the primacy of …
Eight Votes! Romney Wins Wild Night
If you like politics and social media you loved Tuesday night’s Iowa caucus. Here are some of the tweets and stories that surfaced as the final votes were counted, and a few from Wednesday morning: View the story “New Story” on Storify] ________________________________________________________________________________________________ You can hear Tony Manolatos talk politics and media with KOGO’s LaDona Harvey every Friday …
Iowa Primary – 55.47% REPORTING
A Caucus is a very different animal than a Primary Election, but Bachmann and Huntsman are not feeling the love right now! Caucus is Jan 3, 2012 CANDIDATES VOTES % OF VOTE. Rick Santorum (R)15,218 25% Mitt Romney (R) 14,625 24% Ron Paul (R) 13,365 22% Newt Gingrich (R) 8,268 13% Rick Perry (R) 6,513 10% Michele Bachmann (R)3,351 5% …
Is Rick Roberts gone? Do a Google search to find out, land on Rostra
As evidenced by a recent random sampling of web search terms used that directed folks to Rostra this afternoon, it’s apparent many radio listeners are somewhat stumped by the local changes, especially the apparent quiet departure of Rick Roberts from KFMB. Check it out… 23 Visits 20.18% rick roberts leaving kfmb 6 Visits 5.26% rick roberts kfmb 3 Visits 2.63% …
The Danon Steamroller has some competition
The local San Diego great politico John Dadian is quoted as calling the Steve Danon campaign for the 3rd District Supervisorial seat “the steamroller,” but thus far there hasn’t been much to roll over since he had drawn no opponents and the incumbent has bowed out of the race. Well folks, we’re in a new year and things have changed! …
In Case You Missed It: NathanFletcher.com Receives National Accolades for Innovative Campaign Communications
Last week, NathanFletcher.com was named one of 2011’s top five campaign blogs in the country by prestigious Campaigns and Elections Magazine. The site was ranked along with sites for President Barack Obama, Congressman Ron Paul, former Governor Tim Kaine (US Senate) and Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna (Governor’s race in Washington). NathanFletcher.com was the only local government race to be …
DeMaio Urges San Diegans to “Make 2012 the Year of Getting Pension Reform Done”
Every New Year brings personal resolutions for most people. Some are kept, others…not so much. I’m hoping you’ll make a resolution with me. Let’s make 2012 the year we finally get Pension Reform done in San Diego! I have made Pension Reform the centerpiece of my 90-page Roadmap to Recovery Plan to fix city finances and restore our neighborhood services …
Roger Hedgecock is the Man-in-Motion Today as SD Radio changes — More coverage of San Diego elections in 2012? — Let’s Hope.
A new era, perhaps with more local Election coverage, starts in San Diego radio today. Roger Hedgecock exits his home of 26 years (!) KOGO-600, to do p.m. Drive at rival talker KFMB-760, where Mike Slater runs the mornings. Bryan Suits and LaDona Harvey handle KOGO’s afternoon shifts. Mark Larson, Rick Amato and Rostra’s own Bob Siegel do local shows at …
PEW SURVEY: “Socialism” negative term, but “Progressive” highly positive.
“Socialism” is still a rather negative term in America, though the young (fresh out of the government reeducation camps) naturally are fairly positive towards the term. But switch to using “Progressive” and the response is FAR more positive — across the political spectrum. Even Republican rank and file respondents are positive about “Progressive” (56% positive to 34% negative). Naturally, that’s …
Happy New Year!
Blessings to all our Rostrafarians and readers for a wonderful New Year!
The 10 Most Tweeted San Diego Rostra Posts in 2011
Politics & Media Mashup: your weekend news aggregator leads off with “The 10 Most Tweeted San Diego Rostra Posts in 2011” and includes stories and editorials from across the country about the death of redevelopment in California. Also included: pieces on local, state and national politics as well as social media. You can hear Tony Manolatos talk politics and media …
The liberals’ Kim Kardashian con job to raise CA income taxes
In a new publicity campaign, liberals have decided to make the beautiful but smarmy Kim Kardashian their poster child for raising the state millionaires’ tax to over 15%. Their pitch is that currently CA millionaires pay only 1% higher income taxes than middle class CA taxpayers. Granted, the CA MARGINAL tax bracket difference is sometimes 1% — 10.3% marginal rate …
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