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 …
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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 …
Redevelopment Ruling is Worst Possible Outcome
Today’s ruling by the California Supreme Court was the worst possible outcome – as it completely eliminates redevelopment agencies and undermines our ability to invest in economically distressed neighborhoods. Today’s decision may also impact the city’s General Fund by more than $15 million a year – requiring additional cuts in our day-to-day budget. This decision goes against the will of …
Court Kills Redevelopment: Stories from across the state
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday morning that the state can eliminate local redevelopment agencies that subsidize construction projects in cities across California. The ruling is a huge win for Gov. Jerry Brown and Sacramento lawmakers who axed redevelopment in June as part of an effort to close a multi-billion dollar state budget deficit. On the other end of …
Dumanis Statement Concerning Redevelopment and Today’s State Supreme Court Decision
(SAN DIEGO) – San Diego County District Attorney and Mayoral candidate Bonnie Dumanis issued the following statement in response to today’s decision by the California Supreme Court concerning redevelopment programs: “San Diego is America’s Finest City today in no small part due to the success of our local redevelopment efforts. Sacramento politicians should have left well enough alone, and not …
Faulconer: Redevelopment’s Public Benefits Too Important to Stop
City Council President Pro Tem Kevin L. Faulconer released the following statement in response to today’s California Supreme Court ruling over the State Legislature’s decision to dissolve redevelopment agencies across the state, including in San Diego. “Redevelopment has been a vital resource in the transformation of downtown and many of San Diego’s older communities. It has been the key to …
Dems claim GOP is cause of California’s economic demise
Periodically liberals desperately try to share the blame for the California disaster with Republicans – or even stick GOP politicians with most of the “credit.” They have two stock explanations for the Golden State’s downward slide. 1. Democrats don’t have ENOUGH control of California. Even with 60% or more majorities in both state houses, that’s not enough for the Democrats …
Does SD Demo Chairman publicize a Twitter impersonator – an activity he previously called “creepy”?
Two months after knocking Republicans for using Twitter names of liberal activists, San Diego Democratic Chair Jess Durfee appears to be furthering a similar enterprise. As shown above, the Twitter page of ‘ChairJessDurfee’ is publicizing a “Real PapaDoug” Twitter identity aimed at Union-Tribune publisher Douglas Manchester. (That identity sends out repellent fake messages, as detailed below.) In the make-believe Twitter world it can …
Why No Comments Allowed On Publisher’s Christmas Message?
If you missed yesterday’s post about Papa Doug’s front-page Christmas message in The San Diego Union-Tribune by Erica Holloway click here. And then check out this related post that national media critic and aggregator Jim Romenesko just tweeted: » Why no comments allowed on publisher’s Christmas message? | JIMROMENESKO.COM
Top 10 San Diego Political & Media Stories
San Diego Skyline Trent Bell December 18, 2011 7:13:44 PM EST 10. After years of debate the City Council approves funding for Downtown’s first full service permanent homeless shelter. San Diego Council Approves Money For Downtown Homeless Shelter | KPBS.org It’s been an unusually cold, wet winter on the streets of San Diego. That makes recent progress on a permanent homeless shelter …
Papa Publisher Mixes Jesus and Journalism
Today’s Twittersphere got a tad wound up about the Christmas Day publisher’s note from the San Diego Union-Tribune’s new fearless (and Jesus-loving) leader Doug Manchester. The open letter, “A day to count blessings and share happiness,” began as such: Dear fellow San Diegans, Christmas is ever spiritual because it celebrates the birth of a child more than 2,000 years ago …
OC REGISTER: Even profitable firms fleeing California
The business departures continue. Here’s another such story, covered by an ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER editorial below. One source in the piece estimates that a typical departing CA business saves 40% off the cost of doing business by moving to a more business friendly state. ———— THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Even profitable firms fleeing California 25 December, 2011 Democratic reaction to the …
CA HSR jobs only 2-6% of what was promised. Close enough!
In case you missed it — the flacks for CA HSR lied. About EVERYTHING. If they mentioned any number with any benefit of building HSR, they lied. ANY FIGURE. The latest objective analysis concludes that rather than the “1,000,000 jobs” promised by the HSR folks, the real figure is optimistically between 20,000 and 60,000 jobs (including the “multiplier effect”) — …
The 2,000-year-old Blog
As has been my custom the last few years on this night…. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of …
Our Christmas Gift List from SD Rostra’s Jolly Victory Bear … Happy Holidays to our Readers!
Here are the Rostra Victory Bear’s special presents for Rostrafarians, as expressed to the Bear’s three assistants (Erica Holloway, Barry Jantz and Jim Sills). Feel free to add YOUR gifts under the Tree, but please remember this is the Season of Goodwill, so be nice and tasteful, to fit this special time. For Capitol-bound Marie Waldron: An unabridged copy of …
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