(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
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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 …
Alvarez: No Access to Information
Yesterday, Voice of San Diego’s Liam Dillon covered a very interesting Q&A with San Diego City Councilman David Alvarez, who represents the city’s South Bay neighborhoods. During the Q&A, Alvarez, a Democrat, spoke about being on the opposing/wrong side of a couple of issues. Not because of money or influence, but because of his personal experiences growing up in some of San …
Military File Earns Nathan Fletcher Two Very Nice Stories
Politics & Media Mashup: your weekend news aggregator leads off with the most interesting local stories of the week and includes stories about statewide politics, national politics and social media. You can hear Tony Manolatos talk politics and media with KOGO’s LaDona Harvey every Friday at 3:50 p.m. on 95.7 FM starting Jan. 6. UPDATED DEC. 24, 9:05 A.M. After …
Special Interests vs. DeMaio: The story continues and Roger Hedgecock joins the fray
While it is well known that Mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio is hated by organized labor and certain elements of the downtown San Diego establishment, as of two weeks ago nobody in the downtown establishment had publicly come forward to attack DeMaio. That changed when one of the major downtown ring leaders, Fred Maas, was quoted in Voice of San Diego, …
Would It Be Ethical For Ron Paul To Run As A Third Party Candidate?
Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by Washington Times Communities. Used by permission. SAN DIEGO, December 17, 2011 ― When asked in the latest Fox News sponsored Republican debate whether he would make a pledge to not run as a third party candidate, Ron Paul dodged the question. But he did say that same evening, “anyone up here can …
ProPublica: How Democrats Fooled California’s Redistricting Commission
From www.propublica.org… This spring, a group of California Democrats gathered at a modern, airy office building just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. The meeting was House members only — no aides allowed — and the mission was seemingly impossible. In previous years, the party had used its perennial control of California’s state Legislature to draw district maps that …
The surprise reason why CA public employee labor unions LOVE the California Dream Act
The recently passed California Dream Act is another giveaway by liberal state politicians. It helps bring one more beholden group into their camp. It shifts some Cal Grant college funds from legal to illegal state residents. It turns out the cost projections are now four times higher than when the bill was recently passed, according to the state Legislative Analyst …
GOP Unity Team completed …. Mayor Sanders endorses Scott Sherman in pivotal 7th San Diego Council Dist.
Mayor Jerry Sanders backed Scott Sherman this week, increasing GOP chances of recapturing the long-Republican 7th district which elected Larry Stirling, Judy McCarty, Jim Ellis and Allen Hitch starting in 1961! [Marti Emerald decamped for other pastures!] Successful business owner (5th Avenue Insurance) Scott Sherman grew up in District 7, lives near his childhood home, and played football for the mighty …
DeMaio Forms Retirement Security Task Force to Guide Transition From City’s Old Pension System
Says City Officials Must Be Ready to “Hit the Ground Running” on Pension Reforms in 2012 Carl DeMaio today announced the creation of a “Retirement Security Task Force” to provide ideas to city officials on how to “expeditiously and properly” implement sweeping changes in city employee pension programs. “This task force of outside experts will provide valuable advice on how …
Economic Lessons for California from North AND South Dakota
North Dakota has the lowest unemployment rate in the nation at 3.5%. Ten counties in ND have less than 2% unemployment. They have an oil and gas extraction boom going on, though their low unemployment rate predates that growth in oil and gas jobs. Critics like to claim that ND is having a temporary boom that will shortly be followed …
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