From Poway Councilmember Dave Grosch… Dear Poway voters, One of the first things I did when I was elected last year was to propose term limits for Poway City Council Members. I proposed them because I strongly believe they would encourage more residents with fresh ideas to run for office. Too often, potential candidates are discouraged at the prospect of …
San Diego State’s “Mile High” rally upsets the Air Force Academy 41-27 — Ronnie Hillman’s 57-yard, 4th quarter Touchdown seals it
OK, a brief break to celebrate something that Unites us: Aztec football. Heisman Trophy hopeful Ronnie Hillman somehow ran faster at altitude in Colorado Springs tonight, leading SDSU to an upset of favored Air Force (Vegas made the Falcons a 6-point choice). Aztecs are now 4-2 overall, and 1-1 in Mountain West Conference. More details at the “Go Aztecs” website. Their next two …
DeMaio’s Texas Jobs Tour Update
It was a very productive day today as we began our Austin, Tx. fact finding jobs tour. Austin has implemented several innovative job creating projects that can easily be reproduced in the City of San Diego. I wanted to share a few of these projects with you: “Circuit of the Americas” This morning I viewed the site of the “Circuit …
Deal For Chargers Stadium? Not So Fast!
Eager to secure his legacy before leaving office, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders is rushing to get a stadium built in downtown San Diego’s East Village for the Chargers. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports: San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has hired a financial adviser to help city and county officials draft a plan to pay for a Chargers stadium in …
Rasmussen national poll ties Cain with Romney at 29 percent
With primary season approaching quickly, the Republicans have hoisted a new favorite — Herman Cain. A new Rasmussen poll shows Cain and Romney with 29 percent of the primary vote and Newt Gingrich moving up to third with 10 percent. What a difference a month makes. Cain insists he will ride the wave all the way to the White House, …
Kelly and Brent King Endorse Nathan Fletcher
Kelly and Brent King, parents of Chelsea King, today announced they have endorsed Nathan Fletcher for Mayor, citing his work on Chelsea’s Law and ability to build coalitions to achieve important legislative reform. “We love San Diego and are proud to endorse our friend Nathan Fletcher for Mayor,” said Brent King. “We worked side-by-side with Nathan to pass Chelsea’s Law. …
Wrong, SD GOP . . . Sigh
This is not how Republicans should be making the news . . . From the San Diego Union-Tribune: Twitter accounts of county GOP, chairman yanked A good (old fashioned?) cyber-spat between San Diego County’s Republican and Democratic parties has broken out on — where else? — Twitter. On Wednesday, local Democratic Party Chairman Jess Durfee issued a press release about …
Report: New SD City Council Districts Will Spur More Competitive Elections, Shape Future Policy Debates
SAN DIEGO – New Council District lines drawn for the City of San Diego will likely create more competitive elections and shift the balance of power at City Hall. Those are the major findings of a new study published today by the National University System Institute for Policy Research (NUSIPR). On August 25, 2011, the seven members of the City …
Wonk Wednesday Welcomes Sean Karafin to the San Diego Scene
Rostrafarians, isn’t it just like a cool breeze on an unseasonably warm evening when you find out there’s a new wonk at work in San Diego? In a fittingly timed announcement on Wonk Wednesday, Sean Karafin has been named Economic Policy Analyst for the San Diego County Taxpayers Association (SDCTA). Karafin brings formal education in economics, and experience working with …
California and San Diego Ignore the Right to Bear Arms and Personal Protection
Guest Commentary by Michael Schwartz After weeks of waiting to see if Governor Jerry Brown is indeed the friend of gun owners he proclaimed to be while on the campaign trail, we now have our answer … he’s not. Gov. Brown signed into law AB144 which bans carrying loaded or unloaded pistols throughout our state. Regardless if you’re hiking in …
DeMaio Heads to Texas
Today I’ll depart for Texas with a delegation of San Diego business leaders. Our mission: figure out why Texas keeps taking San Diego jobs – and come back with ideas on how to stop it. -Carl Joins Business Leaders To Study Job Creation San Diego mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio will join a delegation of business leaders tomorrow for a three-day …
A few words about reader comments
We are compelled to be clear about how Rostra’s automated spam filter treats reader comments. Most of the comments made on the blog go into a pending filter, with some of them going into spam. It’s either that or have hundreds of inappropriate automated spam comments, many with offensive language, appearing on the blog. We get about 1,000 spam comments …
Please Join Speaker John Boehner In Support of Congressman Brian Bilbray
Please Join Speaker John Boehner In Support of Congressman Brian Bilbray U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce Saturday, October 15, 2011 Congressional Circle Roundtable Reception 6:30 p.m. General Reception 7:00 p.m. Hosted by Scott & Susan McMillin and Mark & C’Ann McMillin at 1045 Loma Avenue, Coronado, CA 92118 RSVP call Karolyn Dorsee/Dorsee Productions at (858) 756-2027 • email: …
Attack on historic Initiative system VETOED… Gov. Brown swats down AB 651….. a Major setback for San Diego’s Labor Council — but Republicans cheered!
California’s freedom-loving system of Voter initiative, Recall and Referendum celebrates its 100-year birthday this week. A bid to stifle it with new Government controls was shot down in flames when Jerry Brown vetoed AB 651 with a succinct message shown above. The Veto was a setback for the San Diego -Imperial Counties Labor Council which backed AB 651, per the official State Senate analysis. …
Assemblyman Jones scores with Second Amendment event in Alpine
Over 70 residents of the 77th Assembly district attended a Second-Amendment Awareness Event hosted by Assemblyman Brian Jones on Friday, September 23, 2011 at the Lemon Grove Rod and Gun Club in Alpine. The function included approximately 25 volunteers who donated their time and expertise to instruct novice shooters about accuracy and safety. The focus of the event highlighted the …
Is the U.S. – like Europe – doomed by its distributionist schemes?
Is our nation economically doomed like Europe? I’m not a doomsday guy, but logically the answer is eventually YES. Two factoids indicate that we are at or past the “tipping point”: 1. 48.5%, of the population lived in a household that received some type of government benefit in the first quarter of 2010. http://tinyurl.com/3lqyslj (WALL ST JOURNAL) 2. 51% of …
Herman Cain and Morgan Freeman: Whose Comments Better Fight Racism?
Originally written by Bob Siegel and published by Washington Times Communities. SAN DIEGO, October 6, 2011—Who says our country can’t handle a black president? Even before the election of Barack Obama, America proved its ability to embrace far more; a black God! True, it came from the fictitious film, Bruce Almighty, but Morgan Freeman gave one of the best portrayals of …
Surprising Veto by Jerry Brown – SB 469
I was alerted by a tweet from my councilmember Lorie Zapf that Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed the anti-Walmart legislation sponsored by Juan Vargas, SB-469. Despite any rhetoric to the contrary, this bill was designed to make it harder for cities to approve Walmart supercenters that sell groceries, in direct competition with the largely unionized grocers like Ralphs, Vons and …
Dangerous Questions From Darrell Issa
“We want to know what and when they knew it.” — Rep. Darrell Issa on new subpoenas to be issued regarding Fast and Furious, on “Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace.” More from Issa: “But more importantly, we have to understand — at what level of the authorization really come? It wasn’t an ATF operation. They were part of that. …
Tea Party and Occupy – Some Common Ground? UPDATE
Update below the fold. Temple of Mut has a great round up on the Occupy (insert your city here) events yesterday. Fellow SLOBs W.C. Varones and Left Coast Rebel both attended the San Diego event yesterday. W.C. has great video and LCR has revealing pictures. They are worth a review, because this movement is complex and even self-contradictory at times; …
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