UPDATE, Sunday morning: Here’s a piece about Issa by my most-excellent North County Times colleague, Mark Walker: After eight months at work as the Republican Party’s chief watchdog in Congress, Vista Rep. Darrell Issa has yet to find any “smoking guns” revealing corruption in the Obama administration. But in his role as chairman of the powerful House Oversight and Government …
Obama Administration’s Illegal Illegal Immigration Plan
The administration announced Thursday that it will cease deporting those identified as illegal immigrants who pose no threat to public safety or national security so that it can focus on catching and expelling criminals who do. That’s the purported rationale. Let’s look at the overall policy of the administration with a view to actual results. Step 1. Don’t enforce the …
Baxamusa Changes Headline To Be Just Misleading, Not Totally False
Better than nothing, I guess. Murtaza Baxamusa has changed his false headline charging that SD Rostra published the home address of labor leader Lorena Gonzalez into something less wrong, but still misleading. While the creep who broke Gonzalez’ home window deserves to go to jail, this headline is still a smear that presumes what there is no evidence for. (I …
Otay Water District Board’s Blatant Abuse Doesn’t Stop at Employee Benefits
Guest Column by Chris Shilling With the recent highly controversial votes to approve lifetime healthcare benefits at the Otay Water District for all employees and their spouses, the attention has finally turned to Otay’s board of directors. This is long overdue as this board has spent the last decade squandering ratepayer money while increasing water rates to pay for their …
Darrell Issa Demands Retraction of NYT Story, Claims 13 Errors
The office of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), has followed up with its complaint of errors in a recent New York Times story with another list of errors — and a demand for a retraction for the 13 claimed errors. I’m posting the entire press release below. Here’s my original blog post on the controversy. Meanwhile, the Heritage Foundation’s blog, which …
DEA Agents bust Iraqi-Sinaloa cartel drug smuggling/explosive ring in San Diego
Federal agents in San Diego have broken up a drug trafficking ring involving Iraqi immigrants who worked with one of Mexico’s biggest drug cartel. Approximately 60 Iraqi immigrants were rounded up and arrested just east of San Diego after the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) completed a six-month investigation. The DEA Agents also collected drugs, grenades, assault weapons and homemade explosives. …
UPDATED — Can Murtaza Baxamusa Tell The Truth?
UPDATE: Expect a swarm of zombies from the lovely people at Daily Kos. Baxamusa has comfirmed my expectations of his character: Not only has he kept his lie about Rostra in place, he’s put his post there on DK. Read the comments, if you’re brave, and you’ll see just what I mean by lovely. For a taste of the reason …
Bob Siegel Defends President Obama
Let’s stop all the nonsense about President Obama’s vacation plans for Martha’s Vineyard. So he goes on vacation! Big deal! It’s not like other presidents haven’t gone on vacation. How many vacations did George Bush take? Even if our former president took less, Obama deserves extra rest, because he has a far more stressful job. After all, those mean spirited …
401(k) – Better for Workers
Is a promise that won’t be kept really a promise at all? I was thinking about the issue of defined contribution plans (401(k)) vs defined benefit plans for city workers that will be on the ballot in June 2012. The Voice of San Diego summarized the issue neatly: It [the ballot measure] was an agreement to unite and to set …
LA Times Article On Fast And Furious – With Paper Trail
The Los Angeles Times provides more information about the ATF’s botched Fast and Furious gun smuggling program. Firearms illegally trafficked under the ATF’s Fast and Furious program turned up at the scenes of at least 11 “violent crimes” in this country in addition to being involved in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in southern Arizona last year, …
Who Reads Rostra: Keith Olbermann
Last night our own Diana Palacios tweeted this… Honestly? Watching election coverage isn’t as fun now that @keitholbermann is gone. That guy invented the on-air nervous breakdown. It only took Olbermann an hour to respond to Diana… Your site refers to the “arrogant ruling class” of CA as including the prison guards’ union. If you need a laugh, read your …
Escondido Police fight to stay competitive while enforcing the law
When it comes to law enforcement, the Escondido Police Department tends to lead California regarding rule-of-law policies. Police Chief Jim Maher prides himself on enforcing immigration and traffic safety laws on the books-sometimes to the chagrin of illegal-immigration activists. So when the issue of officer salaries boiled to the surface, the Chief knew negotiations wouldn’t be easy. The Escondido Police …
Jon Stewart “outs” Fox media bias against Ron Paul
I often rail about the liberal media bias, but fair is fair — consider the FOX media bias. We have to rely on the acerbic wit of Jon Stewart to highlight media attempts to spin the Iowa straw poll outcome sans Ron Paul. Thankfully, Stewart IS quite entertaining to watch. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-15-2011/indecision-2012—corn-polled-edition—ron-paul—the-top-tier No, I’m not here touting Ron Paul as my …
NY Times Story Blasts Issa, Who Attacks Story As Error-Filled
The New York Times has accused Rep. Darrell Issa of improperly mixing his private business with his duties as a congressman, or at least appearing to have done so. And Issa’s supporters are crying foul, pointing to what they say are major factual errors in the article by Eric Lichtblau. One major error is beyond dispute and has already been …
Assemblyman Jeffries Endorses Waldron for State Assembly
(Escondido, CA) – Escondido Councilwoman Marie Waldron announced her campaign received the endorsement of Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries. Assemblyman Jeffries currently represents much of the newly created 75th Assembly district. Jeffries is unable to run for re-election due to term limits.The announcement comes shortly after the state’s redistricting commission released the final draft of the legislative boundaries. Waldron is running in …
Pathway to Prosperity Reform #2 – Clean Tech Incubator Center and Retail Expo
Getting San Diegans back to work is one of my top priorities – which is why I am presenting my “Pathway to Prosperity” plan to create and keep jobs in San Diego. One of my Pathway to Prosperity reforms deals with attracting “Clean Tech” companies to San Diego. The next big wave of innovation and economic growth will be fueled …
Prison guards scheme and gamble in Vegas at our expense
The arrogant ruling class of California (in this case, the CA prison guards’ labor union) thinks we taxpayers owe them subsidies even when they go play and gamble (and scheme against us) in Las Vegas. 2.5 minutes long. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN3aNvsi__k
U-T editorial: Out of bankruptcy, a steal for taxpayers
Read the full editorial here: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/15/out-of-bankruptcy-a-steal-for-taxpayers/ SANDAG has taken steps to buy the SR125. This editorial asks appropriately challenging questions, but sees the wisdom the Board of SANDAG moving on this opportunity to purchase the road.
Rider 2007 column on Virginia Tech massacre
On the www.CalNews.com website I came across a column I wrote in 2007 — published in several papers. Nothing has changed since I wrote it, so it seems it bears repeating. http://www.calnews.com/archives/rider02.htm The Virginia Tech Massacre By Richard Rider, CalNews.com April 18, 2007 Some observations on the shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech. True to form, the national TV and radio …
30 Years Ago this Week, Ronald Reagan cut Income Taxes 30% …. starting the “Reaganomics” economic Recovery
Here is Ronald Reagan in 1981, explaining the tax cuts whose 30-year anniversary we celebrate this week: “Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it’s not my intention to do away with government. It is, rather, to make it work…….to stand by our side, not ride on our back. This represents $750 billion in tax cuts over the next five years, …
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