New campaign finance reports continue to tell their stories…. (1) Fresh from their twin successes aiding Republicans Bill Horn and Ron Roberts to victory last November, San Diego’s Deputy Sheriffs Association has reloaded with new donations by their members, bringing the PAC’s current cash-on-hand to a healthy $145,176. (2) Bill Baber filed papers this week closing out the winning “Fair …
Dumanis Steadies the Wheels
News just weeks into San Diego mayoral race from candidate District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis really got folks talking about her race. It wasn’t big donor dollar numbers (which we’ve yet to see), but that she had already fired her campaign manager, Republican consultant Tom Mitchell. The rumor mill ran amok with folks saying she looked vulnerable. Today, her camp released …
Exposed: Empower San Diego’s Last Ditch Political Play – And Interesting Friends
It’s no secret that various interest groups have been actively lobbying the San Diego Redistricting Commission over the past few months. One of the most active groups has been Empower San Diego which even managed to get one of their own, Commissioner Theresa Quiroz on the actual commission and who has been carrying their water ever since. The commission has …
The bogus UNSTATED public worker pension assumptions
The public worker pension debate rages on. And “rage” is the operative term when the unions and their allies discuss switching to 401-k plans from their current guaranteed defined benefit plans. Carefully selected sob stories are popping up to justify continuing the public worker guaranteed pensions that are roughly three to four times what private sector workers can expect to …
Report: PLAs Increase CA School Construction Costs 13%-15%
New Groundbreaking Study Reveals “Project Labor Agreements” (PLAs) Increase School Construction Costs by 13 to 15 Percent in California School projects built under these contracts cost $28.90 to $32.49 more per square foot JULY 26, 2011 SAN DIEGO – California school construction projects built under contracts that contain provisions known as Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) cost 13 to 15 percent …
The San Diego Union-Tribune’s “Community” Of Tax-Takers
Judging from the San Diego Union-Tribune’s narrow selection for its “community editorial board,” the newspaper’s management appears to think the San Diego community consists entirely of social activists, government bureaucrats and other tax-takers. The people who pay their wages aren’t represented. Richard Rider has documented the narrow range of opinions in this supposedly “diverse” crowd — diverse in everything except …
The UT Shifts to the Left and Nathan Fletcher Sells Out Conservatives
The UT Shifts to the Left I’m really sick of the bias of the UT. There are critical stories breaking every week about the fiscal trouble our country is in, not to mention stories about the corruption of the Obama administration – such as the “Fast and Furious” scandal – but you wouldn’t know much about such stories from reading …
Current Ballot Initiative Petitions – Tea Party Perspective
It’s that time in the election cycle where we are seeing a big push to get petitions signed to qualify ballot measures. I signed four petitions over the weekend, and thought I would share what I consider to be the tea party perspective. (Following Dean‘s lead, I am going to start using small case for tea party to emphasize that …
Todd Gloria Loves District 3 – As Long as It’s Convenient
Guest Commentary by Dave McCulloch Just the other day, Todd Gloria – City Councilmember for District 3 – tweeted his “heart is in D3 and [he] intends to serve it, in whatever configuration, for another four years.” While this sounds noble, I question his motives. Today, Gloria lives in Cherokee Point, a small area of City Heights that was recently …
Rostra’s Richard Rider now a correspondent on statewide “Flash Report” website…. Well done to Mr. R!
Rostra’s statewide media partner, Jon Fleischman’s Flash Report, has named Richard Rider a correspondent. Mr. Rider bolted from the Starting Gate with three new posts there tonight alone! Congratulations to Mr. Rider on being a strong voice for San Diego, and Liberty, on that statewide venue.
The SD U-T’s leftward editorial slant accelerates
I think it’s fair to say that NOT one of these SD U-T “community board” members thinks the government should be smaller — or should even plateau at its present bloated size. Indeed, essentially ALL of them favor BIGGER government, higher taxes and more nannyism.
UPDATE …. Union-Trib now CONFIRMS 2 local Democrat legislators took Tobacco $$$ — credit UT politics watchdog Michael Smolens
Three days ago, SD Rostra questioned a U-T story which stated only GOP local state legislators accepted campaign funds from Tobacco firms. U-T politics watchdog Michael Smolens replied to our post, and he apparently took additional action judging from these lines now added to the original U-T story: “Denise Ducheny, who was a senator and assemblywoman from San Diego, received $12,000. …
U.S. government allegedly selling guns to Mexican drug cartels
In an alarming turn of events, ATF’s Project Gunrunner “Fast and Furious” is now said to include more programs located El Paso, Texas and Columbus, New Mexico, as well as “Operation Castaway” in Miami, Florida. These new alleged U.S. gun-smuggling rings are larger than those previously identified and include the sale of military-grade weapons directly to the Mexican Los Zetas …
Your Alternate Weekend Links — Summertime edition
Here are some useful news sources for SD Rostra fans, and enjoyable weekend reading. Batting lead-off for you is Matt Potter, who is the best investigative reporter in San Diego… and the best this town has seen since the immortal Harold Keen in the 1960s and 1970s on Channel 8 and San Diego magazine. Harold Keen was the undisputed King. …
SD Rostra on Facebook
Reposted from 7/11/11… We have a fledgling Facebook page…some would say finally. Barry Jantz offered to set it up, but claims he doesn’t have time to run it, having a real job and all, so asked if some of our bloggers would assist in administering the content. Let us know. Check it out here, then click “Like,” so we know …
Some strange white painted trains from L.A. will be seen in San Diego County… A first!!
That’s right folks, you read it here first. The Metro Link trains will be sliding south of Oceanside for the very first time ever this weekend to serve the Del Mar horse races, although they’ll technically be stopping in Solana Beach as Del Mar kicked the trains out about 10 years ago… A free shuttle takes people to and from the Solana …
Fletcher Interview in SD CityBeat
CityBeat‘s Dave Rolland has a detailed interview with Nathan Fletcher, “Fletch Lives.” It’s worth reading. Here is Voice’s reference to it in today’s Morning Report… In a lengthy interview, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher – a candidate for mayor – tells CityBeat that last year’s secret late-night redevelopment deal wasn’t secret since he told other legislators about it. “Now, where there’s a …
Mayor of major District 3 city, Sam Abed of Escondido, endorses Steve Danon over incumbent Supervisor Pam Slater-Price
Just as redistricting made Escondido more important than ever, the City’s new mayor Sam Abed this week endorsed GOP challenger Steve Danon over incumbent Pam Slater-Price (also a Republican). The pending removal of both La Jolla and Pacific Beach (City of San Diego) from Slater-Price’s district gives Escondido a bigger voice in next June’s vital primary election. “We need new …
How You Know You Are Failing
How do you know your campaign is imploding? Below is an easy to follow checklist for all candidates. Are you the only Republican who isn’t supporting comprehensive reform? Did you only raise $138,000 while your opponents raised over $300,000 and $270,000 plus matching funds? Are you a Republican with a Democrat consultant and a Democrat fundraiser? Did you just let …
UPDATED — Dumanis Sacks Campaign Manager
UPDATE: The San Diego Union-Tribune has its own story, posted a couple of hours after VOSD — the UT gave credit to VOSD. The story’s second graf says the firing means Dumanis is having a rough time: The move indicates a rocky start for Dumanis as she competes with fellow Republicans — City Councilman Carl DeMaio and state Assemblyman Nathan …
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