A multiagency criminal sweep in San Diego arrested dozens of alleged Mexican drug-cartel members yesterday. The task force titled ‘Operation Second Sole,’ arrested 43 “high value” drug-cartel suspects for trafficking drugs, weapons and stolen property. Authorities said these assailants engaged in “incredible acts of violence” throughout San Diego communities. “Many of the suspects arrested today have significant criminal histories and …
U-T story to the contrary, a San Diego Democrat, Denise Ducheny, took $4,300 in Tobacco – related campaign funds
A story in yesterday’s Union-Tribune left readers with the impression that only GOP state legislators in S. D. county took campaign money from tobacco-related firms between 2003 and 2010 …. Not so fast. Public records reveal then-State Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny’s campaign accepted $3,300 from Philip Morris on Dec. 30, 2005, and another $1,000 from RJ Reynolds, April 18, 2005. Ducheny …
San Diego Public Library Laptops Lifted
Another illuminating story from the San Diego Union-Tribune’s Watchdog group: 10 out of 25 laptop computers available for use inside the San Diego Public Library have been stolen. The laptops aren’t labeled with a magnetic security sticker, because the library thinks the stickers might damage the computers, according to the article. But the Watchdog reporter ran that claim past a …
The Election File — Dianne Jacob reports $345,193 cash-on-hand — (2) Deputy DA PAC, helmed by Janay Kruger, shows $203,942
Facing re-election next June, Supervisor Dianne Jacob’s committee this week revealed raising $27,333 since Jan. 1st, giving them $325,193 COH as of June 30, 2011. Her sole announced challenger to date is Democrat Rudy Reyes of Santee. Jacob (GOP) defeated Reyes 77% – 22% in 2008. In other news, the umbrella group of the SD Deputy DA’s Association, “San Diegans Against …
The Strange Bedfellows of Pension Reform
The woes of public pensions seems a universal problem. Governments around the globe grapple with these unsustainable money pits in the hopes of avoiding more trouble down the road. San Diego’s not unique. But just a year out from the 2012 June primary, we’re seeing lots of hubbub about the pension reform ballot measure out trying to beat the clock …
Brief News Roundup
Misc News Stories Re: Issues we have been following… U-T: Fletcher backs city 401(k) ballot proposal Voice: Filner Shifts Cash to Mayoral Campaign U-T: Public must act to block Otay giveaway
A Manufactured Consensus On Global Warming Is No Consensus At All
The “scientific consensus” that human-released greenhouse gases are the main driver of catastrophic anthropogenic global warming (CAGW) didn’t evolve naturally from the science, but was forced into being as a tool of advocacy, argues Jean Goodwin of Iowa State University in a paper (PDF) submitted to the National Communications Association in 2009. I mention this paper now because climate scientist …
Waldron for Assembly Raises over $108K
San Diego – Marie Waldron announced that her campaign will report over $108,000 raised for her first campaign finance disclosure – a period covering April through June 30th. Most impressivley, she will show over $100,000 cash-on-hand! Waldron, a 4-term city council member and small businessowner, in Escondido is running in the North Inland San Diego Assembly district. “I am proud …
Dog Bites Man: Lefty Journalist Robert Niles Hopes News Corp. Will Fail
Yes, I know that a lefty journalist railing against Fox News is about as surprising as a snowstorm when Al Gore opens his mouth about global warming. But this piece by Robert Niles deserves special mention, because it’s in a trade publication for journalists, the Online Journalism Review. Niles takes advantage of the indefensible hacking practices by some News Corp. …
Listen to Rostra’s own Bob Siegel today, Sunday, on KCBQ am-1170, at 6:00 pm …. Best Radio Show You’ve Never heard
If you are near a radio today from 6 to 7 p.m., take a listen to fellow Rostrafarian Bob Siegel’s totally original talk show on KCBQ-1170. Bob has the ability to take listeners with him in reviewing the “Big” issues of life, with the tools of intelligence and genuine humility. If you’ve not heard him before, it’s safe to say he’s the Best talker …
Congress moves closer to implementing E-Verify for new hires
Congress voted yesterday for an amendment that would mandate any federal agency funded by the 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations bill to use the federal government’s E-Verify program for the hiring of employees. House legislation, H.R. 2354, adopted the E-Verify amendment in the full Appropriations Committee. However activists promise it will find more scrutiny as it works its way through …
Otay Water District Approves Health Care For Life: U-T
From the San Diego Union-Tribune: The Otay Water District voted Friday to extend lifetime retiree health benefits to district managers and their spouses, and could do the same for a larger group of employees in a month. The Board of Directors voted 4-1 to approve the new benefits. Board member Mark Robak cast the lone dissenting vote. He noted that …
Global Warming Causes Tsunamis! So Saith The Sages Of Grist
Until National Review Online posted about this scary story from enviro mag Grist, I wasn’t aware of this frightening new dimension to the catastrophic effect global warming climate change is having. Already, 2011 is the costliest year for insurance claims due to natural disasters, aided by climate change. The cost so far: $265 billion, greater than the previous record, set …
Bill Horn: Was it a gaffe, or worthy of huckster propaganda label? You tell us.
From Scott Lewis on Twitter: “I figure Keegan did Horn a favor: He must have been overjoyed to learn his friends were alive.” Fact Check: Bill Horn’s Bogus Civil Rights Story – voiceofsandiego.org: San Diego Fact Check www.voiceofsandiego.org Statement: “During the civil rights movement I worked for Ralph Abernathy and went to jail over the rights of the minority,” County …
Jon Timmons is wrong — SD Rostra not afraid to discuss Bill Horn’s Real 1960s civil rights record
In a post at San Diego Politico today (a liberal site whose recent return Rostra welcomed) a Mr. Jon Timmons states of a Bill Horn controversy, “SD ROSTRA won’t write about it either, because he is a conserve now and their site is about looking at the injustices and falsehoods of only the liberals.” Clearly Mr. Timmons has never read SD Rostra! Clearly …
Clarity and Certainty at Last – Another Unbalanced Budget and Taxes on the Way
This op-ed originally appeared in the Flashreport The ink was hardly dry on the Governor’s “balanced” 2011-12 budget, before we learned that the state’s cash receipts were less than expected for the month of May and June of the 2010-11 year we just completed. Also, while claiming to spend only $86 billion, the total was actually $91.5 billion, when one …
Lifetime Health Care To Managers & Spouses: Otay Water District Proposal
UPDATE: 2:40 p.m. Friday – Statement from the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, via the Libertarian Lass: SDCTA Denounces Outrageous Otay Water District Proposal Retirees and dependents receive free lifetime healthcare; customers get the bill (San Diego) – At a time when their customers are paying double digit increases for water, the Otay Water District board of directors is considering …
Oceanside Mobile Home Rent Control Decontrol Repeal Qualifies For Ballot
Yes, I know it’s a convoluted, serpentine headline. What it amounts to is good news for supporters of rent control for mobile homes, long a hot-button issue entwined with Oceanside’s famously factious politics. Fresh electrons from the North County Times give the details: Enough signatures have been collected on petitions challenging an Oceanside mobile-home rent control measure to put the …
Watch This Space . . .
UPDATE: It’s on! ———————————————- . . . more accurately, watch this Website, http://californiarebellion2012.com. Nothing much here yet, but Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone says it will be turned on later tonight. In an interview on the LaDona Harvey show, Stone said his proposal to have 13 counties, including San Diego County, secede from California to form their own state is …
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