Guest Commentary by Robert E. Bennett I grew up in Burbank, California and in the late 1950s, global warming was always present in the summer. That’s why my mother and father would get us in our 1957 Ford Country Sedan station wagon and head on down to La Jolla. I had four aunts and a grandmother living there. We would …
Socialists and Fascists, Gathered Merrily
Union thugs and greedy corporate oppressors are people too. And pretty nice ones, judging from the crowd last night at the third meetup between what Erica Holloway aptly referred to as “Rostrafarians, our liberal darling blogger friends at Two Cathedrals, and those hipster CityBeat cats.” While the national media bemoans excessive partisanship and political polarization, it’s nice to see some …
TODAY! Son of a… Howard Dean
Oh my, the shenanigans continues. It’s a darn good thing that it does for those of us who like to share airspace with other poliwonks, politicos and press-pass junkies. In a bi-partisan, put down your swords, have a beer for goodness sake and sign a peace treaty effort, our little gatherings between Rostrafarians, our liberal darling blogger friends at Two …
Calling San Diego Taxpayers: Oppose the “Jobs Tax”
The San Diego County Taxpayers calls upon San Diegans to voice their opposition to a proposal by the San Diego City Council to double the so called “linkage fee” charged to construction projects in the City of San Diego. This fee is yet another short-sighted job killer and SDCTA is strongly opposed to this increase. The Council will also consider …
Bachmann’s Gaffes: Should We All Just Chill Out?
Some of Congresswoman Bachmann’s supporters defend too many of her statements but the popular presidential candidate does not own a monopoly on gaffes. Such is the subject of my latest column for Communities At Washington Times. This article, similar in some ways to a piece I did a few weeks ago about Sarah Palin for the San Diego Rostra, goes …
‘Operation Intimidation’ Aims to Sink Comprehensive Pension Reform
Union Campaign Built On Intimidation, Desperation, Lies There are few certainties in politics, but pension reform is quickly becoming one of those rare slam dunks. In the City of San Diego, 70 percent of voters said they would vote for the Comprehensive Pension Reform (CPR) ballot measure, according to a poll conducted by Competitive Edge Research & Communication. Twenty …
Union-Trib names Richard Rider and Larry Stirling as two top Carl DeMaio mayoral backers
Another sign of SD Rostra’s growing influence … two men often heard from in these pages (Judge Larry Stirling and Hon. Richard Rider) are the two featured supporters in a U-T description tonight of the Carl DeMaio mayoral campaign. Read their hard-hitting quotes here. Judge Stirling says only DeMaio proposes a series of reforms that will balance the City budget …
Taxpayers to give $1 billion to HUD to bail out 30,000 hand-picked homeowners
Are you having trouble paying your bills? Did your money tree perish in the backyard? If so, members of Congress have given the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), $1 billion to help a small group of homeowners avoid losing their homes. It is no secret that the lagging economy is connected to the nation’s collapsing housing market, …
The inbred liberal bias of KPBS
Recently our local San Diego KPBS radio station held one of its “Roundtable” shows to discuss and analyze the nominally nonpartisan San Diego mayor’s race. Here’s the link and especially the players (then read MY analysis below the players): http://kpbs.org/news/2011/jul/01/roundtable-non-partisan-mayors-race-heats/ KPBS Midway Edition Radio Program. Roundtable: “Non-Partisan” Mayor’s Race Heats Up. By Pat Finn, Gloria Penner. July 1, 2011. Guests: …
CA vs. other states — revised 1 July, 2011
Breaking Bad: California vs. the Other States by Richard Rider, Chairman, San Diego Tax Fighters Version 1.770 Revised 1 July, 2011 Updated version online at: www.RiderBlog.NotLong.com Phone: 858-530-3027 Here’s a depressing but documented comparison of California taxes and economic climate with the rest of the states. The news is breaking bad, and getting worse (I keep updating this fact sheet): …
Chris Tomlinson, Lefty Texas Political Activist, Magically Becomes ‘Objective’ AP Reporter
Last year, Chris Tomlinson was known as a progressive (IOW left-leaning) political activist in Texas. But the year 2011 has been very good to him. Tomlinson’s success at reinventing himself bears an important lesson for us all. Tomlinson was managing editor of the Texas Observer, which describes the goal of its publisher, the Texas Democracy Foundation, as promoting “progressive change …
Rostrafarians, Give the President the Bird
President Obama is expanding his outreach to the American public with the first ever White House Twitter Town Hall on Wednesday, July 6, at 11 a.m. Pacific Time. Moderated by Twitter founder and executive chairman Jack Dorsey, the President will answer questions about the economy and jobs submitted via Twitter using the hashtag #askobama. North County Times editor Dorrine Mendoza, …
4th of July Reflections on Freedom
Happy Birthday America! I felt the need to get that out there before the politically correct-police ban such speech as “divisive” or “extreme” or some other such beltway blather. Refreshingly, after reading this brilliant piece by Steven Greenhut today, I at least feel slightly less alone in my overall lack of confidence and enthusiasm – check that, my absolute disgust …
The Greatest Words ever Written in America … by a 33-year-old Visionary
Philadelphia, July 4, 1776 – “We Hold these Truths to be self-evident. That All Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness — That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the Consent of the …
Record-Setting… SD Rostra audience DOUBLES in 5 months to 19,192 readers… Give yourselves a Big Hand!
The month of June was very, very good for SD Rostra. In a single month, readership rose 50% from May levels (12,747 to 19,192), bringing our gains since January to 96% (9,767 then to 19,192 now). These totals reflect 19,192 separate and unique IP addresses. And in many cases multiple users have the same IP [if they’re with one agency or business] so we’re …
Help San Diego’s Armed Services YMCA , Friend to 9,000 local Military Families! … Here’s how YOU can help the “Y” and the Warriors
How can You show Real support today for families of Sailors, Soldiers, Marines and Airmen? Read on. San Diego is rightly proud of its San Diego Armed Services YMCA, which helps those families every day, guided by the ASYMCA’s history and heritage, from 1921 to the present…. Brittany Catton, their development director, sent along the attached material. If YOU want to help the SDASYMCA do their …
Mayoral Candidates: Why Wait?
Dear Mayoral Candidates, After a month of hard work the first reporting period has come to a close. Each of you know exactly how much you have raised. Sure the paperwork might not be submitted or even completed, but you know the number. So don’t make us wait a month, share with the rest of us. Each of you has …
Confident, Determined San Diego Pension Reformers hold productive Thursday night meeting in Mission Valley
Kevin Faulconer set the tone last night, telling a crowd of civic leaders, “This is not about Republicans and Democrats. This is about what is good for San Diego neighborhoods.” Faulconer gestured to a chart showing that, if left unchanged, local residents will one day pay $500 million-a-year for a “defined benefit” pension system. “If we act now, we can save $1 …
Attend a Fireworks Show — For your Family, For your Country, For the GOP
Much to the dismay of environmental attorney Marco Gonzalez, fireworks will illuminate the sky over La Jolla Cove this July 4. San Diegans sorta have Superior Court Judge Linda Quinn to thank for this. As a refresher, back in May Quinn ruled that the annual fireworks display was subject to the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970. The ruling put …
Beware! Sales tax drops tomorrow (7/1/11).
A quick note: Most of you (intelligent all) know that starting tomorrow (7/1/11) the California statewide sales tax drops a full 1%. But I’m finding CA businesses that are unaware of the change. Beware. Perhaps our CA state government is not as good at letting companies know about sales tax REDUCTIONS as it is at informing them about sales tax …
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