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 …
Innovative Transportation Choice Slated to Arrive in San Diego
I received this email today and thougt I’d share it. The car2go program is reportedly operating in Europe, Canada, and I believe Austin Texas at this time. The Yelp reviews were not all flattering from Austin so hopefully the technology they intend to deploy in San Diego has had some of the bugs worked out: car2go is pleased to announce …
Happy Campaign Reporting Day!
It’s Christmas Day! OK- maybe not Christmas, but it’s still deadline day for the much-anticipated first campaign fundraising reporting period and all eyes are on the 2012 San Diego mayoral race. With less than a month at the old grindstone, politicos wait with breath that is baited to see who made it rain. The “ask” ain’t easy. Most candidates say …
SurveyUSA poll understates DeMaio’s lead in SD mayoral race
Earlier this month there was a poll for the all-important race for mayor of San Diego. It was financed by TV station KGTV, but it was not one of those bogus “call-in” surveys or Internet polls. The results showed my favorite — San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio — with an early but encouraging lead over his opponents (some not …
California Democrats Impose Counterproductive ‘Amazon Tax’
California’s Democratic leadership expects to reap $200 million a year for the state from the new “Amazon tax” just signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. But as with previous tax and fee hikes imposed on the long-suffering state, it’s going to lose California a lot of jobs and bring in a lot less money than expected. Amazon.com said it …
Pension Reform Measure Would Save San Diego Taxpayers up to $2 Billion
A groundbreaking pension reform ballot measure would save San Diego taxpayers up to $2.1 billion, according to a comprehensive financial analysis released today. “Taxpayers simply can’t afford to keep paying the staggering pension costs of city workers year after year, decade after decade,” Mayor Jerry Sanders said. “This ballot measure will restore us to fiscal sanity, creating a system in …
The State Budget: Why doesn’t Sacramento get it, or, why do we continue to elect these people???
Wouldn’t it be nice if for once, no matter how hard it might be for them, that a real budget would be approved by Sacramento politicians without any gimmicks and not based on optimistic revenue projections? How about learning to live within your means? I scream whenever I hear the term “optimistic revenue projections” used anytime regarding the budget, because …
So What Will the Candidates for Mayor Raise?
The first campaign disclosure cut off for raising money in the City of San Diego Mayor’s race is this Thursday. I could give my predictions here about what I think the candidates will raise, but then I’d have to read the whole chain of campaign partisans chanting about my bias. So, I’ll just leave it up to the readers to …
SD CityBeat: Standing For Principle, Against Obsessive Partisanship
SD CityBeat has condemned a threat by Jess Durfee, chairman of the San Diego Democratic Party, to blacklist any Democrats who dare endorse a Republican, even if the office is nonpartisan. As reported by Voice of San Diego’s Liam Dillon, Durfee’s ire was directed at Democrats who endorsed Bonnie Dumanis for mayor of San Diego. CityBeat wrote in its editorial: …
Survey USA had Prop. D Sales Tax losing 48-29 ….. “San Diego Residents have No Appetite for New Taxes” they summarized
OK, back to the wonderful world of Polling minutiae! Thanks to the Libertarian Lass for getting me to check “Survey USA’s” pre-election poll on last year’s Half Cent sales tax item, Prop. D. Summarized above is their Oct. 7, 2010 poll, the last one I can find. You can see the Crosstabs and Analysis at this link. Having seen polling guru John …
Assemblywoman Diane Harkey on the Democrat Budget
This op-ed originally appeared in the Flashreport The Democrat majority in the Legislature just passed another unbalanced budget that includes deferrals to education, early release of state prisoners to our counties, phantom revenue projections and legal challenges waiting in the wings. By any calculation, it also adds to our state’s wall of debt, that the Governor claims to want to …
California Democrats hope to pass “On Our Knees” to limit hotel maids’ duties
The California State Assembly Labor and Employment Committee moved Senate Bill 432 “On Our Knees” one step closer to the governor’s desk. The proposed legislation is hoping to outlaw the requirement that hotel maids perform unsafe housekeeping duties like cleaning bathroom floors and making a bed without fitted sheets. Yes, you read that correctly. The hotel industry mounted an aggressive …
Meet San Diego’s Next Generation of Straight Shooters
The National Rifle Association recently held its annual “Youth Education Summit” in Washington, D.C. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity for 40 high school students from across the country to learn about the nation’s governance, meet policymakers, and tour the great monuments and sights of our nation’s capitol. The students come away understanding the importance of being an active, …
SD CityBeat: Do Journalistic Standards Include Personal Death Wishes?
Yesterday San Diego CityBeat’s John Lamb posted this on Twitter: “(johnrlamb) X’s fingers @TonyKrvaric continues his meatball/beer/mashed-potato/beer/boiled-egg/beer/boiled-potato/aquavit-chaser diet. #strokeofgenius” In essence, Lamb was noting he was keeping his fingers crossed for Tony Krvaric (pictured below) to have a stroke. While he will no doubt say that he was joking, and may at some point feign an apology, this provides an illuminating insight …
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