The result was that in roughly 18 months, the country was out of this economic nightmare. Unemployment fell to 6% in 1922 and to 2.3% by 1923. The country was able to trim their debt by 1/3rd. In short, it kicked off the roaring twenties where many average Americans enjoyed unprecedented quality living highlighted by buying their first car, radio, and telephones.
Breitbart, O’Keefe At Eagle Forum SD – With Videos
Andrew Breitbart gave a wide-ranging keynote speech at the Eagle Forum San Diego convention’s Friday dinner. The conservative journalist/provocateur discussed Weinergate, what he calls the media/Democratic Party complex, Marxist indoctrination of the culture, his struggles to find and publicize stories about bad behavior on the political left, and much more. For those of you who weren’t there for Breitbart’s speech, …
Early Analysis: Impact of Redistricting in San Diego County
New faces, new districts, and more competition Guest Commentary by Ron Nehring Let’s take a quick look at the draft Assembly, State Senate and Congressional district maps in San Diego County. While these drafts may change in the weeks ahead, they give us good insight into the direction things are moving, and therefore, who’s likely to gain, and whose jobs …
Bilbray to Run in Newly Formed District that Unites Past and Present
“I will remain an effective representative for San Diegans in Congress in this proposed new district, which includes Poway and the city of San Diego. The new boundaries also include this city in which I was born, Coronado.”
Issa Plants Flag in OC-North County District
“In examining the proposed districts, if this realignment were to become final I would seek reelection in the new congressional district that includes the coastal communities of south Orange County and North County San Diego, stretching from Dana Point to Del Mar…”
Redistricting Maps Round 1 Released…
Here is a link to the draft maps: http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/maps-congress-1st-draft.html
NC Times Reports: Top Issa aide running for 66th District Assembly seat
A top local aide to Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is drawing on his extensive political experience to run for a seat in the California Assembly in 2012.
Fletcher’s Union, Big-Gov’t Record
The title for this post is taken from a recent article by Steven Greenhut on the CalWatchDog website. This article was clearly written in response to Fletcher’s official announcement that he’s running for Mayor. One of the interesting things to follow in this race is how the candidates, and their campaigns, cope with the harsh scrutiny they will receive over …
Ninth Circuit Affirms Party Contributions to Candidates in “Thalheimer v. City of San Diego”
PRESS RELEASE Thursday, June 9, 2011 Ninth Circuit: Parties May Contribute To Candidates; No Limit for IE Contributions The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today issued a ruling vindicating the political speech and association rights of corporations and political parties. The ruling affirmed a lower court’s decision to enjoin certain San Diego campaign finance laws. This decision upheld the right …
San Diego City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf Endorses Steve Danon for County Supervisor
San Diego City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf today formally announced today her endorsement of Steve Danon for County Supervisor in 2012.
Poll: DeMaio Takes Early Lead in Race for Mayor
A new SurveyUSA poll reveals Councilmember Carl DeMaio has taken an early lead in the race for Mayor of San Diego. In a poll that surveyed 538 registered city voters, DeMaio leads the growing pack of candidates with 22% of the vote. District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, who announced her candidacy in March, comes in second place at 15%, and Democratic …
GOP Mayoral Candidates Jump to the Front: Dumanis Fav Among Insiders, DeMaio Choice of the Electorate
The Mayoral race has gotten off to a blistering pace: DeMaio, Fletcher, and now Filner are in; Faulconer is out. Surprisingly, there is a swift and early movement to coalesce center-right establishment support behind Dumanis. In just the last 36 hours Dumanis has received the endorsements of both Faulconer and Sanders. At the same time a SurveyUSA poll, sponsored by 10 News, shows DeMaio up substantially. He leads among every major demographic but women.
Larry Stirling explains why he backs Carl DeMaio for Mayor — He has the Courage to bring Needed Change
Former Judge, City Councilman and State legislator, Hon.Larry Stirling announces his support for Carl DeMaio’s campaign. With commendable brevity, Larry explains the reasons why. “Carl DeMaio is the only prospective candidate for mayor of San Diego that has demonstrated through courage, energy, and intelligence the path to successful operational and financial reform for San Diego. They say he is “divisive.” From long experience, …
Ron Paul — Winning the Presidency one Spam-Bot at a Time
The Ron Paul campaign — or at least its support group — has developed a new outreach strategy. Spam comments on weblogs. The Paulies have always tended to be higher tech than the average voter. Remember when they claimed in 2008 that telephone polling falsely deflated Paul’s true numbers, since pollsters weren’t calling cell phones? Yep, that’s right, Paul supporters …
Los Angeles to opt out of Secure Communities- arrested illegals won’t be reported
The Los Angeles City Council voted 11-1 yesterday to support state legislation allowing the city to opt out of Department of Homeland Security’s “Secure Communities” program that requires law enforcement officers to submit fingerprints of arrested people to immigration officials. In an effort to crackdown on illegal immigration and comply with federal deportation orders, DHS created the program in 2008 …
Nehring: Filner can’t win House against Vargas, so runs for Mayor
Press Release from Ron Nehring.. REPUBLICANS DISMISS FILNER MAYORAL CANDIDACY AS DESPERATE RETIREMENT PLAN Controversial congressman’s announcement follows release of new district maps showing Filner could not be re-elected in 2012 SAN DIEGO — Citing Bob Filner’s decision to run for mayor coming on the heels of new Congressional district maps released this week, San Diego Republicans dismissed the controversial …
UPDATE: New Mexico rancher, Larry Link murdered
New details are emerging about the murder of a New Mexico rancher, Larry Link, 68, who was killed yesterday on his property. Link’s ranch/ghost town is located approximately 47 miles from the U.S./Mexico border, and he moved to Stein, New Mexico to get away from the hustle and bustle of Phoenix. “My uncle was a good man who deserved better,” …
Weiner Scandal More Than Sexual
Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by Washington Times Communities. Used by permission. SAN DIEGO, June 7, 2011 —On June 2, former CBS News anchor Katie Couric tweeted, “I’m curious if anybody thinks this Anthony Weiner Twitter scandal is a legit news story or just fodder for late-night comedians…thoughts?” (News Busters, June 3, 20011 regarding a June 2 tweet). …
The Mayor’s Race – First Few Days
Some observations on the first few days of the Mayor’s race: #1 Republicans Up. The Republican candidates for Mayor (DeMaio, Dumanis, Fletcher) are up and running: raising money, throwing up websites, gathering endorsements, hiring consultants. The Democrats are having a harder time getting on their feet. I can’t imagine this is planned. More like they spent so long deciding that …
Erasing, Grading, Inflating
The Watchdog section of the U-T deserves hugs, flowers, and chocolates for much of the work they do. Just a few minutes ago, Ashly McGlone reports that the Sweetwater school district was caught erasing Ds and Fs from report cards, only to replace them with higher grades. The result? Inflated graduation rates for one of the nation’s largest school districts. Here’s …
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