Highlights from tonight’s annual dinner at the Rancho Bernardo Inn: 600 people attended, and over $200,000 was raised to support Republican Party of SD programs. Grover Norquist gave a fine key-note speech combining Humor with Reform. John Hoy named “Consultant of the Year”. Bill Baber took the “Chairman’s Leadership Award”. John Neinstedt proclaimed “Pollster of the Year”. John Wainio cited as “Best …
Richard Rider re-registers as REPUBLICAN tonight — And No, It’s Not April 1st
That’s not a misprint, sports fans, SD Rostra’s own Richard Rider changed his registration last night, from Libertarian to Republican at the annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner at the Rancho Bernardo Inn. Your correspondent wouldn’t have believed it if he had not seen Rider sign the document live on center stage, as 600 Republicans simultaneously cheered and pinched themselves . “Was that for …
Farewell, Mr. Davies
It’s rare to see a life so fully lived as Mr. John Davies. He was a dear man with a good sense of humor that served him well in tough crowds. John was a development advocate with a vision to revitalize downtown, and served on dozens of boards and commissions statewide proving to be a leadership giant. He lived big, …
Supreme Court rules in Arizona’s favor – E-Verify to be implemented statewide
The state of Arizona finally caught a break; the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state’s ability to require employers to use the federal E-Verify program. The decision also allows the state to revoke business licenses of companies that knowingly hire illegal workers. The E-Verify program is a successful federal program that uses Social Security card numbers to ensure …
Trump’s Ego won’t let him stop
It looks as if Donald Trump is now saying Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate is a fake. Read the news at WorldNet Daily. The wack jobs are very pleased. Those who continue to say that Obama’s eligibility is one of the most serious constitutional crises this country has ever faced, are doing nothing but ensuring they will still be saying …
Herman Cain Tries Hard Not To Be A Politician
Written By Bob Siegel and originally published by Washington Times Communities, 5-25-11. Used by Permission. SAN DIEGO, May 25, 2011 —Unlike Katie Couric, who seemed to be doing everything she could to nail Sarah Palin in her 2008 interview, Chris Wallace looked genuinely surprised when Republican presidential hopeful, Herman Cain, could not offer a cohesive answer to one particular Middle …
Stealth Gun Control From Obama
This should be continually kept in mind: President Obama said he’s working on gun control “under the radar,” according to Jim and Sarah Brady, who visited the president on the 30th anniversary of the assassination attempt on President Reagan. Brady was severely wounded in the attack and the couple have become gun control advocates. The more recent assassination attempt on …
Bertha Lopez Restrained for Harassment?
UPDATE by Rostra Admin, May 25 – 10:42 p.m…The reference to the restraining order below is accurate, with the additional clarification that it was a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), not subsequently permanently issued. As reported by La Prensa in 1998, after the TRO was issued, “The case never came to court. At the date of the hearing neither Mr. Hernandez …
Mayor’s Race: Booorrring
WARNING: This blog contains a large dose of snark. 2012 Mayor’s Race: Booorrring. Ya, I said it. And I meant it. All the hype around early races kills the enthusiasm with saturation. In this case, it’s been just sheer overload. In December, I traded calls with all the muckety mucks, reviewed all the uber early, virtually meaningless polls, gobbled up …
U.S./Mexico Border States continue to disrupt drug cartel activities
In a multi-agency operation, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office teamed up with Border Patrol’s “BORTAC Team 5” to deny, degrade, disrupt and dismantle drug and human-trafficking operations in Pinal County. The week-long joint task force agencies arrested 60 suspects, seized 5,433 pounds of marijuana, collected $115,630 in cash, recovered five stolen vehicles and confiscated firearms. “These multi agency details have a …
Mobile Home Rent Control doesn’t work
A follow up to Greg Larkin’s post yesterday about today’s Oceanside City Council meeting… Mobile Home Rent Control doesn’t work by Steve Gramm It didn’t work in Cuba, or behind the Iron Curtain, but some politicians in San Diego County still think the government should be setting prices for one form of housing—mobile home parks. It will come as no …
Grand Jury Report Validates Flaws in Case for New City Hall Project
I applaud the San Diego Grand Jury report released yesterday for questioning the renovation and leasing estimates used by the City to push for a new City Hall. This report validates our concerns that the project would cost millions of dollars we simply do not have. I call on city leaders to abandon this project. There are plenty of common …
California Pension Initiative Enters Circulation
An initiative to restrict public employee pension benefits has entered circulation. From the press release from Secretary of State Debra Bowen: MODIFIES PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION BENEFITS. ELIMINATES AUTHORITY TO SET PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT BENEFITS BY CONTRACT OR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Sets retirement age at 62 for persons who are or will be public employees. Limits pensions to 60 …
Free Market Ideals call for Amending the Rent Control Ordinance in Oceanside
The Oceanside City Council faces a final vote tomorrow (Wednesday) on a measure proposed by Councilman Jerry Kern that would return free markets to city mobile home parks, thus simply allowing park owners to adjust rents to the market rate only when leasing to a new tenant. Don’t let Councilmember Esther Sanchez and her regulatory, nanny-state minded cronies tell you …
Report shows African Americans suffer higher than average unemployment
Looking at the want ads in the Sunday paper is a lot tougher on the nation’s African-American community, according to the latest Bureau of Labor statistics figures which confirm higher than average unemployment for President Obama’s most loyal voting base. The unemployment rate for black Americans remains just more than 16 percent; while their white counterparts hover around the 8 …
Stem Cell Researcher Says He’s Pressured To Close His Blog
Paul S. Knoepfler is a prominent stem cell researcher at UC Davis. He also writes a blog about stem cell research in which his gives his frank opinions about the field and its critics. Too frank, he says, for some people, who are pressuring him to drop his blog. That alarms me, because I’ve found Knoepfler and his blog a …
Republican Party Chair files Redistricting Suit — Goal: Rescue the non-partisan Ideal San Diego actually voted for in 1992
Today (May 23) Republican Party of San Diego Chairman Tony Krvaric filed suit in SD Superior Court, seeking to correct publicly-revealed problems with the current SD Redistricting Commission process. City voters approved a non-partisan commission in 1992 (61% yes) proposed by then-Mayor Maureen O’Connor, and backed by then-councilman Ron Roberts. The first Commission (2000-01) faced very little controversy, and the …
Will Somebody Please Sue Chula Vista Already?
So, back in February Will Carless at VOSD wrote an article that apparently didn’t stir any lawyers into action. I am hoping my little blurb will get something going. I am sure we all remember Prop H, Cheryl Cox’s second failure to raise taxes in Chula Vista. Remember, Prop H was a tax increase that expanded the reach of the …
10 Reasons Why John McCann Should Fire Superintendent Gandara
In yet ANOTHER headlining story written by the San Diego Union-Tribune’s Ashly McGlone, the Sweetwater Union High School District is taking up ink in the paper because of shady practices. Not even six months into his term as school board president, it would appear from the outset that the sky continues to fall around John McCann and the school district. No …
The “SD Politico” website is active again — A respected (Democratic) competitor returns to the Lists
After a six month hiatus, the “SD Politico” website (Democratic) is back in business. They are respected here for their straight-forward approach, and expressing the thoughts of those Democrats who actually do some work, rather than just talk about it! As one set of professionals (GOP) to another, we tip our cap to Gracchus and his crew. AND they return with a newsbeat, …
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