From “Chula Vista Patriots”… A resolution is on the Chula Vista City Council agenda for today under councilmembers comments titled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AFFIRMING WORKERS RIGHTS. The resolution is here: http://209.242.175.50/weblink7/docview.aspx?id=95529 There will probably be a big showing of union support. News cameras will be there to get people’s reactions and …
KUSI-TV investigates possible political Bias in Redrawing of SD City Council Districts — A New map would apply for a Decade.
“It’s Deja Vu all over again” baseball’s Yogi Berra once said, and tonight KUSI-TV news hints that could be happening with redrawing of San Diego City Council districts. You can see KUSI’s lengthy story here. Political bias in the process was supposed to have ended in 1992 when voters approved an “independent” commission to do the job, but KUSI asks whether …
KUSI Drops Bombsell on Redistricting
I hope someone else saw KUSI’s segment tonight on labor’s infiltration of the City of San Diego’s redistricting commission because I missed the first few minutes. What I did see was KUSI rip the “non-partisan” redistricting commission apart. It appears that a good number of the board members have significant ties to labor and that the commission’s lead staffer is …
Block for Senate, (Insert Name Here) for Assembly
In local political news today, the San Diego Union-Tribune wrote that Marty Block — everyone’s favorite tax-raising-after-he-promised-not-to-do-so Democrat — is looking to run for the State Senate seat currently held by a termed-out Christine Kehoe. Former Assemblywoman Lori Saldana is in the mix, and there are rumblings that newly-elected Assemblywoman Toni Atkins might jump in. All depending upon redistricting, of …
Dumanis Announcement Heard Round the City
Andrew Donohue at Voice of San Diego has the story… Bonnie Dumanis comes out against the Sanders/DeMaio/Faulconer pension reform measure in the City of San Diego. She tells Voice, “…it is my core belief that those who put their lives at risk daily in the line of duty should have a secure pension … I can’t support a measure that …
Billion dollar corruption within the U.S. picked Afghan regime
After reviewing Afghan custom records, the Wall Street Journal reported that during a three-year period more than $3.1 billion in U.S. dollars left Afghanistan through the airport destined for Middle Eastern countries like Dubai and Abu Dhabi. More than $3 billion has been shipped from a country the CIA Fact Book claims only collected $1 billion in taxes annually. However, …
Labor Council’s “Middle Class Taxpayer Association”
If ever a group assembled under a more inaccurate name, I’d be interested to see it. The “Middle Class Taxpayers Association” isn’t a new voice for responsible stewardship of our tax dollars. It’s a front group shilling for the San Diego Labor Council. The Labor Council doesn’t even try to hide its involvement. It seems silly to use this name, but I suppose there are people or news media who might confuse it with a real taxpayers advocacy group.
On Wisconsin! — Carl DeMaio’s signature Speech Phrase on Monday night stirs Discussion at local Blogs & websites
Councilman Carl DeMaio distilled the coming fight over pension Reform into a single phrase last Monday night at the Republican Party of San Diego. The 25o in attendance cheered it… and the colorful question echoed around the San Diego blogosphere this week. Liam Dillon quoted it with interest at Voice of San Diego… (hat tip to Mr. Dillon for linking to …
Tony Krvaric is accused of Silence on Call-Box Controversy — but this Photograph of him seems to speak Loud and Clear!
GOP Chairman Tony Krvaric was accused this weekend of keeping strangely mum on the SAFE – Call Box controversy brought to light recently by City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf. The City Beat Guy ‘called out’ Mr. Krvaric in a tweet, asking “Where were you on SD Safe? Haven’t heard a peep from you calling on Republicans Roberts and Kulchin to stop taxing.” This statement …
Say It Ain’t So, Mr. Kittle
Yesterday, in the midst of a crazy day in public relations, KUSI’s Bob Kittle revealed to me that next Friday will be his last day after a year at the helm. He’s going to stay on as a political contributor, but he wants to write a book – a biography. “The Legend Behind the Bowtie,” I said. He laughed warmly …
Tax-Day Tea Party ignites citizens to stay involved in politics
More than 2,000 citizen’s show-up for the ‘Stop Taxing Us’ annual Tax-Day Tea Party held at the Oceanside Pier, just north of San Diego. The speakers at the event were not elected politicians, just community activists making the trek to the beach to show their solidarity with the movement that spontaneously erupted shortly after Barrack Obama became president and rammed …
Finding The Good In The Friday
Written by Bob Siegel and originally published in The Washington Times Communities 4-15-11. Used by permission. SAN DIEGO, April 15,24, 2011 —Good Friday. Where on Earth did they come up with a name like that? The second in a trilogy of holy days making up Easter Week, (Psalm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter itself) the purpose of Good Friday is …
Tax Day Tea Party Rallies
Today’s FlashReport covers yesterday’s various Tea Party rallies, including Oceanside… http://www.flashreport.org/index.php?doDate=20110416 North County Times… OCEANSIDE: Dueling rallies held Friday Union-Trib… Two political rallies raise their voices in Oceanside
Daily Caller Hires Bardella
An anonymous commenter notes here that former Darrell Issa aide and erstwhile Rostrafarian Kurt Bardella has been tapped by the Daily Caller. Huffington Post has the full story, including the following message from Neil Patel, co-founder of the Daily Caller with Tucker Carlson… Please join Tucker and me in welcoming Kurt Bardella who will join us tomorrow as Director of …
School reform initiative supporters turn in signatures
SAN DIEGO — Petitions containing more than 133,000 signatures were turned-in to the San Diego City Clerk for verification Friday during a news conference in support of the San Diego Unified School District Accountability and Student Performance Initiative. The measure requires at least 93,085 valid signatures to qualify for the next citywide election. The City Clerk contracts with the San …
Five Months after their 2010 Election Sweep, Escondido’s Conservative Trio is Getting the Results they Promised
Escondido’s conservative city council majority apparently intends to govern the same as they campaigned for office! What a concept! Already they have (a) required use of E-Verify in hiring City employees, and insisted City vendors do the same (b) secured a balanced budget and (c) moved toward a Home Rule City Charter, to save big money on future projects by banning PLAs …
California Republicans and Demography
California’s Republicans have gotten the negative notice of The Economist, no small feat, considering that the magazine covers the world and only runs eight or so articles on the whole of the United States in a week. Titled Dead, or just resting? the main thrust is that California Republicans are so deeply unpopular with Hispanics and Asians who are an …
Faulconer: ‘Now it’s the Council’s turn’
Good and bad news in Mayor’s budget Faulconer commits to protecting core services, furthering reform San Diego City Council President Pro Tem Kevin Faulconer issued the following statement today in response to Mayor Jerry Sanders’ budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2012, which begins July 1: There’s clearly some good news in the Mayor’s budget proposal, and there’s clearly some bad …
Big Sister Christine Kehoe is Watching You… Sit in Traffic on the I-5 and Loves It!
When State Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) is not plucking the petals from a rose a to determine whether or not she should run for Mayor, she seems content to bungle up traffic on the 5 freeway in north San Diego City and County. Car accidents are proving to be the old-fashioned way to mess up traffic. Nowadays you can …
DeMaio Urges Rejection of “Meat Cleaver” Cuts to City Services
Millions in Wasteful Spending Should be Reformed Before Services are Cut Councilmember DeMaio today urged his Council colleagues to reject large elements of the Mayor’s budget plan citing negative impacts on local neighborhoods and the failure to finish the job of implementing budget reforms. “After years of severe cuts and wasteful spending San Diegans deserve a budget plan that will …
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