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 …
US payments to Taliban & Afghan warlords threaten American/NATO troops
(Part two of the series on Afghanistan) According to separate Congressional and Senate reports, the American government pays more than $2 billion for Host Nation Trucking (HNT) or in layman’s terms, private security firms that protect U.S. military convoys and materials in dangerous tribal areas. Currently the HNT contracts are a $2.16 billion dollar boondoggle that provides indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity …
Rostra’s DIANA PALACIOS named top Aide to Oceanside City Councilman Gary Felien ….. Well done, Diana !
As the great Fred Rogers would say, “It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” as we celebrate our own Diana Palacios becoming chief aide to Oceanside City Councilman Gary Felien. This is a superb hire for Councilman Felien, and Oceanside taxpayers, considering Diana’s fine background as an aide to U.S. Senator John Cornyn, and her wide circle of friends in SD County public …
US troops fight and die to preserve Shariah Law in Afghanistan (Series pt. 1)
Most Americans would be shocked to know that THEIR government created an Islamic Theocracy subject to Shariah law when it developed the Afghanistan Constitution. (Link to Afghan Constitution). That constitution establishes Afghanistan as an Islamic Republic subject to Shariah law: “We the people of Afghanistan With firm faith in God Almighty and relying on His lawful mercy, and Believing in …
U.S. taxpayers foot the bill to upgrade Mexican trucks to meet emissions requirements
Now that the Obama Administration has okayed the Mexican trucking industries to do business in America, pesky environmentalists want those trucks to operate within U.S. standards. Lucky for the Mexican truckers, the U.S. taxpayer will pick up the tab to upgrade foreign-owned trucks ensuring their emissions meet environmental standards. According to air-quality regulators, state or federal agencies cannot force trucks …
Report Reveals 71% Increase in Six-Figure City Pensions in One Year
Report Reveals Public Safety Accounts for Disproportionate Share of Excessive Pensions City Councilmember Carl DeMaio today released his seventh annual report disclosing pension payouts to individual city employees. This year’s report used additional methodologies and data sets to bring even greater clarity to outrageous city pension payouts. “Just when you thought the number of excessive pension payouts could not get …
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