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 …
A Sit Down with Roger Hedgecock Part IV: The Nanny State, Father Joe’s Villages, Giving Back to Our Military
This is the fourth and final part of my interview with San Diego’s Roger Hedgecock, nationally syndicated talk show host. He is heard locally on KOGO 600 AM. You can read Part I of my interview with Hedgecock here. You can read Part II here. You can read Part III here. A major theme on Hedgecock’s talk show is the …
Senator Wyland Announces Campaign for Board of Equalization
From Mark Wyland, yesterday… Senator Wyland Announces Campaign for Board of Equalization (Sacramento, CA) – Today, State Senator Mark Wyland, announces his campaign for Board of Equalization, District 3. Senator Wyland has been a longtime advocate for oversight and accountability of government, tax reform, and budget reform. As a Board of Equalization member, he pledges to fight for taxpayers and …
“Are You Ready to make San Diego the ‘Wisconsin of the West’?” — Pension Reform battle cry at Monday’s SD Republican Party meeting
It was Unity Night at the Republican Party of San Diego on Monday, and “director’ Tony Krvaric gave the spotlight to three major heroes. Carl DeMaio was the firebrand, asking, “Are you ready to make San Diego the Wisconsin of the West?”… Kevin Faulconer was the calm older brother, praising everyone for their hard work. And Jerry Sanders explained himself to the GOP crowd …
A new arrest made for the murder of BP Agent Robert Rosas
There has been another arrest for the murder of Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas. Tijuana Police announced today that Marcos Manuel Rodriguez Perez was arrested in Mexico today for the July 2009 execution of Agent Rosas. Many BP Agents and law enforcement officers contended from the outset of the Rosas murder that more than one person was responsible for the …
A Sit Down With Roger Hedgecock Part III: National Politics, Presidential Timber, Social Media
This is the Part III of my interview with San Diego’s Roger Hedgecock, nationally syndicated talk show host. He is heard locally on KOGO 600 AM. You can read Part I of my interview with Hedgecock here. You can read Part II here. I asked Hedgecock his take on national political figures worth following, in particular ones that are suitable …
Brown is making it obvious he doesn’t work for the taxpayers
Public employee unions spent $30 million to give Jerry Brown a third term. While I didn’t vote for him, as a Californian, I hoped he would help fix the state by standing up to the public employee unions who own Sacramento. If Nixon could go to China, maybe Jerry Brown — at this stage of his life — would stand …
Immigrants win civil rights settlement money in Iowa
An Iowa employment agency, LF Staffing Services, settled its case with the Department of Justice (DOJ) for improperly pre-screening job applicants during the hiring process. The complaint states that in some cases LF Staffing rejected valid work authorization documents presented by certain immigrants residing in the country. Keep reading
New Ballot Measure Promises School Reform
As published in The Presidio Sentinel on April 1, 2011. By Paul M Bowers A new ballot measure aims to make San Diego schools better for kids by increasing accountability and focusing the school board’s attention away from politics and onto student performance. The initiative was created by San Diegans 4 Great Schools, a broad-based coalition of parents, taxpayers and …
Christian Science Monitor Disguises Lefty Group as ‘Non-partisan’
Here’s another example of a reporter carefully sanitizing a left-leaning group as non-partisan. The link goes to an innuendo-filled article in the Christian Science Monitor about the Wisconsin Supreme Court election by CSM reporter Mark Guarino. Conservative David Prosser surged ahead in the vote count after 14,000 ballots were added to the state totals. The article begins with the darkly …
Kudos, John McCann. Kudos.
In a headlining story posted by the San Diego Union-Tribune today, Sweetwater School Board President John McCann has finally stood up for South Bay taxpayers, and has cancelled Superintendent Jesus Gandara’s taxpayer-funded credit card. As reported by the U-T, Gandara has racked up nearly $31,000 in charges to the card which include $11,500 on meals alone. On top of the exorbitant $250,000 …
Prophet with Honor… Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (ret) speaks Monday night on “Victory in Iraq — How America Won” at Republican Party of San Diego meeting
Respected retired Congressman Duncan L. Hunter will address Monday night’s meeting of the GOP Central Committee in Point Loma at 7 pm. The special forces Army Ranger and Vietnam veteran who rose to be Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (2003-07) will discuss his new book (see above) which declares Victory in Iraq and gives an insiders’ view of …
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