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 …
Virginia Congressman tells concerned veteran to sit down and be quiet
The budget crisis has indeed come down to the eleventh hour and a government shut-down seems imminent, however it’s not the closure of the federal offices that should concern Americans, it’s the disregard for the U.S. military. With three wars raging in the Middle East and humanitarian assistance the over-stretched forces are providing Japan, one would think lawmakers would insist …
Border Patrol nabs a fake BP truck filled with drugs
The drug cartels are stepping up their smuggling tactics by customizing vehicles to look just like Border Patrol trucks as a way to smuggle illicit drugs into America. This time the cloned vehicle was detected in Texas and it was loaded with more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana. Just a few weeks ago a white van with a dozen illegals …
A Sit Down With Roger Hedgecock Part II: Conservatism, Governor Brown, Holding Their Feet to the Fire
This is Part II 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. Hedgecock had been a part of “Youth for Goldwater” when he was in high school. I asked him how he formed his conservative political …
Remembering Reagan in San Diego
Op-ed as published in today’s North County Times On the 100th anniversary year of Ronald Reagan’s birthday, museum exhibits and educational programs are now being commissioned to share our 40th president’s legacy. In San Diego, we cross Reagan’s footprints every day, a unique civic distinction that is worth memorializing. It is rare for an American figure with such global stature …
Applause for Mayor Sanders
I have been a harsh critic of Mayor Sanders at times. But I need to give credit where it is due; he worked with purveyors of competing reform plans to come up with a single ballot measure. This increases the odds that a measure will pass, because there will be a unified reform effort. Yesterday’s U-T has the news: The …
Glenn Beck will leave Fox News this year
Glenn Beck is banking on some “hope and change” of his own as he and Fox News will part ways, sort of. Today, Fox News said they would end Beck’s highly-popular cable TV show and explained the program would slowly transition off the air later this year. However, Beck and Fox News are in the process of developing and producing …
Comprehensive pension reform proposal combines best ideas
From San Diego City Council President Pro Tem Kevin Faulconer: I was extremely proud to announce yesterday that I was able to help bring together a range of ideas from San Diego leaders, policy experts and businesses. The result is the Comprehensive Pension Reform Initiative for San Diego. Today’s Union-Tribune calls it a grand compromise at City Hall. It not …
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