The Log Cabin Republicans San Diego welcomes former Marine and California state Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher Thursday for a celebration for the defeat of” Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The group asks attendants to bring travel-size toiletries for donation to homeless veterans. Bamboo Lounge 1475 University Avenue San Diego, CA 7 p.m., Thursday, April 7 $25 at the door Hors d’oeuvres and …
ASSEMBLYMEMBERS JONES AND MANSOOR AUTHOR BILL TO STOP UNION AND CORPORATE POLITICAL INFLUENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2011 CONTACT: Laurie Paredes (916) 319-2077 ASSEMBLYMEMBERS JONES AND MANSOOR AUTHOR BILL TO STOP UNION AND CORPORATE POLITICAL INFLUENCE Bill seeks to shift political power back to the people of California Sacramento – Assemblyman Brian Jones (Santee) and Assemblyman Allan Mansoor (Costa Mesa) have jointly authored legislation to sharply curb the influx of special interest …
TAX DEBATE SHOWS REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOT DEAD
TAX DEBATE SHOWS REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOT DEAD by Assemblyman Brian Jones From FlashReport – April 5, 2011 I have to chuckle at how the media is making a concerted, if not a silly effort to declare the Republican Party “dead” in California. But from the comments I am getting from my constituents in Eastern San Diego County, they are …
Harkey Fuels Board of Equalization Campaign with $100k
CityBeat’s Dave Maass has the news… Diane Harkey running for Board of Equalization — Assembly member drops $100,000 into campaign for office few people know or care about
Two Americans murdered in Tijuana waiting to reenter the U.S.
At the nation’s busiest port of entry — Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, California — two Americans were murdered as they waited in their car to reenter the United States. The AP reports the victims were both carrying their U.S. passports making the identification process much easier. Their names were Kevin Romero, 28, and Sergio Salcido Luna, 25, their home …
Free NRA Family Fun Camp – April 16
Click 2011 Shoot Camp for a large PDF of the flyer
A South Bay Update
As an update to the ongoings in the South Bay, I’m sure some of you have heard by now that Democrat Sweetwater School Board member Arlie Ricasa was hit with a $2,000 fine by the FPPC. As reported by the San Diego Union Tribune, she was caught not fully reporting an $18,000 loan on her campaign financial documents. Good, now …
U. S. Supreme Court Upholds AZ’s Tuition Tax Credit Program
This is a HUGE victory — with sweeping positive connotations for parents, students and taxpayers — not to mention the future of education in our country. Supreme Court Upholds AZ’s Tuition Tax Credit Program — Heritage Foundation: http://blog.heritage.org/2011/04/04/supreme-court-throws-out-challenge-to-arizona-tuition-tax-credit-program/ Here’s the Cato Institute podcast on this topic: http://bit.ly/f7eRaE
Southern Exposure documentary “exposes” U.S. border inconsistencies
Two words used most often to describe the U.S. illegal immigration problem are – divisive and political. However a new documentary, Southern Exposure, provides a balanced look at the U.S./Mexican border and sheds light on America’s porous southern borders. If you want a bird’s eye view of the tale of two countries and their respective border problems this two-hour documentary …
A Sit Down with Roger Hedgecock Part I: Thoughts on The City, 2012 Mayoral Election & Pension Reform
My wife and I first met local talk show host turned nationally syndicated host Roger Hedgecock (heard locally on KOGO 600 AM) and his wife in December 2009. We were waiting in a long valet line at U.S. Grant after the Lincoln Club Annual Dinner. They were very gracious and chatted with us — a young, recently engaged couple — …
CA Green Reg Machine: Saving the Planet or Killing Jobs
Below is a link to a 9 minute professionally produced video that details the fraud and dishonesty underlying the devastating new California laws against diesel engines. It includes a rigged government agency (the California Air Resources Board a.k.a. CARB), with the story of the bogus PhD state “scientist” who authored the flawed report used as the basis for the new, …
Bonnie, calm down there — just smoke a joint and relax
Wow, Bonnie Dumanis shuts down one of her Facebook pages, and someone inhaling a bit too much ganja believes the pot-heads single-handedly scared her out of the race for mayor… http://nugmag.com/2011/03/bonnie-dumanis-considering-dropping-out-of-mayoral-race/ They might have checked first to see if her actual campaign website is still up. Which it is… http://www.bonnieforsandiego.com/ Unfortunately, Dumanis decided she needed to react on Twitter to …
The San Diego Pension Reform Power Play: Is the Mayor a Lame Duck?
Three weeks ago Mayor Jerry Sanders and his top staff were smug. They were sure they had the financial backing to get their pension reform measure on the ballot. They were sure they had the power to strong arm the Lincoln Club and the San Diego County Taxpayers Association into not backing a more stringent version of pension reform. The …
Breaking News: Mike Aguirre says he will Run for Mayor
Admit it. Former City Attorney Mike Aguirre hopping in the San Diego mayoral race would make the contest a Donnybrook, more fun than a barrel of proverbial monkeys. Or is it a proverbial barrel of monkeys? Does it matter? Admit it, you were saying wow, or at least you were intrigued. Move along, nothing to see here. Have a nice …
The Election File — (1) Yes-on-Sales Tax group Disbands and (2) Dan Mc Allister will seek a New Term
The Committee that urged a vote raising SD City Sales Taxes last Fall, has now disbanded with the filing of an official form. Voters defeated Prop. D with a 62% majority, in part owing to the asymmetrical campaign waged by our own Gayle Falkenthal and GOP Chairman Tony Krvaric. In a 2nd happy note for local Taxpayers, fiscal watchdog Dan Mc Allister signalled this week he will …
Senator Grassley alleges Project Gunwalker has ties to murdered U.S. agents
Two federal law enforcement agents are dead and new documents show Jamie Avila was in possession of two of the guns that were found at murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s crime scene. Questions from Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) point to Alcohol Tobacco and Firearm’s (ATF) Project Gunwalker as possibly being involved in the killing of the agents. In a …
Booting Central Committee Elections from the Ballot
The following piece appeared on the FlashReport as last weekend’s Sunday San Diego. This is good timing to cross-post it here, following Ryan Darby’s excellent Rostra entry on the same subject… Sunday San Diego (and California): Booting Central Committee Elections from the Ballot by Barry Jantz March 27, 2011 Comparing them to Kiwanis Club elections, San Diego County Registrar of …
KEEP CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS ON THE PRIMARY BALLOT
San Diego County Registrar Deborah Seiler’s well intentioned proposal to remove central committee elections from primary ballots would centralize political power in the hands of party insiders, and ultimately undermine the power of the average voter to select candidates for the general election. I have interacted with Ms. Seiler in the past while monitoring the ballot counting process, so I …
Key DeMaio CCDC Proposal Wins Council Approval
$228 million of debt transferred from General Fund to Redevelopment By a vote of 7 to 1, a proposal by Councilmember Carl DeMaio was approved today to transfer 30 years of debt service on the Convention Center from the General Fund to the Redevelopment Agency. The action saves taxpayers $228 Million over 30 years. “In these difficult times when we …
At 18-Months-Old, Will Rostra’s 5,000th Comment be Yours?
Since August of 2009, when SD Rostra launched, the site has been blessed with over 1,700 individual blog entries from our more than 50 contributors, covering a host of issues, opinions, rumors and breaking political news stories. At this writing, exactly 4,976 comments have been posted as a result … and that’s just the legit ones, mind you. We don’t …
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