In the heart of California’s uber-conservative country, the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) held its second annual fundraiser to raise $150,000 for Muslim families in need. The 300 ICNA attendees were met by hundreds of protesters waving American flags and chanting “No Sharia Law.” The controversial fundraiser had many in Orange County on edge as word began to build …
Schwarzenegger says he’s returning to acting
Yes — and it is yet to be determined if California is more better off than Hollywood is worse off. Or something like that. http://apnews.excite.com/article/20110211/D9LANV582.html
County G.P. Update, a quick animated video – Clever
Interesting insight regarding the County’s proposed General Plan Update: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/8115271/
That Shiny New City Hall – The Financial Analysis
In a previous post on the folly of building a new City Hall, sdrostra.com commenter Phil Rath called me out on the issue of the return on investment of the new building. He linked to a Financial Analysis by the Center City Development Corporation, Implementing Downtown’s Redevelopment on Behalf of the City of San Diego [their tag line] and chides …
EXCLUSIVE: Meatball Poll Results on San Diego Mayor’s Race
There are plenty of polls: straw polls, tracking polls, horse race polls, push polls, exit polls. Not to be left out, San Diego Rostra debuts its exclusive Meatball Poll. This decidedly unscientific poll is conducted among attendees at the National Albondigas Political Society, San Diego Edition. This swell group of political swells gathers for meatball soup (hence the name) and …
New filings… Domestic Workers Union PAC spent $100K to Topple Conservative Supervisor Bill Horn — But he Won anyway. Ouch!
American philosopher Will Rogers observed that, “Politics has got so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to get beat with!” Recently-filed reports from the Domestic Workers Union PAC again prove Rogers’ genius… They spent $100K to defeat conservative County Supervisor Bill Horn, and they still lost by over 10,000 votes. The UDW PAC documents show the money was spent …
Hillcrest Town Council hosts DeMaio, Labor Guy, a sideshow and a professor
Tuesday night the Hillcrest Town Council hosted Councilmember Carl DeMaio, Municipal Employees Association General Manager Michael Zucchet, former San Diego City Attorney Michael Agguire and University of San Diego economics professor Alan Gin (pictured at left) in a townhall about pension reform. It was ably moderated by Voice of San Diego’s Scott Lewis. Only DeMaio and Zucchet showed up to …
CraigsList and Infighting and Failed Votes, Oh My
Just a little over a month into Republican control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the wheels are already wobbling. This week marked some public failures on the part of the conservatives to stay united and focused on their jobs. Somehow, even noncontroversial floor votes could not manage to cross the vote threshold, leading some to speculate about the …
From the “What did you think November meant?” Department
From the AP… Conservatives’ clout flummoxes House GOP leaders WASHINGTON (AP) – The clout of tea party advocates and other hard-line conservatives in Congress has caught top Republicans by surprise, raising questions about whether GOP leaders can impose enough discipline in their House majority to pass tough measures, such as raising the debt ceiling. Within 24 hours this week, House …
Want to practice your illegal alien smuggling skills? There’s an app for that
A new iPhone/iPad app is set to be released next month. This new controversial game is called “Smuggle Truck- Operation Immigration,” and it allows gamers to fill their truck with as many illegal “immigrants” as they can and race across the desert landscape into America. “Smuggle Truck was inspired by the frustration our friends have experienced in trying to immigrate …
SD Rostra is Booming — New Monthly and Daily Highs in Site Traffic. 11,000 Unique Visitors in October. Thanks to Readers!
In just 18 months, SD Rostra has steadily grown in popularity and readership. We posted an all-time monthly high of over 11,000 unique visitors during October 2010, in the run-up to the 2010 elections. We thank our readers for their loyalty, and for passing along our name and links to your friends and associates. Our site has a “meter’ that …
Renaming the Coronado Bay Bridge for Reagan – UPDATE
UPDATE Thor’s assistant points out in the comments that the initial effort at renaming the bridge was announced here on San Diego Rostra by Rostra blogger Vince Vasquez. Seemed only appropriate to give him credit in the body of the article. /update. Well, officially, the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge. There is an effort underway to rename the bridge after former …
DeMaio Celebrates Another Victory for Taxpayers; CCDC To Assume Payments on Petco Park Debt
On the heels of the City Council action today to transfer debt service for Petco Park from the City’s General Fund to the Redevelopment Agency, City Councilmember Carl DeMaio released the following statement: “Five years ago, I proposed that the City protect the General Fund by transferring annual debt service payments for Petco Park to the Redevelopment Agency and Centre City Development …
Hodges First to Announce in Garrick’s Term-Limited 74th Assembly District — Are there Other Possible Contenders?
As hi-lited in Monday’s FlashReport, with some updated information here… Hodges First to Announce in Garrick’s Term-Limited 74th Assembly District — Are there Other Possible Contenders? by Barry Jantz The geographic boundaries of a redrawn 74th Assembly District are yet to be determined, but a buzz is quietly building among political watchers regarding the likely field of Republican candidates next year, …
Labor Council’s Rugged Runoff Ride — 7 Defeats, 1 Win — Revealed for S.D. elections, in New finance reports
“Fasten Your Seatbelts,” actress Bette Davis famously said in All About Eve, “It’s going to be a bumpy night.” Perhaps Labor Council head Lorena Gonzalez felt the same way last Election Night as, one-by-one, her favored local candidates went down in flames. [We had those feelings on our side in 2008 as we were losing]. In a new report received late last week by the Registrar of …
Excessive CEO Pay vs. Overcompensated Public Employees
Excessive CEO Pay vs. Overcompensated Public Employees by Richard Rider, Chairman, San Diego Tax Fighters 4 February, 2011 Phone: 858-530-3027 Whenever there is a discussion of the overcompensation of government employees, the public labor union defenders go to their playbook for retorts. Each response is based on a grain of truth – or rather a grain of half-truth. Let’s take …
Local GOP Turpitude
As much as I loathe the California Democratic party, I have not been impressed of late with its Republican opposition. Temple of Mut has the goods on the latest move by the county GOP, and quite the move it was. Tony Krvaric appears to be the quintessential self-serving ethically challenged businessman type that often gives the Republican party a bad …
San Diego County General Plan Update is Fatally Flawed
Guest Commentary by Hon. Scott Barnett and Dr. Richard Parker Like anything in life, there’s no use doing something quickly if it’s not going to be done right. The adage couldn’t be more relevant to the current effort to update San Diego County’s General Plan. The Board of Supervisors will soon meet again on the plan, and after years of …
Drug smugglers caught on tape 35 miles north of U.S. border
A weekend video clip posted by Arizona Border Defenders shows six drug cartel mules (lackeys that transport drug-laden backpacks) carrying loads of marijuana more than 35 miles north of the U.S./Mexico border. Arizona Border Defenders is a patriot group dedicated to exposing the porous southern borders by using hidden video cams throughout the region in order to document the hoards …
The envelope, please…
The winner of the Rostra Caption Contest champion and the winner of a ticket to the annual San Diego County Taxpayers Golden Fleece and Golden Watchdog Award on May 25 is… Royce Sullivan, for “I’ll outgrow the shirt… But not the taxes.” The competition was clever and it was a tough call for judges Chris Cate of SDCTA, Kelly Davis …
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