2010 was a year to forget for much of organized labor, but at least one local employee group was celebrating on Election Night…the San Diego Deputy Sheriffs Association. Reports filed in the last 24 hours reveal the DSA found success through a willingness to back (gasp) Republican candidates ! The DSA did significant Independent Expenditures for Supervisors Bill Horn and Ron Roberts …
A strategy to repeal ObamaCare and/or shrink the Federal Government?
I recently received this email, and though I’ve never met the author and have no way to know if the proposed strategy would work or is in fact being considered in Congress, I thought it was intriguing and well written enough to share with my fellow Rostra-farian’s… Enjoy! Jerome MAKING BOEHNER’S BONES Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler Thursday, 13 January 2011 …
Media Belatedly Discover Calif. Gun Law Was Overturned
This is a followup to my earlier post on AB 962 being overturned by a state judge Tuesday. Read the post for the background. The Associated Press ran a story Wednesday on the decision. Written by Garance Burke, the story predictably dragged in the Arizona shootings. (Burke is a lefty; read her paper on “Indigenous Mexican Migrants” (PDF), which refers …
Anchor babies cost Los Angeles welfare $600 million last year
California harbors the most illegal aliens in the nation and a new report out from the Los County Board of Supervisors shows the incredibly high cost of welfare for parents of anchor babies. The $600 million tab was tallied using county statistics released by Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich who says social spending for those families rose $53 million …
La Raza targets lawmakers who voted against the DREAM Act
The National Council of La Raza (NCLA) announced it will begin a new ad campaign targeting those lawmakers who voted against the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education of Alien Minors) during last year’s lame duck Congressional session. La Raza (the race in Spanish) launched an online and print ad campaign named “We Will Not Forget.” The campaign will serve …
National Honor for San Diego’s John Wainio …. “Tax Man” mailer in North County race Rated ‘Top 3 in USA’ by “Campaigns & Elections” Magazine.
San Diego political consultant John Wainio got good news this week from Campaigns & Elections magazine (the Bible of the Election Biz). His “Tax Man” mailer is one of 3 National finalists for “Best Mail Piece” of 2010 in two categories. The flyer kids candidate Steve Gronke for votes to raise fees in Vista, comparing him to the subject of George Harrison’s famous song. Aiding …
Update on 2012 San Diego Mayor’s Race
Looks like DA Bonnie Dumanis and Congressman Bob Filner are both exploring entering the San Diego Mayor’s race. How does this play? With the DA in there are at least two “establishment” candidates in the race, Dumanis and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher. Presumably Fletcher will be able to access Republican donor monies from his term in Sacramento and his and his …
Time to Think Outside the Library Box
San Diego Tax Fighters ****Press Release **** Authored by Richard Rider, Chairman Phone: 858-530-3027 1-18-2011 Time to Think Outside the Library Box San Diego – As this week’s dreary reports from Sacramento confirm, our state and local governments are by necessity cutting library funding. But do such cuts necessitate commensurate cuts in library service? The answer is “no.” We need …
UPDATED — New Calif. Gun Law Struck Down
UPDATE: The Los Angeles Times published a blog post about the gun law being invalidated. It was date-stamped 7:31 p.m. Tuesday night, hours after gun-interested bloggers had the story. Still, it’s the first MSM account of the law being overturned I’ve seen. The post mostly repeats what other bloggers have said. But there’s one nugget of new information: “Sen. Kevin …
Rick Amato Show Begins Inland Empire Broadcast Starts Tonight
Starting tonight, Thursday Jan. 18, The Rick Amato Show begins airing in the Inland Empire on on 590 KTIE radio. Jim Sills had the news a few weeks ago, although Amato’s start was set back a week from the original Jan. 11 date. KTIE will pick his show beginning at 8 p.m., its second hour. In the same announcement today, …
What About Bob?
At lunch with a well-connected San Diegan this week, I heard a fascinating rumor about the Mayor’s race in the City of San Diego. It was the notion that a sizable majority of San Diego’s Jewish community does not want Congressman Bob Filner to run for Mayor, because it would lose “the highest ranking Jewish member of Congress and a …
A nation of dummies? NYU study says college students aren’t learning
According to a recent study by New York University, approximately half of college freshman and sophomores show little academic gains, with researchers concluded these non-learning students were more focused on their social activities. The report also pointed out that college professors tend to focus on their own research rather than teaching incoming students, and that undergrads typically studied 50 percent …
Kearny Mesa and Chula Vista Assessor / Recorder Offices are Reopened to the Public Today — Dronenburg fulfills Campaign Pledge …. Just 3 weeks after being Sworn In!
Fulfilling a campaign pledge, new County Assessor/Recorder Ernie Dronenburg today welcomed the public back into his full-service Kearny Mesa and Chula Vista offices. Under his appointed Democrat predecessor, the public was barred from them in July 2009, owing to “budget reductions” which were not publicly specified … (Please see photograph of Kearny Mesa office sign shown above). ******************************* UPDATE *********** This writer visited the Kearny Mesa office …
San Diego Stays classy: Make Lawsuits, not bombs on Mt. Soledad
In response to the Ninth Circuit of Appeals recent decision that the cross atop Mt. Soledad is unconstitutional, hundreds showed up to support the war memorial on Saturday. They were entreated to an inspirational and humbling program. War veterans spoke, including a survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack. He had to be helped both onto and off of the stage, …
Zapf, Sanders and a Shiny New City Hall
The question of whether to put a new civic center on the ballot is beyond premature. We should not even be asking the question of council versus ballot for a new city hall, instead the Council and Mayor should be focusing on fixing our budget and pension problems.
Democrat poll shows CA voters want pension reform
Posted on my blog: http://open.salon.com/blog/richard_rider/2011/01/17/democrat_poll_shows_ca_voters_want_pension_reform When George Skelton, a big government, pro-labor union columnist for the LA TIMES, finally grasps the problem of government overcompensation of its employees, it’s pretty apparent that we’ve come a long way, baby. See below. In this article, the polling by OUR OPPONENTS shows that the California voters get it. Jerry Brown simply HAS to …
San Diego’s Mt. Soledad Cross Controversy: Much Ado About Nothing
Originally published on 1-17-11 by San Diego News Room. Used by permission. From The Associated Press Jan 4, 2011. A war memorial cross in a San Diego public park is unconstitutional because it conveys a message of government endorsement of religion, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a two decade old case. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. …
A compendium of left-wing hate and violence 2000-2010
Okay, ENOUGH. I’m sick and tired of the liberal pundits and partisans claiming that it’s “the climate of hate” by conservatives that somehow led to not only the Arizona shooting, but to the poisoning of civil discourse in America. Most of the political violence today (and the actions that supposedly foster violence) emanate from the vituperative left. And finally we …
Examples of defensive use of firearms
The NRA’s monthly Armed Citizen column — actual examples citizen use of firearms to defend themselves and others. Lots of good ammo — so to speak. www.americanrifleman.org/BlogList.aspx?id=21
Happy MLK Day and How GOP Can Learn From King’s Ultimate Victory
“People should be judged by the content of their character, not their color of their skin.” His message was simple, righteous, and most importantly, true. Yet he continually struggled with people trying to portray his message and his intentions as something different than what they were. Sound familiar?
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