Councilmember DeMaio will be holding three Town Hall meetings next week in Point Loma, City Heights and Rancho Bernardo to discuss his Roadmap to Recovery Budget plan which will eliminate the structural budget deficit without raising taxes and avoids cuts to core City services. Public Input and participation is very important to the success of the Roadmap to Recovery Plan. …
More DREAM Act inaccuracies – California colleges full
Lawmakers, advocacy groups and members of the media have been touting a lot of facts and monetary figures regarding the proposed immigration bill called the DREAM Act. And to make matters worse, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has introduced four different versions of the bill, hoping one will find favor with members of Congress. While the DREAM Act (Development, …
Judge Larry Stirling Dissents: His useful History on San Diego’s municipal trash collection System
Judge Larry Stirling (ret) reviews efforts to change San Diego’s long-standing trash collection system. He served the 7th City Council district from 1977 to 1980. He responds to a recent news item about trash the City allegedly is “not required by law to pick up” and to stop “picking up trash for free.” Later a State Assemblyman, State Senator and Superior Court judge, Mr. Stirling sees this as Revisionist History. ____________________________________________ …
Counting the Prop. D Votes
Late last week, the San Diego Registrar of Voters released the voter canvass files from the November 2nd, 2010 election. These files provide the precinct-by-precinct vote breakdown for all the elections in San Diego County. I found lots of interesting data, but Rostra policywonks might be intrigued to know how the vote came down on the City of San Diego’s …
Liberal economist lauds Wal-Mart effects
Rostra commenter “Gwendolyn” and I have exchanged acerbic comments here on the Wal-Mart ban. Naturally, she cited labor union/left wing “studies” intended to show how evil Wal-Mart is. Of course, I could counter with free market-friendly website rebuttals. But I don’t have to. Instead, let’s go to an impartial source — a leading economist in the Obama administration who has …
ICE’s shady bookkeeping blurs U.S. deportation numbers
The Center for Investigative Reporting uncovered some shady deportation record keeping that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) put into place in order to drive up the Obama Administration’s expulsion numbers. One of the first Republicans to speak out against ICE’s record keeping methods was House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas). Smith is on the record stating that Congress …
San Diego Republican vote Topped registration by 14% in November 2010 ……. #1 for Southern California counties
Here at the SD Rostra Number Crunching Institute, we found intriguing data in the Secretary of State’s final report of election 2010. We Compared final pre-election GOP registration percentages, to the average Republican vote for Governor and US Senator. Among the 8 southern California counties, the Republican Party of San Diego scored a 1st-place finish, running a full 14.1% ahead …
Wal-Mart going to San Diego ballot?
Posted on my blog: http://Walmart-SanDiego.notlong.com Is the San Diego Wal-Mart superstore ban going to the ballot? by Richard Rider 4 December, 2010 The San Diego Union-Tribune (the U-T) is doing a survey on San Diego’s new Wal-Mart ban. Normally I’m not too interested in such unscientific polls, but this one might affect Wal-Mart’s decision to go to the voters via …
Dr. Laura outwits the Censors … starts Satellite radio show Jan. 3 on XM and Sirius — She found Freedom in Outer Space!
Dr. Laura’s hugely successful (8 million listeners nationally) radio show will sign off conventional radio on Friday, Dec. 31st at 3 p.m. Pacific Time. But she will be right back the next Monday at 11:00 a.m. PST via satellite radio for her usual 3 hours. Her move to satellite radio is the brain-wave of Mel Karmazin, the radio genius who now heads XM and …
The New Journalism, by Your BFF
I am not one to think that reporters or staffers for elected officials can’t have their own opinions or personal lives. Yet, as some of them have learned the hard way in recent months, when it comes to the use of social media, it may be difficult for readers (or “followers”) to easily differentiate between the personal and the professional, …
McDonalds gives customers fliers on Latino scholarships – DREAM Act?
A San Diego McDonald’s® has been handing out college scholarship information fliers published in English/Spanish for Latino customers informing them of the scholarship opportunities for Hispanics the Golden Arches offer each year. The RMHC/HACER division of McDonald’s® is a scholarship program directed towards Hispanic students. The website indicates that more than 14,000 Latinos have been awarded scholarships, assisting in Hispanic …
San Diego Mayor’s Race Part 2
It looks like the establishment candidate for Mayor will be Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher. Gossip downtown says that Fletcher has secured the support of Mayor Jerry Sanders, and that he is talking to the Mayor’s political consultant, Tom Shepard. It’s also circulating that Fletcher and DA Bonnie Dumanis have an understanding that if he runs (which looks certain) she will not, …
Openly Same-Sex Soldiers: Will The Tolerance Work Both Ways?
Originally published in Bob Siegel’s Washington Times column, Dec. 3, 2010. Reprinted by permission. As the discussion regarding voiding the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” continues in Washington D.C., some simple, but honest, questions seem in order. I request that you, the reader, recognize that they are put forth respectfully to anybody (gay or straight, civilian or military, Democrat or Republican) …
Mexico arrests a 14-year-old U.S. citizen cartel killer
A 14-year-old U.S. citizen with ties to San Diego was arrested by Mexican authorities who charged the young boy was responsible for the murders of cartel enemies and a couple of the killings even involved beheadings. The boy is suspected of working for the South Pacific Cartel run by Hector Beltran Leyva who took over the cartel after his brother, …
Republican Mayor’s Office Full of Obama Supporters? – That Would Explain A Lot
The usage of Twitter by political folks is one of the most interesting developments of the past few years, if you ask me. It would appear that one of the Mayor’s PR folks may have provided us with a politically and philosophically revealing photo today. In a Twitter message, a Mayoral spokesperson talks about receiving a gift from outgoing Councilwoman …
Libertarians And Christian Conservatives Beware
Over at Andrew Breitbart’s Big Journalism, a caution to Libertarians and Christian conservatives not to fall prey to the MSM’s wishful thinking about a supposedly impending Tea Party civil war. (The second link was to an article in Newsweek by Colin Woodard in which the left-leaning journalist writes about his dream that the Tea Party will implode). Dana Loesch writes: …
“Who’s Who” of San Diego Politics Tonight at Restaurant Gala for Cathy Glaser
Your reporter has never seen THIS MANY San Diego political people in one place at one time…and all there tonight for a shindig at Isabel’s Cantina in Pacific Beach to honor our retiring “Madam Everything”, Cathy Glaser. The Attendees included: Ernie Dronenburg, John Hoy, Rich Grosch, Nancy Chase, Jeff Marston, Chris Crotty, Tom and Candy Shepard, Aimee Remanick, Evonne Schulze, …
Walmart vote today
Barring some unforeseen development (Donna Frye style) the City of San Diego will vote to effectively ban Walmart to save us from the evils of cheap groceries and consumer choice. Here’s a little picture of Todd Gloria who has been Labor’s voice on this issue. We can only hope he finds gainful employment with Walmart in January 2013.
Rick Amato Launches Blog-Friendly Web Site
UPDATE: As promised, video of Chuck Devore’s spirited speech at the launch of Rick Amato’s Web site, AmatoTalk.com, is now available, here with Part 1, and here with Part 2. Again, apologies for the mediocre quality of the video. ————————————————————— Conservative talk show host Rick Amato held the official launch party for AmatoTalk.com, where you can get your own blog, …
Time To Re-Evaluate That Popular “Moderate” Position
As the left moves farther left, our country’s definition of “moderate” seems ever changing. Read all about it in my latest column for The Washington Times. Bob Siegel is a weekend radio talk show host on KCBQ and columnist. Details of his show can be found at www.bobsiegel.net.. Comments to posts are discussed by Bob over the air where anyone …
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