“Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.” -Luigi Pirandello Sure enough, being a gentleman entails living like one. America beckons for more of them in this day and age. The question looms–are they out there and willing to proudly tout themselves more? I am confident they are. …
The General and the Librarian
The latest salvo in the Proposition D campaign involves a mobile billboard, a four-star Marine Corps general, a librarian, and outrage about public pensions. The No on D campaign debuted its latest weapon by parking it right in front of the Jasmine Seafood Restaurant on Convoy Street as people arrived for the Asian Business Association Rice Club debate on Prop …
GOP Election Night: Taking Back America
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Interesting Fletcher Questions
From this morning’s Twitter feed… @FlashReport says… @nathanfletcher begins run for San Diego Mayor? $20k in polling and $300k+ in tv buys – for reelection to safe seat? http://twitter.com/#!/FlashReport/statuses/28808788131 @FlashReport says… Is Assemblyman Marty Block (D) also boosting @nathanfletcher for Mayor in his ads? http://twitter.com/#!/FlashReport/statuses/28808990600 @FlashReport says… U.S. Rep. Bob Filner, who is looking at a run for SD Mayor, …
The Genius of Prop A
Proposition A, the County wide ban on Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) is the most brilliant proposition I’ve seen on a ballot in a long time. The reason I love this Prop is not just because it bans union blackmail of merit shops by requiring they hire union labor and pay into union pension and health care plans in order to …
Arizona replaces controversial signs warning residents of illegal drug activity
Arizona signs confirming that drug and human smuggling activity was taking place well inside the Arizona border have received a face lift and now offer campers and hikers different information when they travel to the Arizona public land regions. The new sign now reads, “Visitor Information Update – active federal law enforcement patrol area, clean-up and restoration crews at work, …
HJTA: Harkey, Hollingsworth are San Diego’s Top Taxpayer Advocates for 2010
How taxpayer-friendly is your local representative in Sacramento? The results are in from the 2010 Legislative Report Card issued by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA), one of California’s oldest and most respected taxpayer advocacy organizations, and San Diego Assemblymember Diane Harkey and Senator Dennis Hollingsworth received the highest “A” grades (94.7% and 96.9%, respectively) within the San Diego delegation! The Report Card, …
Surge…Republicans take 9-point lead (44% to 35%) over Democrats in San Diego County Mail ballots received by Registrar of Voters as of Today
National political trends and hard work by the Republican Party of San Diego give Republicans a healthy early lead in Mail Ballots handled to date by the SD County Registrar of Voters. As of midday Monday, registered Republicans made up 44% of the total 191,080 ballots received, compared to 35% who are registered Democrats. Non-partisans are at 17%, and the minor parties make up …
Mexican agents graduate from ICE’s first immigration training program
In an effort to assist Mexico in its immigration and customs law enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security graduated the first ICE 10-week training class meant to sharpen Mexican authority’s ability to secure their homeland that has been ravaged by drug cartels. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton joined Mexican Secretary of …
What do Browned-Out Firetrucks do in Their Free Time?
That can’t be safe… …or legal?
Valencia Beaten to a Pulp
I THINK I am breaking this story… At approximately 1:30AM this morning Andrew Valencia, candidate for Sweetwater Union High School Board, was assaulted while delivering signs near Imperial Beach. Valencia, who was accompanied by volunteers for most of the night, was momentarily alone in a local fast-food restaurant taking a quick break from dropping off candidate signs when two males …
Why I’m voting no on Proposition 21 (State Parks/Vehicle license fee)
Because Politicians lie and break promises and that is a fact. Let me explain. First of all, I grew up camping throughout the Western US, Canada and Alaska. I strongly support our County, State and National Park Systems, and I believe that our Park Systems are greatly underfunded. So with that in mind, why would I be voting “No” on …
Got No Campaign Dough? Go Viral! (And Win Swell Prizes)
Everyone in politics knows the importance of money. Big campaign war chests scare off competitors, get you lots of TV time to say whatever you want, and fund the fees of every consultant in the universe which means your opponent can’t hire the big talent. So if you’re an underfunded campaign, you’ve got to rely on creativity. Thank God for …
Phone from Home to Defeat Prop D
Can you help Councilmember DeMaio stop the Prop D half a billion dollar money grab? Here’s an easy and simple way to help… As the public employee unions continue to spend millions on false mailings and tv ads based on shameful fear tactics, the No on D campaign needs your help to get the truth out to voters. We’re providing …
Rostra Rocks!…at SD Press Club Awards
San Diego Rostra took home first place as the Best Topic Based Blog at Tuesday night’s San Diego Press Club Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards ceremony, with our own Gayle Lynn Falkenthal, the Libertarian Lass, raking in a number of awards. Here are the awards for SD Rostra, the Little Red Contraption… Websites Category Topic Based Blog — San Diego …
Catastrophe, Defined By The Los Angeles Times
Leave it to the government-loving Los Angeles Times to find the real tragedy in California’s deep recession. What a precisely backward reading of cause and effect. Government job cuts were made necessary by plunging tax revenues from the recession-ravaged private sector. Economic lesson for the Los Angeles Times: Private sector taxes and fees fund government activities. The story lays virtually …
Public Service Journalism By Voice Of San Diego
To get a good story, sometimes all a reporter has to do is just stand around. That’s what Voice of San Diego reporter Adrian Florido and photographer Sam Hodgson did: The private company pumping sand onto Mission Beach has not done what it’s promised to prevent debris like rebar and rubber from being dumped on the beach. Manson Construction had …
FlashReport: Reject Prop D
From today’s www.flashreport.org, by Jon Fleischman… Few people that I know have not seen the movie Groundhog Day, where comedian Bill Murray plays a television news weatherman who keeps re-living the same day (starting at 6 a.m.) over, and over, and over again. It would appear that San Diego City voters are being treated to their own real-life version of …
Breaking — GOP’s Dronenburg outraises incumbent Assessor by a 50-to-1 ratio in new campaign filings!
That’s not a misprint, Sports Fans, GOP challenger Ernie Dronenburg raised $20,524 from October 1 to 16th, compared to $405 for the incumbent Democrat, David Butler. That is a 50-to-1 ratio, as revealed in new finance reports filed today at the SD Registrar of Voters for SD Assessor/ Recorder/ Clerk. The totals for the full year are $171,481 for Dronenburg, …
No On D Puts On A Really Big Show
Having big funding for a campaign is dandy. But when you’re being outspent by the opposition, creativity must step in and take over. In the case of the campaign against Proposition D, San Diegans Against Government Waste doesn’t have the funds to make the big television ad purchase like the labor union funded campaign in favor of the sales tax. …
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