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 $171,481 for Dronenburg, …
No On D Puts On A Really Big Show
Having big funding for a campaign is dandy. But when you’re being outspent by the opposition, creativity must step in and take over. In the case of the campaign against Proposition D, San Diegans Against Government Waste doesn’t have the funds to make the big television ad purchase like the labor union funded campaign in favor of the sales tax. …
Calling All Would-Be Campaign Consultants: No on D Needs YOU
Think most political campaign ads suck? Think you can do better? Now you have the chance, and you could win a really swell prize too. The No on D campaign has opened up a viral video ad contest asking for people to submit their own “No on D” ads. There aren’t any formal rules, although I’ll advise you right now …
Tax Hungry Firefighters Called Out for Desk Job Bonus
As this blog has mentioned on several occasions, sales tax proponents have consistently stuck to their “increase taxes or you will die” mantra. Channel 10 called out a “Desk Job Bonus” that is given to City of San Diego firefighters today. For anyone still wondering if they should support a sales tax, I highly suggest watching this segment immediately.
Glass House Dweller Throws Stones at Castle
When campaigns and committees drop mail sometimes the content becomes a point of controversy. How accurate is that statement? What is the context of that quote? Did that bill really do that? Is that still true? On and on. It doesn’t matter what side you’re on, everyone calls “b#ll$h*t” on a poorly cited or quoted mail piece once in a …
California is taxed to death – chases taxpayers away
Heated elections, repressive taxes and an uncontrollable state budget have sent California taxpayers running for cover. The slow decline in California’s revenue has prompted legislators to raise taxes virtually strangling businesses ability to expand. According to “Breaking Bad,” a report put out by Richard Rider a San Diego Tax Fighter activist, the state’s taxation problem is getting worse not better. …
Mayor willing to let some die to get his tax increase
Here is a detailed story concerning the “town hall meetings” currently being staged by San Diego’s Mayor Jerry Sanders. These show trials would bring a smile to the face of any veteran commie reeducation camp commandant. Who is on trial, you ask? The taxpayers of San Diego, that’s who! The message is simple — if you simpletons don’t vote for …
Start Getting Used to It
Wa-a-a-y back when Election Day 2010 was a distant mirage, I predicted in the October 9, 2009 post titled “Moonbeam Shining Bright In Governor’s Race” that as crazy as his chances seemed, former Governor Jerry Brown would succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger. Today, poll results released by the Public Policy Institute of California, show Jerry Brown leading challenger Meg Whitman by eight …
No on D “Big Screen Roadshow” and YouTube Ad Contest
No on D Campaign to Unveil Television Ad and Launch YouTube Contest Using a Mobile “Jumbo-Tron” at Various Events in City FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Gayle Lynn Falkenthal, 619-997-2495 WHAT: The No on Prop D is holding a “Jumbo-Tron Screen Premiere” of the campaign’s official television ads. The massive screen will be transported around the city by truck – stopping …
Gov. Signs Fletcher Legislation to Increase Redevelopment Cap
As controversial as this has been, it’s appropriate that we show you Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher’s take (carefully worded to address many of the concerns brought up)… Gov. Signs Legislation to Create Jobs, Keep SD Taxpayer Money in SD Yesterday Governor Schwarzenegger signed legislation that we introduced to lift the cap on redevelopment money that can be invested in San Diego. …
Open borders and amnesty on the way with DHS-CBP’s Napolitano and Bersin
It looks like an immigration “paradigm shift” is on the horizon for Americans according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin. He wants citizens to rethink their views regarding the U.S.-Mexico border by adding a new twist on border security. Bersin said during a speech at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., that he expects Congress …
Breaking… Jeff Olson endorses Ernie Dronenburg for San Diego County Assessor/ Recorder / Clerk
Jeff Olson, who collected 72,941 votes in the June primary, tonight endorsed fellow Republican Ernie Dronenburg in the runoff for San Diego County Assessor, Recorder, Clerk. This is a classy and courageous move by Mr. Olson, who holds a top job in the Assessor’s office. Reason: he’s now opposing the appointed Democrat incumbent, David Butler, who heads the overall operation. …
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