Councilmember Carl DeMaio issued the following memo today where he asks for an explanation of why the city’s downtown redevelopment cap was raised without following the public process and analysis period approved in June by the City Council. In light of the big push by the Mayor and City Council to pass Prop D’s massive General Fund tax hike, DeMaio …
Dead people and inmates are still getting stimulus payments
In a new $787 billion stimulus accountability report a government investigator found that more than 89,000 people received stimulus payments of $250 each. The lucky recipients were people (using the term loosely) whom were either in a graveyard or in prison. According to the Social Security Administration’s inspector general, $18 million stimulus dollars were mailed to at least 72,000 dead …
Jerry works the Chamber
Oh my, watch this video… http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7306357/
Drug addiction in Afghanistan brings shame – especially for women
It’s no secret that Afghanistan is a focal point in the War on Terror and the world’s leader in producing heroin, but there are unintended consequences of these two facts, specifically the increasing number of Afghani women and children who are addicted to drugs. According to a new study from the Afghan government in coordination with the United Nations Office …
Major Business Groups Announce Opposition to Prop D
Concerned working business leaders representing a broad spectrum of diverse economic sectors employing hundreds of thousands of San Diegans came forward today to voice their opposition to a half-cent sales tax initiative in the City of San Diego. Businesses increasingly oppose Proposition D due to the harm it will cause to the local economy during the current recession. Leaders urged …
YAF National Dinner & 50th Anniversary West Coast Celebration – Oct 16
From Jordan Marks at Young Americans for Freedom… The YAF 50th Anniversary dinner will be on October 16th at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, CA just down the road from the Western Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). This dinner will also celebrate the new YAF National Leadership that will be elected earlier that day during our convention. The featured speaker …
Yes on Prop A Endorsements Piling Up
Strong Key Support Backs Local Jobs for Local Workers The list of endorsements continues to grow for Proposition A as the San Diego County Taxpayers Association and North County Times editorial staff backed the ballot measure for local construction jobs. The passage of Proposition A on November 2 would enact a charter amendment at the County of San Diego prohibiting …
Barbeque with a Side of Pension Reform
A weird question: Want some really good barbeque with a side of pension reform? Earlier this week we revealed outrageous pension payouts in the City of San Diego. A lot of people asked me what they could do about it. Here’s my response: JOIN ME FOR BARBEQUE. Seriously… I’m inviting you and any guests to join me for Phil’s BBQ …
California financial woes continue despite the claim of new budget
For the past several years California residents have been tortured with late state budget resolutions filled with all kinds of promises, however, each and every time the financial problems were not solved and spending continued to spiral out of control. This time legislators say it’s different. This time the budget problems will be solved. Really? A new California Field Poll …
The Chamber of Who Cares
The Chamber of Commerce plans to meet on Thursday to determine whether they will support or oppose the sales tax increase. One moment I think that as a Chamber of Commerce, it’s only logical they vote against Proposition D with its damaging impacts to business and consumers. Three different subcommittees of the Chamber did recommend they oppose Prop D. Then …
The ETA is in Encinitas
There is a group called ETA that is spreading political fliers around Encinitas. They are very clear about which City Council Candidates they support and which they oppose. This is what Wikipedia says about ETA — could the Basque Homeland wars have come to Encinitas California?… ETA or Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, (English: Basque Homeland and Freedom; pronounced [ˈɛːta]), is an armed …
Student Group Cozies Up to Communists at “One Nation Working Together” Rally
Taken from NewsReal Blog on October 5th, 2010: Having watched both Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” Rally and its counterpart, “One Nation Working Together,” I am not surprised that organized student groups chose to align themselves with communists in the latter. What makes this rather terrifying is that groups like the United States Student Association (U.S.S.A.) openly propagate communist and socialist …
Changing the water tier system in Poway. Do you reward conservation?
Changing the water tier system in Poway. Do you reward conservation? People that know me know that I’m an avid reader and researcher of the water struggles in the Western U.S. I consider myself somewhat knowledgeable on the subject. Most of you realize that we live in an area in which we have to import more than 90 percent of …
City Council Fails to Reform Their Own Pensions
Yesterday the City Council passed a symbolic resolution that they represented as their commitment to reform. Less than 24 hours later, the same City Council not only refused to advance comprehensive reform of their own pensions, they refused to even allow the reform to be discussed. The Union Tribune addressed the needed reform on Sunday with a question. You can …
A shift in Border Patrol messaging stirs border battle debate
The uptick of violence along America’s southern border has brought the U.S. Border Patrol agency under the microscope and has raised several questions leaving many rank-and-file agents concerned as to what their job title really means. According to the agency’s website the primary concern for those in green along the border is indeed terrorism. “We are the guardians of our …
Report Reveals Excessive Pension Payouts in City of San Diego
Expert Who Revealed City of Bell Pension Scandal Releases Analysis and Joins DeMaio to Call for Immediate Reform Councilmember Carl DeMaio joined the same pension expert who revealed the excessive pension payouts in the City of Bell to release a report documenting excessive pension payouts to retired city employees in the City of San Diego. DeMaio also released a comprehensive …
A new 10-step plan for immigration reform is outlined by NAFBPO
As the debate on immigration continues to heat up across the United States, not only has it made its way into many political races, but pro-immigrant groups like La Raza have pulled out their Stradivarius violins and started playing the ‘here for a better life’ tune — however immigration reform remains empty rhetoric from both parties and has left Americans …
Ringing the Pension Bell
“10 former city employees will split $61 million dollars for the rest of their lives. Did they win the lottery? No…they will receive it in payouts from the City of San Diego pension system.” “I was shocked by what I discovered in the City of Bell and am shocked by what I discovered in the City of San Diego. San …
Housekeeper-gate, who wins Whitman or illegal worker?
The latest immigration media circus hails from California, the state with the largest number of illegal residents and it involves politics, housekeeping as well as recordkeeping. This week it was disclosed that Republican Gubernatorial candidate, Meg Whitman, who “hired” a woman named Nicky Diaz-Santillan to be her housekeeper and nanny. However, Whitman decided to go through the process using an …
Encinitas Election News!
In addition to the fantastic endorsement she received from the Deputy Sheriff’s Association, Kristin Gaspar now has the UT, along with a lot of other support. From the UT: Gaspar for Encinitas City Council Tiny Encinitas, with an intractable 3-2 City Council split, sometimes comes across as some dysfunctional Mayberry. Yet, it has a low crime rate, no employee layoffs …
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