Just a few minutes ago Donna Frye joined Carl DeMaio and Kevin Faulconer in voting down the proposed sales tax.
DeMaio Thanks Grassroots for Helping Defeat City Sales Tax Hike
YOU did it! We received countless emails and calls at the City Council today against the sales tax increase. I want to thank my colleagues Donna Frye and Kevin Faulconer for voting against the sales tax proposal today — and standing firm for real pension reform. If you have a moment, please shoot both Kevin and Donna an email thanking them …
DeMaio: Sales Tax Hike a “Bailout” For City Politicians
Sales Tax Hike a “Bailout” For City Politicians on the Backs of Working Families Without Pension Reform Funds From Tax Increase Will Be Wasted San Diego – City Councilmember Carl DeMaio today labeled the proposed city sales tax increase a “bailout” for city politicians that have failed to implement long overdue reforms to the pension system and competitive bidding on …
Lessons from 2010 Primary …..Whose Polls can you Trust?
In the last month before the June primary, Barry Jantz reported a poll showing a close race between Howard Wayne and Lorie Zapf in SD city council district 6. Soon after, I reported on polling which showed Juan Vargas leading Mary Salas outside SD County and would likely win the 40th senate Democratic primary. Barry Jantz took flack from some …
When Fact Checks Are False
Fact-checks are one of the latest fads of journalists as they try to recover importance in the age of new media. They’re supposed to show how journalists can cut through the confusion and find the truth about controversial claims. But they can be bogus and misleading. I’m going to show this by fact-checking a fact-check by PolitiFact, a group that …
San Diegans AGAINST The Sales Tax Increase Plan Monday News Conference
Concerned business owners and citizens will step forward to voice their opposition to a proposed sales tax increase in the City of San Diego prior to a discussion at the San Diego City Council meeting on Monday afternoon, July 26 at 1 p.m. Speakers will call for the City to address pension reform, managed competition and spending cuts before asking …
Los Zetas seizes control of two U.S. ranches in Texas
In what could be deemed an act of war against the sovereign borders of the United States, Mexican drug cartels have seized control of at least two American ranches inside the U.S. territory near Laredo, Texas. Two sources inside the Laredo Police Department confirmed the incident is unfolding and they would continue to coordinate with U.S. Border Patrol today. “We …
Union-Tribune’s Ghoulish News Article Promotes Sales Tax Hike — UPDATED
“Tragedy renews sales-tax debate” reads the story’s headline. “Union Tribune renews sales-tax debate by campaigning on corpse of toddler” would have been more accurate. The A-1 article linked the tragic death of 2-year-old Bentley Do to “brownouts” in public safety service, brownouts it said would be fixed with a 5-year sales tax hike for residents of the city of San …
How Many Stimulus Dollars Does It Take to Create One Job in San Diego?
According to data obtained from recovery.gov (the federal government’s official American Recovery and Reinvestment Act website), San Diego County’s five congressional districts were awarded a combined total of $1,712,455,003 in stimulus funds during the first quarter of 2010. In this same time period, stimulus recipients reported that in exchange for the awarded tax dollars, 1,955.3 jobs were created. So, after …
Democrat’s Budget Delay a Case of Dysfunction by Design
This op-ed originally appeared in Fox & Hounds Well, true to form, the Democrats’ budget delay tactics continue this year. The leaders of both the Senate (Steinberg – D Sacramento) and the Assembly (Perez – D Los Angeles), refuse to accept the Governor’s budget, but are offering no real alternatives. Reportedly, they have agreed on a few budget reductions but are no where near how to …
Mel Gibson slurs Latinos in latest taped rant
The recent recordings between movie star Mel Gibson and his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva have yielded yet another revelation; Gibson now admits his housekeeper is an illegal immigrant. In one of his recorded arguments with Oksana earlier this year. Gibson is heard berating Oksana over her use of his housekeeper at her house. As the recording unfolds Gibson is furious at …
A Word Of Comfort
A word of comfort for my fellow Conservatives: Are you worried that despite conventional wisdom, Republicans will NOT take back the House and Senate this fall? In an interview with This Week, Vice-President Joe Biden said, “We’re going to win the House and we’re going to win the Senate. We’re not going to lose either one of those bodies.” Doesn’t …
Site Problems
Due to technical difficulties beyond the control of simple Luddites like those of us at SD Rostra, the website was down this morning. We are also working to correct the slow downloading and posting issues many of you have noted over the last several days. We apologize for the problems.
Showdown in the desert – Arizona vs. Barrack Obama
It’s D-day in the Grand Canyon state. The full force of the federal government, with its deep pockets, will attempt to thwart Arizona from controlling their out-of-control illegal immigration problem. After weeks of speculation, threats and pandering, the citizens of Arizona will finally have their day in court. The Obama Administration claims Arizona Governor Jan Brewer should be restrained from …
Union-Tribune Wises Up On Rosy Petco Park Study
Richard Rider told it to us on July 15. The San Diego Reader’s Don Bauder told it to us on July 14 and on July 15. Belatedly, the San Diego Union-Tribune is telling its readers: The firm that did the favorable study for the economic returns on the Petco stadium/redevelopment project — Conventions, Sports & Leisure International — has a …
Finally something that New York does right, that Sacramento should follow!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/nyregion/22nopay.html How creative! For New York lawmakers, no budget means no pay. Sacramento faces the same issues, but our elected officials in Sacramento continue to get paid when there is no budget. Let us NOT forget that it’s these people that got us in this mess, and are always coming up with no real solution to it (They tend to …
FlashReport: Salas Concedes to Vargas
From: @FlashReport Sent: Jul 21, 2010 10:11p **Breaking News** Moments ago Salas called Vargas and conceded the 40th SD Dem Primary. The recount is over! sent via UberTwitter On Twitter: http://twitter.com/FlashReport/status/19230531413 Read additional comments from Jim Sills’ prior post this evening: http://sdrostra.com/?p=6789&cpage=1#comment-58669
3rd Day Recount — Mary Salas loses a net Four Votes — 3 in Riverside — 1 in San Diego– Overall Juan Vargas lead now + 26 votes
UPDATE, 9:15 pm, July 21st Today’s San Diego county recount results are in for SD 40. They show a net 1 vote loss for Salas in this county. Earlier this evening, Riverside released their Day 3 Recount report, and Salas lost a net 3 votes there. Juan Vargas’ totals remained unchanged today in each county. Both San Diego and Riverside re-checked 12 …
DeMaio Proposes Action Plan to Help Small Businesses
Flanked by a number of small business advocates, City Councilmember Carl DeMaio today released an extensive action plan proposing big changes to how the City of San Diego interacts with local small businesses – such as migrating at least 95% of all business transactions online, streamlining regulations, consolidating small business grants, and refocusing the City’s Office of Small Business. “Too …
Don’t pay ANY benefits to city managers
There’s an interesting ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER story about a San Juan city manager who draws two salaries. Of course, the reader indignation abounds, and not without good reason. But there’s an intriguing, positive aspect of the story that has been largely ignored. The city manager is doing his job WITHOUT A PENSION or other benefits. He’s on contract — his …
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