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 …
Obama slams GOP over unemployment benefits & deficit spending
Now that it’s about 100 days until the midterm elections, the silly season kicked into high gear over the weekend. The usual finger pointing, slamming policies, and claiming the GOP doesn’t like the little guy tactics were employed by Democrats. The current bull’s-eye target is unemployment benefits. Some unemployed America’s are entering the final 99 weeks they are able to …
New Relations Or Sign Of Victory?
New York City’s latest $100 million project in the wings is a thirteen story Muslim Mosque that would loom proudly in the vicinity of Ground Zero, actually replacing a building that was ruined during the horrific attack. The justifications for this latest round of sheer stupidity and indecency toward the families of some three-thousand 9/11 victims murdered in cold blood …
Recount Day Two: San Diego and Riverside county updates now show Vargas still +22 votes in SD 40
Update [9:50 pm, July 20, 2010] … San Diego county just chimed-in with their numbers on Day 2 of the Juan Vargas-Mary Salas recount. They examined 16 more precincts today. Net Result… Juan Vargas is still + 22 votes ahead of Mary Salas district-wide in SD 40. Salas added 3 new votes in San Diego, but had 1 disqualified. Vargas …
U.S. relaxes PTSD/TBI treatment for war veterans
President Obama said that the Department of Veterans Affairs will begin the process of making it easier for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to get the treatment and benefits they need. “Just as we have a solemn responsibility to train and equip our troops before we send them into harm’s way, we have a solemn responsibility to provide …
Call The Right Racists To Defend Obama
That was the strategy folks like Spencer Ackerman discussed on the JournoList during the Jeremiah Wright scandal in the spring of 2008, according to an article in the Daily Caller. (That’s the formerly secret online group for liberal journalists and their friends that ex-Postie David Weigel belonged to.) Here’s Ackerman in the Daily Caller article: “If the right forces us …
Overheard Downtown This Afternoon
At lunch this afternoon my guest and I happened to sit next to what I presume to be a couple of Democrat legislative staff. The conversation: how hard State Senate President Darrell Steinberg had fought to make sure Vargas lost to Salas in the 40th State Senate District, and what the ramifications would be when Vargas is sworn in. IF …
Recount Day One…Salas Loses 1 Vote in San Diego Registrar’s Report of Senate Dist. 40 Hand count
Update [2:00 a.m.], Tuesday, July 20 Late Monday night, Riverside County posted recount results for 5 precincts within that county. The net result is a gain of 1 vote for Mary Salas in our neighbor county. * * * Day 1 of the 40th state senate recount is over in San Diego county. Juan Vargas began the day leading by …
Tea Party gets a caucus in the House of Representatives
The Tea Party movement received a boost from Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) when she sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) petitioning her support with the formation of a House Tea Party Caucus. It took only one day to get approval from the Speaker and now the Tea Party movement has found a voice inside the beltway. The …
The Court Party and The Country Party
(This is the beginning of a post at a blog called A Brief History, by Mike Kennedy, a retired thoracic surgeon and perpetual Renaissance man, with interests in medicine, science, history, boating and politics. I also contribute to the blog from time to time. The blog’s title refers to Kennedy’s fascinating book, A Brief History of Disease, Science and Medicine. …
Public Employees: Bell Tolls for Thee
When the LA Times turns against you it might be time to reconsider your strategy. I’m not going to add much commentary to this, it essentially speaks for itself, but to summarize: Population: 37,000 Salaries: City Manager $790,000 (with a $95,000 increase per year) Police Chief $450,000 Assistant City Manager $375,000 Mayor $100,000 Councilman $100,000 Councilwoman $100,000 Councilman $100,000 Councilman …
I Sure Am Getting Sick Of All this
One of my favorite film comedies is the 1968 hit, Support Your Local Sheriff, with the affable James Garner. In one series of scenes, several hired gunslingers in a row try to gun Garner (the sheriff) down unsuccessfully. One bright, chipper morning, when Garner sees yet another gunman coming, he says in frustration and annoyance, “I sure am getting sick …
Mexico claims racism is on the rise in the U.S.
In a new El Universal, a Mexico City newspaper article, editors claim America is now racial profiling Latinos by encouraging law enforcement officers to enforce illegal immigration laws within U.S. borders. The July, 14 article begins by detailing a letter that has been circulating the blogs and law enforcement agencies. “This Monday, an unidentified group calling itself ‘Citizens concerned for …
Viewers Guide— Salas v. Vargas Recount Starts next Monday (July 19th) in Kearny mesa
Everything the public knows about Recounts is Wrong. There is almost no chance of a missed precinct or a math error erasing any part of Juan Vargas’ 22-vote lead over Mary Salas in Senate district 40. The recount will go through the motions, but no one expects to find that kind of flub. No, sportsfans, The Real Game involves votes …
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