In a bold move by a stagnated GOP party, two Senators hope to block President Obama’s federal lawsuit against Arizona with a procedural movement. Senators Jim DeMint (R- S.C.) and David Vitter (R-LA) said they will attempt to attach the Arizona lawsuit, legal language to small-business legislation set to be debated on the Senate floor next week. The two Republicans …
Obama’s hubris drives his drop in polls
President Obama’s popularity continues to head south. Explanations abound. Here’s mine. Obama’s problem is that, as the quintessential central planner, he had every confidence he could “make it all work” — what Nobel Economist Friedrich Hayek called “the fatal conceit.” Obama made scores of performance promises, and delivered on almost none of them — while screwing things up royally because …
New Jersey court to give illegals DUI test in home language
In an effort to thwart law enforcement in the state from arresting those who don’t speak English during DUI stops, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled officers must bring non-English speakers into the station and translate the breathalyzer process for them in a language they understand. The result of the added dog-and-pony show for non-English speakers could lead to law …
Expanding city marketing partnerships
With the city of San Diego facing a significant structural budget deficit, city government’s first priority should be addressing its excessive costs. However there are also creative ways to raise revenues without increasing taxes and fees on San Diego’s working families. One of these creative methods is expanding marketing partnerships between the city and private entities. Official sponsorship, naming rights, …
Anti-Divorce Initiative Enters Circulation
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen just announced an initiative to ban divorce (annulments will still be legal) has qualified to start getting signatures. From her announcement: (PDF) ELIMINATES THE LAW ALLOWING MARRIED COUPLES TO DIVORCE. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Changes the California Constitution to eliminate the ability of married couples to get divorced in California. Preserves the ability of married …
Dreaming Of Impeachment, But Alas, It’s Only A Dream
From Fox News: July 6, 2010: “In emotional and personal testimony, an ex-Justice official who quit over the handling of a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party accused his former employer of instructing attorneys in the civil rights division to ignore cases that involve black defendants and white victims. J. Christian Adams, testifying Tuesday before the U.S. …
California companies snag $22 million in stimulus money for green project research
In an effort to promote clean energy, the White House announced 11 new projects that will accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies for California-based companies using taxpayer’s stimulus money. The companies were selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive $22 million for research projects that aim to improve how the U.S. uses and produces clean energy. The …
IVP “Cartoon” and Resulting FlashReport Column cause Stir
Barry Jantz column from yesterday about Imperial Valley Press cartoon depicting Nick Popaditch… http://www.flashreport.org/blog.php?postID=2010071211113461 Dianne Bell column today… http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/13/celebrity-chef-still-needs-id/ LA Times: Bob Filner criticizes cartoon… http://tinyurl.com/2b56gh9 Imperial Valley Press apology… http://www.ivpressonline.com/articles/2010/07/13/our_opinion/ed01_07-13-10.txt
Sanders Backs Down On Sales Tax Hike
UPDATE, July 13: Voice of San Diego posted an article Tuesday morning about Sanders’ retreat on the sales tax hike. The article stresses Sanders’ reticence about speaking out on the issue, while “tax antagonists” vocally “railed” and “fulminated” against the hike. Meanwhile, the putative supporters of higher taxes, such as Councilman Todd Gloria and firefighter union president Frank De Clercq …
Recount ! — [Updated] — Salas v. Vargas recounts sought in Riverside and San Diego counties
2ND UPDATE (5:50 a.m., Tuesday) The Imperial Valley Press reports today the Mary Salas campaign did not seek a recount in Imperial County. http://www.ivpressonline.com/articles/2010/07/13/local_news/news05.txt Vote recounts will proceed, however, in San Diego and Riverside counties. UPDATE [6:10 pm, Monday]… The Sacramento Bee’s “Capitol Alert” has confirmed the Rostra story, saying Salas filed recount papers today in SD and also in …
Conservative Swag
San Diego Rostra has a friendly working relationship and much mutual respect with our left-leaning pals at San Diego City Beat. I don’t think we share a lot of readers on our respective blogs though which is a shame. City Beat’s blog is lively, entertaining and informative even if only in the “keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer” …
Don’t Tax Me, Bro
Reaction to the suggestion floated by San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders about putting a half-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot has drawn a stunningly swift reaction from numerous fronts. The San Diego County Taxpayers Association, Republican Party of San Diego County, Lincoln Club of San Diego County, San Diego Tax Fighters, Stop Taxing US, and City Councilmembers Kevin …
Journalism And Objectivity — What’s Right And Wrong About It
People who fret about objectivity in journalism, or the lack of it, are worrying about the wrong thing. They should be concerned about the journalism part of the equation. So argues press critic Jay Rosen, in a post at his PressThink blog I highly recommend Objectivity, or the “view from nowhere,” is an attempt to persuade, Rosen says. And there …
Public Vote on a New City Hall in SD – Can Downtown Power Brokers Flip One of the Four Councilmembers?
The political drama surrounding the effort to move forward with building a new City Hall building never seems to stop. Back in February, four members of the City Council announced that they wouldn’t support moving the project forward without it going to a public vote, presumably in the November 2010 election. The four on the Council to take this stand …
Riverside County Add On count completed — Juan Vargas keeps 22-Vote Lead district-wide in SD 40
The Riverside “Press-Enterprise “ just reported that the Riverside Registrar of Voters has finished the Court-ordered count of 12,563 mail ballots which had been set aside pending a Judge’s order. Your 3-county scoreboard now shows these Democratic Candidate leads: IMPERIAL County……..Juan Vargas…….. + 927 votes RIVERSIDE county……..Mary Salas……….. + 95 votes SAN DIEGO county…….Mary Salas………. + 810 votes When you …
2nd Bulletin —– Juan Vargas lead Zooms to 22 votes on new Riverside County returns
UPDATE…. 7 am, Saturday, July 10, 2010 Riverside County just put up another new vote count at 6 a.m. today. They tabulated just 5 votes in SD 40… and all 5 of them went to Juan Vargas. That puts Juan Vargas at +22 overall in the sprawling 3-county district…. Juan Vargas now… 24,282…. while Mary Salas …24,260 This story will …
Judge today orders counting of “Late” Riverside mail ballots in Juan Vargas v. Mary Salas primary
Riverside county judge Mac Fisher today ordered the Riverside Registrar of Voters to count 12,500 mail ballots which were picked up a day after the June 8th primary election. Judge Fisher ruled the mix-up between the Postal Service and the Registrar should not bar those voters from being heard. (Hat tip to reporter Duane Gang of the Press-Enterprise who filed a story from the …
The Barkeep on District 6
I think it was Winston Churchill who said “One martini is too few, three martinis is too many.” Let me assure Mr. Churchill that four is WAY TOO MANY. But when you want to talk to the Barkeep? There it is. Paraphrased from a napkin: ….So I keep talking to people about the city race district 6, and the surprise …
More than $7.1 billion in overpayments to jobless
Amid a massive federal government buildup, waste and fraud inside the U.S. Department of Labor leads to $7.1 billion in overpayments to Americans across the country. However this is little comfort to those who are losing their government-funded paychecks and leaves Americans scratching their heads as to why the Department of Labor is not properly managing their money. Keep reading
The country weighs in on the Arizona illegal immigration lawsuit
The ink is barely dry on the Federal lawsuit against Arizona’s new illegal immigration law and politicians from both sides of the aisle are ready to lay claim to the right or wrongness of the divisive issue. First up is Chairman of the Immigration Reform Caucus, Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA): “The lawsuit highlights the failure of the federal government to …
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