A new leader in the Clubhouse at Chula Vista today, and the frontrunner is threatend with a late charge in Oceanside’s council derby. CHULA VISTA Jill Galvez (5041) passed Pat Aguilar (5014) for the 2nd runoff spot in Chula Vista, Council seat 2. Yesterday Aguilar led by 7 votes. OCEANSIDE COUNCIL The lead of liberal activist Chuck Lowery dropped from 118 votes yesterday, to just …
Thank You
I can’t thank you enough for your financial support, your dedicated volunteerism, your prayers and your vote. Heather and I are humbled by the trust you have placed in us to represent the 77th Assembly District and grateful for the opportunity to serve you. I am especially thankful for the love and support of Heather and my children. It has …
An Evening with the Barkeep
Last night… downtown… the Barkeep speaks (as interpreted by me from notes): Wayne in 2nd place in District 6 I believe must have surprised some people. Wasn’t even close, more than ten damn points if I remember. Give old Wayne the votes of Hadley and Tran’s votes to Zapf and we are looking at almost 50% for Zapf. Not a …
When Causes Start To Contradict Themselves
Madrid, Spain banned Israel from participating in their gay pride parade out of protest over the Gaza flotilla raid. I’m not a believer in gay pride parades anyway. Be that as it may, a few pertinent facts are called for in order to set the record straight. (No pun intended.) -These ships were intercepted because they were carrying weapons bent …
Palestinians on the receiving end of $400 million in aid
After a rough couple of weeks in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians, President Obama promises Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas $400 million in aid following their meeting this week. The two heads of state met in Washington a week after an Israeli military operation involving a flotilla caused an international incident in which militant activists and aid workers …
Our “Photo Finish” Election Races in San Diego County — Update
And down the Stretch they come ! The Registrar just posted an update, with 10,000 late mail ballots. Here is how they changed some VERY CLOSE races. There are 150,000 votes left to tabulate countywide , so all these races will fluctuate ! San Diego School Board – District B Businessman Steve Rosen increased his lead over incumbent Katherine Nakamura …
A Post Not About the Election
The “Deepwater Horizon”, a semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit, was operating under lease to BP, formerly known as British Petroleum, and tasked with drilling an exploratory deep-water oil well in American waters located in the Gulf of Mexico in water 5,000 feet deep. The rig was certified to operate in waters as deep as 8,000 ft deep so this was …
Valley News: Jeff Stone defeats Joel Anderson
Tuesday night the Valley News in Riverside erroneously reported that County Supervisor Jeff Stone defeated Assemblyman Joel Anderson for the 36th Senate District seat, apparently because the reporter was only looking at the Riverside portion of the results. A new story has since been posted, without a trace of the incorrect report or a correction. Here is the first part …
CityBeat: Election post-mortem
Read yesterday’s take by SD CityBeat’s Kelly Davis on Tuesday night’s live blogging effort, which included participation by Rostrafarians Gayle Falkenthal and Barry Jantz… Last night, CityBeat tried something new: “live blogging” from election central and the W Hotel (where the Democratic Party was camped out, due to a labor boycott of Golden Hall). It got a little chaotic at …
Thanks to my friends and supporters
To my friends here at Rostra, When I started the process of running for the AD77th seat I was alone except for family and close friends. Along the way I was shocked to see so many great people come along side of me. From people who helped out financially to volunteers who walked precincts or made phone calls, I was …
Vargas-Salas Update
Look at this, in Senate District 40 for the Dem primary… Mary Salas – 16,609 – 50.6% Juan Vargas – 16,273 – 49.4% A 336 vote spread. What is keeping Vargas close is his current 55 percent of the vote in Imperial County. However, Imperial is a small portion of the count, totaling only about 5,680 votes between the two …
The Greatest Story Ever Told, Almost
This is a bit lengthy, but worth it… Let’s start with the biggest, and perhaps least exciting, races for the county (state races to follow tomorrow). In the 50th Dem Primary Francine Busby was selected as the Democrat nominee to lose to Brian Bilbray once more. I don’t think Busby was celebrating her victory, I searched for police reports and …
Republicans are 53% of SD Primary Votes Counted so Far ———– The “Enthusiasm Gap” among Parties is growing
349,000 SD County ballots have been counted so far, with another 160,000 late mail ballots provisionals to come. Among those counted so far, people voting in GOP primaries are 185,846, or 53% of all Votes . Democrats trail with 131,956, or 38%. Independents and minor parties are at only 9%. This confirms a national trend of a renewed GOP energy …
The Tea Party Movement has a lot to learn
Well, so much for the Tea Party Movement. At least here in California the Tea Party proved to be almost meaningless. Carly “I’m a conservative now” Fiorina suckered many Tea Party leaders into supporting her campaign, thereby successfully breaking off what should have been unanimous Tea Party support for Chuck DeVore, one of the most articulate conservatives to run for …
The Next Step With Prop. D
When the precincts returns came trickling in on Election Day, the Yes on Proposition D campaign couldn’t have been happier. The panicky predictions heard in the rumor mill about its chances of success turned out to be dead wrong. At the time of this blog post, the San Diego Registrar of Voters counted 60.53% of San Diego City voters in …
A Look At The Republican Central Committee
From my quick look at the Republican Central Committee elections I think it is pretty safe to say Chairman Tony Krvaric will remain Chairman. I certainly don’t know everyone who won, or lost, but I recognize enough names to see that he almost certainly has a working 2/3. Some interesting notes: * The biggest loss to the committee is Doug …
So What Happened in Assembly Seat 77?
Before the votes started being counted last night I don’t think that there would have been many readers watching the 77th Assembly seat race that would have thought that Bill Wells would lose. So what happened? My first thought is that maybe Wells didn’t get enough mail out to overcome Brian Jones’ carry over name identification from the Congressional run, and …
Getting to the Bottom of that Tea Cup
Although the Libertarian Lass went down in flames on her Rostra Election Contest Picks (Gore wins outright? Brian Jones wins? Zapf beats Wayne? Ay carumba), post-election observations are always correct, thank God. So let me be among the first to weigh in. The much ballyhooed “anti-incumbent fervor” may have shown its presence, but primary elections reflect the votes of the …
Poor Hillary: Little Did She Know How Much She Was Helping The Republicans.
Elizabeth Vargas of ABC news commented on the strong showing of female Republican candidates last night. Wait until you hear whom she attributed the success to: None other than Hillary Clinton. Hillary’s candidacy in the 2008 election paved the way, after all. Sure, that’s what happened. I was wondering how people like Carly Fiorina, Nikki Haley and Meg Whitman did …
Election! We had an election, did you hear?
According to the reports flying around the TV airwaves we managed to have a very low electoral turnout. It is a shame that people won’t take the time to cast their vote. Even if you aren’t inspired by the local candidates running in your area there are statewide candidates as well as local and statewide propositions that will likely impact your life in …
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