According to The Los Angeles Times on April 21, 2010: A radical Islamic group has warned “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone after a recent episode of the Comedy Central cartoon depicted the prophet Muhammad in a bear costume. “We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind …
California governor hopeful Poizner climbs in polls
In what’s shaping up to be another Massachusetts-like race California governor-hopeful Steve Poizner’s poll numbers are rapidly rising late in the primary race. A month ago Poizner’s bleak poll numbers had him more than 50 points behind fellow Republican and former CEO of EBay Meg Whitman. At a tea party event in Oceanside, California last week, Poizner said, “Meg Whitman …
Panel to consider new pay cut for California legislators
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/22/2696767/panel-to-consider-new-pay-cut.html#ixzz0lrFAGmRh I’d like to hear if you believe that our friends in Sacramento deserve what they are paid and why. As I see it, they can’t really balance a budget (They continue the old smoke and mirror approach-pushing the dreaded day of gloom to the future, thus creating even more of a crisis) and their best method to balance the …
Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Managed Competition
I wanted to give you a heads up on an important poll released this week that shows where the public stands on possible reforms in city government. The City’s Independent Budget Analyst released a city-wide survey of residents that showed the top reform San Diegans want to see implemented is “Managed Competition.” In fact, a solid 74% of San Diegans …
POIZNER STRATEGY WORKS!!!!
Great news for Poizner supporters this morning: his campaign strategy worked! Congratulations to everyone involved – you’ve taken a campaign that was 50 points down (is that even possible in the real world) and spent millions upon millions to get to… 30 points down. The last Field Poll showed Whitman around 63 and Poizner around 14. The poll circulating this morning …
CARB EXPOSED
This article is one more example of how the California Air Resources Board intends to extract fees and fines from businesses, all in the name of cleaning the air. Now their ARB staff admits they over-estimated the amount of pollution from construction heavy equipment. Every industry must keep up its guard. No one is safe from the CARB… http://www.healthycal.org/arb-admits-rule-based-on-flawed-data.html
Arizona’s tough new illegal immigration law angers liberals
Arizona’s new illegal immigration bill is expected to be signed into law by Saturday by Conservative Gov. Jan Brewer and will toughen the state’s already stern immigration laws. According to Fox News, the bill has sparked high emotion and the sponsor of the bill State Senator Russell Pearce (R) says “it will take the handcuffs off law enforcement and allow …
Poway and the recall election
First of all, let me lay my biases on the table. I’m an idealist. That can be good or bad. I hold politicians to a higher standard. I expect more from them. I’m also supporting Chuck Cross for Poway City Council which I will describe why later. I’m also Poway Councilmember Merrilee Boyack’s appointee to the City’s Park and Recreation …
Kenneth Dickson on the Race for the 36th Senate District
SD Rostra invited the Republican candidates competing in the 36th State Senate District race (succeeding Dennis Hollingsworth) to submit a guest column. The commentaries have been posted in the order received prior to the deadline. Candidate submissions received after the original postings will be added as they come in, but in no case will any additional columns be added if …
Jay La Suer on Jeff Stone’s Race for the 36th Senate District
SD Rostra invited the Republican candidates competing in the 36th State Senate District race (succeeding Dennis Hollingsworth) to submit a guest column. The commentaries have been posted in the order received prior to the deadline. Candidate submissions received after the original postings will be added as they come in, but in no case will any additional columns be added if …
Tweet Your Questions to Carl DeMaio
Councilmember Carl DeMaio will be on twitter Friday, April 23rd at 3:00pm for another twitter forum to answer questions you have concerning the city of San Diego. At our last Twitter Forum Councilmember DeMaio answered questions from over three dozen constituents and several members of the media. This is another excellent opportunity for the people of San Diego to go …
Penalty for Ben Roethlisberger and Misleading Political Advertising…are they one in the same?
It seems to me that Roethlisberger is being tried and convicted without being found guilty not unlike the accuasations made against politicians and then used by the media and negative campaign materials.
Bill Wells Endorsed by Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association in Race for State Assembly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 16, 2010 CONTACT: Eddie Sprecco 619-889-1348 Eddie@VoteBillWells.com (El Cajon) The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA), the State’s leading taxpayers’ rights organization, has announced their support for Bill Wells in his race for the 77th Assembly District. “Bill Wells is committed to eliminating waste in government spending and helping families keep more of their hard earned money. …
SD CityBeat: “Local GOP giddy”
San Diego CityBeat story on sample ballot “advertising”… Gloat of the sample-ballot stuffers Local GOP giddy over ad-friendly court ruling By John R. Lamb “The law requires a paper towel ad to be scrupulously honest, but allows political candidates to lie without reproach. What’s wrong with this picture?” —Jef I. Richards By the sound of her voice, San Diego County …
Republicans submit new bill to secure U.S./Mexico border
Republicans have introduced new legislation to secure the U.S. border that is located on federal land; the bill hopes to prevent environmental damage, crime, drug smuggling and terrorist threats against residents who live along the southern region. The House National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Bishop (R-UT), House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (R-WA), …
Of Ships And Shoes And Ceiling Tax And Cabbages And Kings Posted by Bob Siegel on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 5:11:42 PM
President Obama complained in a speech that the Tea Party crowd, which is organized mostly around the concept of lower taxes, has not thanked him. After all, under Obama, no one who makes 200 thousand dollars a year or less will see a tax hike. I’ll give you a moment to get over the surprise that our president has delivered …
Chelsea’s Law moves onward with California Governor’s support
It’s been less than two months since Chelsea King was raped and murdered by a convicted sexual predator, with the dedication of her parents Chelsea’s Law has moved forward in the usually gridlocked Sacramento legislature. The new law seeks to toughen existing sexual offenders laws by adding mandatory life prison sentences for forcible violent sex crimes against children, tightening sex …
Harkey Calls for High Speed Reality Check
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2009 Contact: Gino Folchi (916) 319-2073 Harkey Calls for High Speed Reality Check SACRAMENTO – AB 2121 authored by Assemblywoman Diane Harkey (R-Dana Point) sailed out of the Assembly Transportation Committee with a vote of 13-0. As amended, the bill would hold the High Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) to a higher standard of financial accountability. …
All transportation subsidies are NOT the same
FROM MY BLOG: A common argument for High Speed Rail (indeed ALL passenger rail) taxpayer subsidies is the childish excuse that “everybody’s doing it.” All transit is subsidized, so why not rail? There are two glaring problems with this lame reasoning: 1. All transportation is NOT necessarily subsidized. User fees more than cover the federal cost of roads. 2. The …
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