> San Diego city council member Marti Emerald has been “invited” to the Feb. 25th meeting of the San Diego City Ethics Commission. The invite is from Alison Adema, the still-new General Counsel for that body, and it alleges Emerald’s campaign committee violated the San Diego Municipal Code’s elections statute. The proposed punishment goes as high as $5,000 a count, …
The Rules for Rostra – Part 2
As noted previously, here you will find the general rules for comments: http://sdrostra.com/?page_id=2 Additionally, questions have been asked about whether comments may be removed from a post for other than a violation of the stated rules, such as disagreeing with the author of a post or being someone the author doesn’t particularly like. Let’s make this clear for both the …
The Garrick Question…Some Simple Advice
My last Sunday San Diego column at the FlashReport… As Jon Fleischman hi-lited on the main FR page Saturday, the Union-Trib editorialized on the selection of Martin Garrick as the new Assembly minority leader, praising the decision, while asking a question in the headline: Will he be the latest GOP leader to cave on taxes? Clearly, the UT gets it, …
DeMaio and Frye Outline Bipartisan Pension Reforms
Continuing their bipartisan partnership to bring real reform to the city’s troubled pension system, Councilmembers Carl DeMaio and Donna Frye are asking the Mayor and City Council to act this year on pension reform. “A number of pension reform options do exist to help save taxpayers millions each year and achieve retirement security for city employees,” DeMaio and Frye write …
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Poll results recently released by the San Diego Unified School District suggesting strong support for an annual parcel tax ballot initiative for school funding among likely voters are being thoroughly discredited by the San Diego County Taxpayers Association. In a letter to Voice of San Diego published this afternoon and distributed to SDCTA contacts, Taxpayers Association President Lani Lutar makes …
Update on race for County Assessor – Recorder – Clerk — Republicans Ernie Dronenburg and Jeff Olson take the early fundraising lead
SD Rostra has learned that Jeff Olson and Ernie Dronenburg, the two declared Republican candidates for SD County Assessor / Recorder/ Clerk filed their campaign finance reports early this week, well before the February 1st deadline. Jeff Olson reports $14,315 raised, with $9,411 cash-on-hand. Olson, who serves as “division chief of Assessment services” in the ARC office, loaned his campaign …
Pay cut proposed for SDUSD Teachers and other staff. What about the bureaucrats?
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/23/sd-teachers-asked-take-pay-reduction/ “Teachers and other San Diego school employees could take pay cuts next year of up to 8 percent to help offset a projected $93 million deficit, under a proposal presented to labor groups this week.” Let’s look at this proposal. First of all, I’d like to know if the district has already made fiscal changes to their Cadillac benefit …
A Fairy Tale Where Straw Spins into Gold
Rumpelstiltskin himself, could not have spun Scott Brown’s victory the way Democrats do it. In answer to the question, “What were the citizens of Massachusetts trying to tell Washington?” liberal pundits and politicians offered a plethora of creative answers. Some of these performances should be nominated for an Academy Award. The first quick and easy response was at least anticipated: …
The Rules for Rostra Noted Again
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When We Do What We Do Not Want You To Do, You Do Not Get To Do Anything About What We Do
Democrats are so much fun when they lose elections. In my next blog, I will discuss their response to Scott Brown’s victory, but first, let’s back up and review, because actually, Democrats are fun no matter what the situation: During the first six years George Bush was president, the Democrats said, “It is American tradition to criticize those in power, …
Baldwin hosting Amato show tonight, KCBQ, 1170 AM
I will be hosting the Rick Amato show once again tonight from 9-11, 1170 AM (or listen on the web at www.kcbq.com). My guests are Brian Camenker and Brad Dacus. Mr. Camenker will come on shortly after 9 PM. He is the President of MassResistance, the leading conservative group in Massachusetts. Camenker will talk about the Scott Brown revolution and …
President Obama’s First Year in Office: Promises, Promises
As originally posted on www.SDNN.com Supervisor Pam Slater-Price: “Our economy is flat and we are still involved in a war on two fronts. Yet while on the campaign trail the President promised to resolve both issues. “Many citizens voted for President Obama because he promised to get us out of Iraq. McCain, on the other hand, was honest and …
U.S. Supreme Court rolls back campaign spending limits
Big decision today. We’ll post up some links here as they come in… http://www.flashreport.org/blog0a.php?postID=2010012111334941&post_offsetP=0&authID=2005110112071864 http://www.flashreport.org/blog0a.php?postID=2010012111320152&authID=2006111814423192 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/21/supreme-court-sides-hillary-movie-filmmakers-campaign-money-dispute/
Local GOP’s Take on Massachusetts
UNPRECEDENTED WIN SIGNALS REJECTION OF OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S “BIG GOVERNMENT” VISION OF AMERICA SAN DIEGO, January 19 — Recognizing the historic significance of the special election in Massachusetts, local San Diego Republicans today mounted a massive high-tech phone bank at party headquarters in support of Republican Scott Brown and gathered to watch the election results come in. San Diego Republican Party Chairman …
How Did the Predictions Go?
OK. So how did your ol’ pal, Bob do with some of yesterday’s predictions? For starters, since Massachusetts 2010 was almost as history making as Massachusetts 1776, with an election landslide for Scott Brown, liberal Democrats are finding it more difficult to play the “election fraud allegation” wild card. As Hugh Hewitt so perfectly describes this phenomenon, “If it isn’t …
Prayers Do Get Answered!
Lots of prayers from all across the country were answered last night with the victory in Mass. of Scott Brown to the Senate. Prayers that have been lifted for several months during the obamacare debates can now be turned into thanksgiving. While Brown is not the end-all, be-all of Republicanism, the victory is important and ironic because it was …
San Diegans Hurting Financially, New Poll Finds
A new Field Poll released today revealed that San Diego voters are more likely to state they are going through tough economic times than any other region in California. However, county voters remain largely optimistic about our state’s future economic recovery. Among the findings: A whopping 71% of San Diego voters say they are financially worse off today than a …
State of the County To Unveil New Initiatives, Discuss Challenges for 2010
At the first meeting of 2010, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to select me as Chair of the Board and lead the County during what many expect to be a fiscally challenging year for the County of San Diego. The board also unanimously voted Supervisor Bill Horn, District 5, as Vice Chairman and Supervisor Ron Roberts, …
Finishing the Job of Pension Reform
You may have read in today’s paper about a massive spike in the city’s annual pension payment — to $231 million or 42% of the entire city payroll. The pension crisis is real — and unless we make further reforms to the city pension system, San Diego will never regain its financial health. I wish this view was shared universally …
The California Review’s Most Exciting Issue Yet!
Check out one of the most controversial, yet enlightening issues of The California Review, being its January 2010 edition out now! Staff writers including yours truly, editor Alec Weisman, and other contributors alike critique Obama’s first year in review, offering insightful yet equally probing information and words that will astound and resonate with all readers. Now this is how the …
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