Sources: https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2023/03/06/growing-liquidity-crisis-at-san-diegos-silvergate-bank-jolts-crypto-stocks/ https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/lapd-wants-robot-dog-for-high-risk-calls-but-critics-are-worried-about-misuse/3108846/ https://cerc.net/san-diego-issues-barometer/ To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net.
Price of Baseball Goes Up; Grim Outlook; Giant Renter Debt: Your Top 3 Weekly Numbers
Sources: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35739485/sources-padres-manny-machado-finalizing-350m-extension https://www.ppic.org/?show-pdf=true&docraptor=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ppic.org%2Fpublication%2Fppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-government-february-2023%2F https://nationalequityatlas.org/lab/rent-debt To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net.
The Homeless Bill; Tesla Dominance; SF Blue Light Housing Special: Your Top 3 Tuesday Numbers
Sources: https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2023/02/18/report-california-spent-10-billion-over-three-years-to-help-571000-homeless-people/ https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-sales-california-ev-hotspot-preferred-choice/ https://fox5sandiego.com/news/business/here-is-where-home-prices-have-fallen-the-most-in-california/ To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net.
Olympics Ain’t Cheap; Neither Is Gas; Trees Get Reprieve: Your Top Weekly Numbers
Sources: https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2020-09-04/olympics-finances-la-olympics-2028-coronavirus-tokyo-games https://newsroom.socalgas.com/stories/market-prices-for-natural-gas-drop-driving-a-68-decrease-in-socalgas-february-procurement https://www.dailynews.com/2023/02/11/tree-warriors-halt-la-plan-to-destroy-up-to-13000-trees-for-sidewalk-repairs/ To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net.
We’re Recruiting Andrew Hayes for State Assembly!
To: SD Rostra Readers From: County Supervisor Joel Anderson Dear Friends, As those engaged in the process, you know better than anyone the importance of having State Legislators who understand the uniqueness of our districts and most importantly will fight for us in Sacramento. That’s why Senator Brian Jones and I are recruiting Andrew Hayes, Lakeside School Board Member, to …
The house across the street
There’s a house across the street from yours. You know for a fact the people living in it are spying on you. It’s been going on for at least the last two decades. It’s not just nosy neighbors, simply watching you from behind curtained windows, like Mrs. Kravitz. No, these people are using the most sophisticated cameras, listening devices, and …
The Conservative Opportunity 2023
The Conservative Opportunity 2023 A Vision for America by Corey Uhden “It’s morning in America.” Everyone over a certain age immediately recognizes those words. They might be taken back to where they were when they first heard them from a television set, the images flashing through their head of a boat on the Hudson, the couple getting married, the front …
La Prensa: SDSU Backtracks on Position for Campa-Najjar After Questions Raised
San Diego State University suddenly removed references to a new position created for a well-connected perennial political candidate after media requests for information, and the school now has posted an application process to fill the position that seems custom tailored with one person in mind. Read it in La Prensa
Another Hate High; Help for Diabetics; DiFi Scramble: Your Top 3 Tuesday Numbers
Sources: https://xtown.la/2023/02/03/hate-crimes-highest-ever-los-angeles-in-2022/ https://timesofsandiego.com/health/2023/02/05lawmakers-try-again-to-cap-insulin-costs-as-california-prepares-to-make-its-own/ https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/04/california-senate-2024-dianne-feinstein-00081166? To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net.
Wealth Tax Proposed; NIMBY from Beyond the Arc; Up In Smoke: Your Top 3 Weekly Numbers
Sources: https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2023/01/29/northern-california-lawmaker-alex-lee-tries-again-with-extreme-wealth-tax-proposal/ https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2023/01/27/steph-and-ayesha-curry-oppose-upzoning-of-atherton-property-near-their-home#.Y9RK3ufJtyQ.twitter https://www.sfgate.com/cannabis/article/jerry-garcia-cannabis-leaving-california-17741843.php To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net.
Taxing You into Public Transportation
Taxing You into Public Transportation Government agendas should not be used to change behavior by taxing us into fixed-rail trains and buses by San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond San Diego County’s Regional Transportation agency’s (SANDAG) latest transportation plan is designed to make driving so expensive that you succumb to public transportation. In addition to current the gas tax and …
Joy Behar Explains Why Biden Documents Are NOT a Scandal
Even the mainstream media hasn’t been able to ignore this one! And anybody unfamiliar with the story must be thawing out of mid-winter hibernation. I’m referring, of course, to the classified documents found (among other places) in the garage of President Biden’s Delaware home. Some of these are Obama era classified documents; others date to Biden’s time in the Senate. …
Leaving San Diego; Corny Problem; Rincon Extricates Itself: Your Top 3 Tuesday Numbers
Sources: https://cerc.net/san-diego-issues-barometer/ https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2023/01/23/u-s-cites-grave-concerns-should-mexico-ban-import-of-gmo-corn-for-livestock/ https://www.casino.org/news/harrahs-socals-rincon-tribe-breaks-free-of-state-gaming-oversight/ To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net.
Fighting for the things we love; fighting for California
Guest Commentary by Kyle Hermann On a chilly November afternoon, a few days before the 2022 election, I stood on the side of Kearny Villa Road with a few others staring off at the horizon for almost an hour awaiting the arrival of the famous 747 that sports UNITED STATES OF AMERICA across the side. Ever since I was a …
Blowing the Water Lottery; Tiny Fish Problem; Disaster Loans: Your Top 3 Tuesday Numbers
Sources: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/13/california-storms-rainfall-drought-00077743 https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2892704886144/the-protection-of-smelt-fish-limits-water-being-captured-delta-pumping https://kion546.com/news/local-news/top-stories/2023/01/16/federal-disaster-loans-are-now-available-to-california-small-businesses-and-residents/ To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net.
School’s IN; Wrong Way Driver Carnage; Natural Gas Extinction? Your Top 3 Tuesday Numbers
Sources: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2023-01-08/california-subsidized-child-care-crisis-families-aid? https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2023-01-07/san-diego-testing-efforts-wrong-way-drivers? https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/business/gas-stove-ban-federal-agency/index.html To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net.
Goldberg: Trump vs. Nixon. It’s not even close.
Nixon in exile had the respect of friends and even foes. But Trump has no friends, only a pathetic record of lies. Read it here. Source: Jonah Goldberg column in the LA Times
Fentanyl Scourge, LA Violence Abates; SWA Wants to Get Away: Your Top 3 Tuesday Numbers
Sources: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/12/23/california-seized-enough-fentanyl-to-potentially-kill-the-entire-population-of-north-america-twice/ https://xtown.la/2022/12/21/crime-book-murders-burglaries-robberies-los-angeles-november/ https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB58 To be added to the Competitive Edge email list and receive these weekly, please send a request to info@cerc.net.
The 2,000-year-old blog
As is my custom for well over 15 years on this night… And it came to pass in those days,that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, …
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