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 …
On The Other Hand, He May Be More of the Same
Republicans are in near euphoria over the prospect of Scott Brown beating Martha Coakley in today’s special Massachusetts election for the senate seat vacated by Ted Kennedy. I share their enthusiasm, but only cautiously so. I watched this guy carefully in a Sean Hannity interview. Seldom did I hear a straight answer to any of Sean’s questions. Brown went out …
Sign the San Diego “Competition” Initiative
If you think the city of San Diego should use competitive bidding in city departments to save taxpayer dollars, your help is needed. We are collecting more than 100,000 signatures to qualify the “Competition and Transparency in City Contracting” ballot measure for the November 2010 city elections. If you are a registered voter in the City of San Diego, please …
San Diego Hits the Phones for Scott Brown in Important MA Senate Race
From the local GOP… http://www.sandiegorepublicans.org/blog/2010/01/san-diego-hits-phones-for-scott-brown.html Join us on Tuesday 1/19 for a phone bank for Scott Brown, canddate for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. San Diego Republicans will help make history by getting out the vote for Scott Brown, who – when he wins – will be the 41st vote against Obamacare. Be part of history and join us at …
Martin Garrick may be Next Republican Leader in California State Assembly
North County’s Martin Garrick is in line to succeed Sam Blakeslee as floor leader of the State Assembly’s 29 Republicans. (Hat Tip to Jon Fleischman who broke the story tonight). Garrick, of Solana Beach, won the 74th Assembly district in 2006, and is eligible for a third 2-year term. He faces Democrat council- woman Crystal Crawford of Del Mar this …
San Diego Unified School District and administrative leave for bureaucrats
It was recently brought to my attention that the Director of Transportation for San Diego Unified School District, who had been on administrative leave for over 3 months while the District investigated charges against her, was recently terminated but after being paid a settlement not to sue the District. Okay, maybe I need to be slapped, but if the District …
Taxpayers Association to City of San Diego: Not So Fast!
The San Diego County Taxpayers Association has written an open letter to the San Diego Union-Tribune via a public posting addressing why the Association believes it’s premature to declare “mission accomplished” on pension reform. I’m also posting it here for Rostra readers and invite your comments. That there is a need to post a letter stating the glaringly obvious (at …
DeMaio Kicks Off Ballot Measure Campaign
Heads up in case you can join us for the campaign launch Saturday morning… If you can’t make it, please consider signing the ballot measure online at our new website: www.ReformSanDiego.com. You also can share a brochure on the Initiative with friends: http://www.cleanupcityhall.com/uploaded/file/ReformSanDiego.pdf Thank you! -Carl DeMaio DeMaio and Volunteers Kick Off Signature Gathering Effort Measure Would Require Fair and Open Competitive …
Fletcher Stops Suicide Attempt
Kudos to our own area legislator. From the SacBee… Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher is a smooth-talking lawmaker – a talent that came in handy this week when the San Diego Republican convinced a man not to hang himself on a downtown Sacramento bike bridge. The Sacramento Police Department confirmed today that two passers-by intervened Wednesday after spotting the man with one …
If You Think Gay Marriage Will Not Affect You, Think Again
Proposition 8 is in the news again. At first the will of the people got struck down because the courts ruled that a law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman was unconstitutional. For this reason, Proposition 8 went ahead and made it part of the California constitution. Now a judge is going to rule on …
Disorder In the Courts —- Analysis by Judge Larry Stirling (ret)
Guest Column by Larry Stirling, former State Assemblyman, State Senator and Superior Court Judge ——————————— “For the first time in our history, the courts of our state have been ordered to close for budget reasons, something that did not happen even during the great depression. The judiciary is in a state of crises.” — San Mateo Superior Court Judge Mark …
City Official: San Diego Fee Hikes Needed to Cover Salary and Pension Costs; Mayor: “It’s a Part of Life”
Yesterday, the Union-Tribune published a story about the City of San Diego recently increasing it’s solar permit fees by a multiple of six. You may recall the across-the-board fee increases implemented by the City of San Diego in 2009. From the April 2, 2009 Union-Tribune story about that fee increase: Mary Lewis, the city’s chief financial officer, said the mayor’s …
California’s Undeclared Bankruptcy: Are We on the Slippery Slope to Federal Receivership?
This op-ed originally appeared in the Flashreport With $20 Billion dollar deficits projected for the next 5 years, excessively high unemployment, mountains of debt and declining revenues it’s time to face the reality – our Golden State is not only tarnished, but it is de-facto, bankrupt. Compare our State’s precarious situation to that of a 2 wage-earning, working California family: …
Dredging the Bottom for Revenue
The San Miguel Fire District in East County has come up with a new idea to bring in a little more revenue: a fee for being in a car crash! The fee, of between $390 to upwards of $2000 would be charged to folks who do not live in the district. The idea is that people in the district already …
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