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 …
I Saw the Light
I was tasked with purchasing four 40 watt light bulbs for the new floor lamp my lovely bride just knew (correctly) would make a huge improvement to our family room decor. So off to Home Depot I go. There I found Compact Fluorescent bulbs with the “soft white” equivalent light output of a 40 watt incandescent bulb, but only use …
Will you have to check your wallet before you call 911 in the East County?
I’m still shaking my head over the extraordinary proposal by Chief Augie Ghio of the San Miguel Fire District to charge non-residents fees for emergency services due to auto accidents if it’s determined the non-resident is at fault. Read more about the proposal here. Gee, I thought we were all paying for emergency services already – it’s called TAXES. I …
County treasurer, assessor get raises
Why do I have a problem with this? 1) They knew what the salary was when we elected them 2) I don’t care what these other counties pay their elected officials. Apparently it’s too much, so why must we take the fiscal fall and do a fiscally stupid thing?? This is part of why we are in such a fiscal …
Palin Going to Fox News
See story HERE. Fox News has announced that the former Alaskan Governor will be doing political commentary for the cable channel. The increasingly popular Palin, just finishing up her nationwide book tour last month is ready and excited to be taking on a new challenge. Her refreshing conservative message will be an added asset to Fox News. Fox said “according …
Baldwin’s New Year Round-Up
The UT misses the story regarding Al-Awlaki In the January 10 UT, Matthew T. Hall had a misinformed story about a former local imam named Al-Awlaki whose taped pro-jihadist rants apparently influenced both the Christmas Nigerian bomber and the Ft. Hood shooter. The gist of the article is that Al-Awlaki used to be more moderate when he was based at …
Is Brit Hume Not Allowed To Talk About Religion?
Senior Fox News analyst, Brit Hume is receiving a lot of flack for encouraging Tiger Woods to become a Christian. You will recall an earlier blog where I said that the life of Tiger Woods is none of our business simply because the man is a celebrity. I still stand by those remarks, but today, I am not writing about …
The remarkable Brittany Catton , Part Two. By Popular Demand of our Readers
Rarely has an “SD Rostra” article elicited so much comment as our recent account of new state legislative candidate Brittany Catton. [76th State Assembly district]. Most reactions were favorable, with some readers pledging to change their parties and relocate their homes in order to offer Ms. Catton their fullest support. There was some criticism, however, wihich included audible gnashing of …
Castaneda Campaign “Mistakes”?
We will see where this goes. It seems that whatever train is trying to bulldoze Castaneda, they seem to keep doing it around election time – coincidence or political tactic by Cox? I wouldn’t doubt that she really is THAT afraid of Castaneda and of having to run a real campaign. Heck, she just might have to knock on a …
Paycheck Protection is Back, More Innovative and Even More Critical
You’ve likely heard about the Citizen Power Initiative, commonly known as Paycheck Protection, that backers are working to qualify for the November ballot. The measure would prohibit the state government from withholding from public employees’ paychecks any money that is to be used for political purposes. Fundamentally, it would transform what has been since 1978 an involuntary system of workers …
Since The Pole Obviously Still Exists, Perhaps We Should Send a Letter to the North Pole
Between smoking gun E Mails spotlighting fraudulent information by scientists who attempted to prove the phenomenon of Global Warming, and a record cold winter all over the world, many who still think it’s a good idea to tax our brains out for the sake of a “greener” land are retreating from all the hot talk, and offering, in exchange, the …
A Message to SD Rostra from Carl DeMaio
San Diego Rostra Readers: I hope you can make this neighborhood walk to collect signatures for the Competition and Transparency in City Contracting Initiative – so we can bring real change to San Diego city government in the 2010 elections! Details and RSVP below. Please pass on to all your contacts! -Carl DeMaio Signature Gathering Walk With City Councilmember Carl …
Crystal Crawford (D) will challenge Assemblyman Martin Garrick (R) in North County’s 74th District
This week Del Mar Deputy Mayor Crystal Crawford filed the papers to officially start her race against GOP solon Martin Garrick in the 74th district. The Crawford bid was long rumored, but only took concrete form when the Del Mar councilwoman took out ‘Petitions in Lieu of Filing Fee’ from the Registrar of Voters office on Tuesday. —————————– PROFILE OF …
Baldwin on Amato Show tonight, 9-11 PM, 1170 AM
I am hosting the Rick Amato show tonight from 9-11 PM on KCBQ, 1170 AM. My first guest will be Anita Moncrief, a former ACORN leader who defected a few months ago. She will detail how ACORN is a criminal enterprise; how it works exclusively with Democrats, and the role it played in pressuring banks to make loans to high …
Preserve Your Second Amendment Rights: Support AB 357
Your support is needed for AB 357. This bill would change the California Concealed Firearms License (CCW) policy from “MAY ISSUE” to “SHALL ISSUE.” This is a vital distinction. In “May Issue” counties, the onus is put upon the law abiding citizen to affirmatively prove he or she ‘deserves’ a concealed carry permit. In “Shall Issue” counties, it is up to the law enforcement …
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