Guest Hosting Amato Talk Tonight (Monday): 9-11 PM

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I’ll be guest hosting for Rick Amato tonight, KCBQ AM-1170, from 9-11 p.m.  Listen on the radio or at www.kcbq.com. My guests the first hour will be Steve Vaus, the organizer of the recall effort against Poway Councilmember Betty Rexford, and SD Rostra’s own Vince Vasquez, discussing his post here of yesterday on medical mary-jane, as well as the ongoing …

Proposed San Diego Permit Rules For Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Fall Short of Public Demands

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This Tuesday, the San Diego City Council will review new land use & permitting regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries, which have long been a source of controversy, criminal activity and quality of life problems in our community. Though polling data suggests that the overwhelming majority of San Diego residents are in favor of tough legal mandates for greater safety and …

Term Limits Is A Republican Issue – We Should Support Them For County Supes

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San Diego Rostra Guest Column by Jon Fleischman If some local public employee unions were to place on the ballot a decrease in the county sales tax, first and foremost I would be stunned.  But then I would sign on board and work (apparently in a bipartisan fashion) to reduce the size of government, and increase liberty and freedom for …

WHO gave $250,000 for the SD Term Limits Petition? Now we know: TWO donors sent all $250,000 ! … Same Labor Union unit that gave $2.2 Million to ease California State Assembly term limits in 2008, now wants to Limit terms of the all-GOP S.D. Supervisors in 2010.

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To paraphrase Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s famous words from World War II:…. “Never have so few, donated So Much, for So Little.” Public records kept by the San Diego Registrar of Voters disclose that “the Few” numbered just TWO total donors who gave “so much” ($250,000) to help finance a petition drive to limit terms of San Diego County Supervisors. …

GREAT NEWS… ahem

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Watched some of the news this morning where the MSM newscaster was virtually apoplectic over the news that the unemployment rate had fallen. I listened closely: no actual numbers. Then I went to CNN. Same thing. Both networks were crowing that the Obama plan was working, of course. So what are the numbers? This month, with a plus or minus …

Hamas <3 Hezbollah

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As a Jewish-American, I am deeply afflicted by any threats to the Jewish state of Israel and any threats to its existence. Any concerned American should also fear for any threat as well, seeing that Israel is one of our nation’s prime allies in this day and age. On December 3rd, 2009, California Review editor Alec Weisman commented on a …

E-mail Prominently Displays Labor’s Thug Tactics

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To add more specific info on the previous post on this, check out an e-mail sent from the labor leader herself: Subj: Bobby Glaser to be placed on Labor’s Do Not Patronize List Bobby Glaser is going to have the unique distinction of being the first consultant to be placed on our official do not patronize list. Although the vote …

Thuggish Behavior from Local Labor

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Readers probably have figured out I’m no great fan of people or of organizations who use their power to beat others into submission, or humiliate others, or threaten others. That’s why I was disgusted by an email I got last night informing me that the local labor council had blackballed a local business owner, Bob Glaser. Glaser, upon further investigation, …

This Wednesday Evening

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According to my source tonight there is a meeting going on right now in Tierrasanta, with over TWO DOZEN community leaders from around D7 to address the question “what to do about Marti Emerald’. Attendees were asked not to discuss the meeting or attendees for fear of retribution. I will honor that request, even though the individual who reported from …

Reaching Across Party Lines… The Right Way

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Good job to the San Diego Lincoln Club for inviting San Diego City Councilman Tony Young to address the organization. Yes, it is true, Tony Young is a Democrat. Yes, it is true, Tony also votes with labor some of the time from what I can tell. But at the Lincoln Club Tony was very clear that he didn’t want …

NCTimes: Money in Oceanside

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From the North County Times… OCEANSIDE: Big money flowing in on both sides of recall campaign Kern gets major donations from businesses; unions pour more cash into fighting him Big bucks are flowing almost daily to underwrite campaigns for and against the recall of Oceanside City Councilman Jerry Kern with less than a week to go before the Dec. 8 …

FlashReport: Massive Budget Deficit Presents Opportunity

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From Jon Fleischman at www.flashreport.org… There is a saying goes something like, “Adversity Breeds Opportunity.” This came to mind as I was reading stories in the SDUT, on the website of the Voice of San Diego, as well as a great column from FR friend Vince Vasquez on the up and coming SDRostra website — stories all about the massive …

Check out UCSD’s own conservative paper, The California Review!

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Want to know how the educated youth of today truly feels about what’s downplaying in our nation? UCSD’s conservative paper, The California Review, is a must-read in this critical time period. Founded in 1982 and reinvigorated over the past year, The California Review brings conservative thought into light for like-minded people and Southern California to enjoy. Editor Alec Weisman, junior …

Villains in America and The First Amendment

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Many Americans have awoken from a deep slumber to realize that something fundamentally wrong is playing out in this great nation. Of course, the largest threat comes from this administration’s obvious attempts to transform our country into a socialist one by nationalizing banks and car companies, weakening the country’s security by investigating the C.I.A. unfairly, incriminating American servicemen and veterans, …

It’s Got To Be the Morning After…

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Went out to dinner with my political friend last night, and managed to lock myself out of the house for the past few hours. Broken glass and a hangover. What luck. Here’s the lowdown on what I found most interesting that he said, in his words as much as possible (different parts of a conversation that lasted several hours): “(Assemblyman) …

Administration Decision to Fund ACORN Reaps of Political Cronyism

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An  opinion was just made public today by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) that opens the door to allow the federal government to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) for all contracts signed prior to the enactment of legislation Congress authorized and the President signed prohibiting federal funding of ACORN. The bipartisan intent …

Baldwin’s Weekly Round-Up

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Since the UT seems intent to ignore national stories of serious import, I find myself having to mention stories that have been ignored or misreported. Enjoy — or cry. The lame-stream media is going gaga over simulated sexual acts by blatant homosexual and American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert.  Lambert simulated fellatio on a male dancer during prime time television on …

San Diego City Taxpayers Need New Budget Solutions From City Hall

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This Tuesday, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders publicly released his plan to close the estimated $179-201 million gap in the Fiscal Year 2011 General Fund budget at City Hall. While Sanders’ proposal minimizes the deficit’s impact on residents without raising taxes, it fails to secure the long-term interests of local taxpayers. Why? #1 Short-term financial fixes are heavily relied upon. …