Public employee union leaders turned in petitions this morning asking a Two-term limit for San Diego County Supervisors. They say 120,000 voter names are included. Oddly, however, it appears this petition will have little effect on the CURRENT County Board, even if it qualifies and passes in the June 2010 election ! That’s because, like the statewide term limits law …
Poway: Game On!
As I post this, Councilmember Betty Rexford recall proponents led by Steve Vaus are announcing at the Poway City Council meeting that they have collected about 2,200 of the 5,657 petition signatures required to qualify for the ballot. This is with only 30 days elapsed of the 120 days allowed in which to collect signatures. These are raw numbers, but recall …
HJTA: Harkey, Anderson #1 Taxpayer Advocates in Sacramento for 2009
The results are in from the 2009 Legislative Report Card issued by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA), one of California’s oldest and most respected taxpayer advocacy organizations, and San Diego Assemblymembers Diane Harkey and Joel Anderson were the *only* elected state representatives out of all 120 legislative members in Sacto to receive perfect “A” scores! The Report Card, which is based …
Juan Vargas WILL battle Mary Salas in 40th state senate Democratic primary… and Yes, There Will be Blood
…….In a battle of current and former 79th Assemby members, Juan Vargas (San Diego) will duel Assemblywoman Mary Salas (Chula Vista) for the 40th state senate nomination. Incumbent senator Denise Ducheny is term-limited, so Salas and Vargas will compete in the June 2010 Democratic primary. There had been a few rumors of such a contest, but today Alan Hoffenblum’s authoritative …
Emerald Alienates Another Community Group – Grantville Action Group
Last week, San Diego News Network carried this article, which I missed. Brian Peterson, the author and President of the Grantville Action Group, was a pretty big Emerald supporter during the election if my friends in D7 speak the truth… http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-11-10/blog/a-more-perfect-union/emeralds-budget-meeting-offers-no-choices-for-citizens EMERALD’S BUDGET MEETING OFFERS NO CHOICES FOR CITIZENS Last week’s meeting of the Grantville Action Group was billed as …
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Who Outed ACORN in East County?
When the nice Santee couple attended their first East County Democratic Club (ECDC) meeting at Coco’s Restaurant on October 15 to hear David Lagstein of the local San Diego area ACORN office, they never guessed that several days later they would be accused by club official Raymond Lutz of secretly recording the meeting and releasing the information to Andrew Breitbard’s BigGovernment.com. After the …
Deport legal residents while illegal residents spend time in our jails
Once again, our justice system amazes me. In regards to the “runaway” balloon parents in Colorado ( UT, Saturday, Nov 14, “Parents involved in balloon hoax…”), our justice system was willing to deport the mother back to Japan (She is a legal resident of our country), however, our prisons have thousands and thousands of CONVICTED felons that are here Illegally, …
Busby Fundraising While Driving?
Too fun to pass up, especially considering such a big deal was made out of Maria Shriver doing the same. Have I done it myself? Yep, and I regret it. I also haven’t been on the case of law enforcement in recent months. That’s once-again congressional candidate Francine Busby multi-tasking today. If anyone wants to claim it’s not her, feel free. …
Sheriff Watch: Early Polling Shows Duffy Leading
From my post at the FlashReport… See the press release below and don’t even begin to tell me that aging name ID from the green-and-white-car days doesn’t mean anything. That said, it’s still significantly early. Name ID can be softened just as significantly with financial resources and momentum. Appointed Sheriff Bill Gore and former Assemblyman Jay La Suer have plenty of …
Baldwin on Amato Monday Nite – KCBQ AM-1170 www.kcbq.com
Friends: I will be hosting the Rick Amato show this coming Monday night from 9-11 PM. The call-in number is 888-344-1170. With Roger now national, Rick’s show is one of the few locally-based conservative talk shows left here in San Diego. I will be talking about a number of issues: * How dissenters to Obama’s health care initiative — if it …
Newspapers in Freefall, Earmarks, Real Unemployment Rate, & Who’s Running the Show?
I’m thrilled to be part of San Diego Rostra and am convinced this is the medium by which the vast majority of Americans will receive their news, if not already, then in the very near future. The old line media are dinosaurs, especially newspapers. And it’s not just because the news cycles of newspapers are 24 hours as opposed to …
Oceanside Recall
Signs, signs, damn my eyes the hideous signs! Both the pro and anti recall organizations have coated Oceanside in similar signs. Most of them are in the public right of ways, but the number in yards looks to be growing. For much of the race thus far the union goons dominated the streets. I’m hearing that some of them are …
A local Blog posted some pretty damning stuff about a sitting Councilman. Is this legal? Is there a lawyer in the house?
Dan Dalager, Two term City Councilman Encinitas The Blog starts out with a Dalager quote: “We’re talking about public resources,” Dalager said. “Are we going to have a system of law, or are we going to have little local tribes that decide what everybody can do?” The blog then states: Dan is the guy who condones subversion of the law, backroom …
Part 2: Michael Barone throws more Gems of Knowledge to a delighted USD crowd
Here’s more of Michael Barone’s November 9th speech at the Uni- versity of San Diego law school. His address is part of a lecture series sponsored by community leader Joan E. Bowes (pictured). (A) ‘OPEN FIELD’ VS. ‘TRENCH WARFARE’ Perhaps the most-original of Mr. Barone’s insights is that the Red State/ Blue State/Trench Warfare period of 1995 to 2007 is …
Every Day is Veterans Day
From the Revolutionary War to today’s operations in the Middle East and around the world, America’s veterans have carried the torch against our nation’s number one enemy: tyranny. Our veterans defended our rights in World War II, served with honor in Vietnam, and have — since the Declaration of Independence — kept America free.
Statement Re: ACORN Operative on Tape
From the local GOP… SAN DIEGO, November 11 – Chairman Tony Krvaric today issued the following statement following the discovery of audio recordings where ACORN organizer David Lagstein is suggesting a whitewash by Attorney General Jerry Brown of the investigation into the apparent ACORN misconduct uncovered earlier this year: We can recall the appalling videos from the National City office of ACORN, where an employee …
Rexford Sounds Off in Poway News-Chieftain
In an article written by editor Steve Dreyer and published today, Poway City Councilmember Betty Rexford blames high level city staff for pitting her fellow councilmembers against her. Your thoughts?
Too Quiet on the O’Side Front
None of our in-the-know bloggers are going to take even a short, one paragraph stab at how the Rocky Chavez vacancy in Oceanside will impact the city? How about what it means — if anything — to the union led recall effort of Councilman Jerry Kern? Can Kern and his supporters successfully turn this into a call for stability, just …
Results of San Diego GOP Straw Poll
As the evening wore on last night, several hundred people ended up coming over to the Annual San Diego GOP Straw Poll to vote. I’m in a bit of a rush today so I will only cover the top of the ticket… maybe someone else can pick up the ball and report everything else. Whitman came in at 67%, with …
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