Talk show host Rick Amato will broadcast a special show tonight from the San Diego County Republican Party Sheriff’s Candidate Forum & Statewide Straw Poll event at the Town & Country Hotel. The forum runs one hour beginning at 6 p.m.; the straw poll follows at 7 p.m. Rick’s show will air from 9 to 11 p.m. with complete coverage …
Go Pound Sand
I recently received an email requesting monetary or other donation to the Young Republicans Christmas party. I like the Young Republicans and have previously donated to their cause, which is likely why I was on the email distribution list. What made this request irritating if not brain-dead stupid is that the name under the ask was one “Joe Sheffo”, V.P. …
Open Government and Marti Emerald
While I don’t have the endless sources that Mr. Murphy does, I did get an interesting email from one of my friends in Grantville last night. It sounds like the local community groups in the 7th Council District are still none too happy with Emerald’s Advisory Councils. The email: “Brian Peterson who is the President of the GAG (Grantville Action …
Voices on Healthcare
My Sunday San Diego column at FlashReport… I attended the annual Grossmont Hospital Foundation gala last night while Congressional voting was taking place on healthcare. Some say it wasn’t a good night for hospitals to celebrate, but the Grossmont event was scheduled long ago and Nancy Pelosi didn’t ask about any scheduling conflicts. Any night that the community comes together …
Lawmaker pay cuts legal, commission boss insists
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/026853.html http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2309392.html I’m in utter amazement reading that there are elected officials (“Legislature’s top administrators”) in Sacramento that are protesting the 18% pay and benefit cuts that have been proposed by the California Citizens Compensation Commission. First off all, if these elected officials can’t handle this cut, then resign or don’t run for reelection. No one is forcing you to …
It is a Holy War Whether You Like It or Not
It only took a little over 10 months for us to be attacked on American soil under the Obama administration. For all the arguments that can be made against President Bush, at least he kept us safe at home during the eight years after 9/11. If it can happen in the center of Ft. Hood, a U.S. military base with …
Democrats Health Care Reform Tried and Failed: Haven’t We Learned from the Mistakes of the Past?
WASHINGTON. D.C. – With unemployment rate rising to 10.2 percent (crossing the double-digit threshold for the first time since 1983), representing a loss of 190,000 jobs, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) questioned the sincerity of the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats today who claim they are “saving or creating” jobs yet continue to …
Back on Each Other’s Christmas Card List
Dave Allan and Dianne Jacob get friendly at the East County Albondigas gathering on Friday, November 6.
Interviews to Return
For those of you who read the previous Red County blog, I enlisted to do a series of interviews with notable local, state, and national politicians, political types, and other movers and shakers that might take my call. I got an email from MIGHTY THOR last week inviting me to take up the same task over here, which I agreed …
First, Do No Harm
Let me be absolutely clear about our current health care debate: We need a system of health care that provides affordable access to quality care for San Diegans and all Americans.
Whitman on the Rise, Poizner Collapse
There is a long way between now and the June primary, but it looks to me from comparing the numbers that Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is on the rise, candidate Steve Poizner in Collapse. There was a Field poll over a month ago that had it 22 Whitman, 20 Campbell, 9 Poizner. This week a Probolsky Research poll found it …
Spam 2.0 – Apologies
In the continuing effort to keep SD Rostra open to anyone that wants to comment (appropriately) without pre-approval of the comments, while at the same time battling incessant auto-spam comments, we continue to refine our spam blocker. Getting hit with a number of spam messages in recent days with the spelled out “dot com” as a means of trying to …
Emerald Takes Heat at San Carlos Community Council
Got an email from a friend to a friend to me this morning… Councilwoman Marti Emerald went to a San Carlos community meeting last night, chewing a double wad of gum the whole time. The crowd was not exactly friendly. The highlights: Marti took some time to attack the Ethics Commission for picking on her… that they were being unfair about …
Garamendi Guessing Game
Who will the Governor pick to fill the Lieutenant Governor spot vacated by John Garamendi? San Diego political consultant John Dadian of Dadian & Associates sent this helpful list out to his roster, and I thought it well worth sharing. John’s looking for your vote on this, and now so am I. So who’s it gonna be? State Senator Sam …
Encinitas Chamber of Commerce, up in Smoke?
The Encinitas Chamber of Commerce has accepted advertising for a Marijuana Dispensary in the Encinitas North Coast Chamber of Commerce official newsletter called “Encinitas First”. This seems untoward, especially since they take public funds from the City of Encinitas and from Supervisor Pam Slater-Price’s discretionary (slush?) fund each year. Again, while this type of business is arguably legal; the Chamber of Commerce is not required to accept advertizing …
Issa OpEd on Health Care in Politico: Dem proposals = Legislative delusion
After widespread disapproval of their 1,000-page proposal for government control of health care, congressional Democrats have responded by producing a 2,000-page bill that leaves many Americans wondering why these “reforms” seem oddly familiar to failed experiments already tried at the state level. Strange indeed is the fact that many states are working overtime to undo the damage wrought by earlier “reforms” …
Got boat?
At 05:30 am Monday morning there was a human trafficking incident involving a boat/ponga from Mexico in Encinitas. The boat came ashore in Leucadia, a community of the City of Encinitas, near Beacons Beach. Local Sheriffs, U.S.Border Patrol & Customs Agents were able to interdict & seize the boat and its passengers. All 21 people onboard were arrested and taken …
Thank You Alex Roth…
It’s pretty old news, but much of the country thinks that the media is anti-Republican, or at least that they lean to the left. Of course, reporters claim neutrality. One of my favorite posts on the old ‘Red County’ San Diego was the list of the numerous San Diego Union Tribune employees, people directly involved in reporting the news not …
Mayor’s Spokesman Compares Republican Party to Mass Suicide Group
The voiceofsandiego.org has reported the following Twitter message from Alex Roth, a spokesperson for Mayor Jerry Sanders: “I’m beginning to see more and more similarities between the Heaven’s Gate cult and today’s Republican Party.” The spokesperson issued a clarification and apology after receiving media attention. Seems like a bizarre statement for a PR person to issue publicly. Your thoughts?
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