Since it opened for Business on September 1st, “SD Rostra” has set some kind of record for a new San Diego political blog. 20 bloggers have begun work, putting up a total of 74 posts on the widest range of topics: Local, Regional, State and National. Now let’s compare all that activity to the leading San Diego-based Democrat blog sites …
Thanks for the shoutout, Alex
You never know where a little visibility is going to come from. On a recent segment of the game show “Jeopardy!,” the correct response to the club provided was Presidential Candidate Ron Paul. Upon getting the correct answer, insufferable host (but a seriously good poker player who I watched in Las Vegas during a celebrity tournament) Alex Trebek energetically commented, …
Rider on KUSI “San Diego People” Sunday
I taped a “San Diego People” show Thursday for airing Sunday, 11 October, 10 AM on KUSI TV. Fortunately the announcement for Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize didn’t break until the next AM – otherwise I would have been preempted for sure. Even the Chargers took this weekend off to increase my viewer audience. I thought the interview was for one-third …
Radical Parking Meter Proposal Advances at San Diego City Hall
This week, the San Diego Budget & Finance Committee advanced a proposal to radically change parking meter policies in our City. The proposal would: * allow the maximum parking meter rate to be DOUBLED to $2.50 an hour; * allow parking meters to charge on Sundays; * allow parking meters to charge until 11PM; * increase city staffing for parking …
Moonbeam Shining Bright in Governor’s Race?
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Don’t Tread On Me!
“I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.” – A. J. Liebling (1904-1963) I’m counting on these words to guide me in my role as one of your bloggers here on SDRostra. While people seem to assume I’m a conservative, I am in fact a Libertarian through …
Issa Statement on Expansion of Rangel-Ethics Probe
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member and Judiciary Committee Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement after the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct voted unanimously to expand the scope of its investigation of House Ways & Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY): “If you don’t drain the swamp, you’ll end up with a lake. This …
Addressing San Diego’s City Budget Crisis
My thoughts on closing the City of San Diego’s massive budget deficit, which now threatens the future of our core public services, including police, fire protection, libraries, and parks. VV (Reposting from Voice of San Diego) The San Diego City Council faces a daunting task in closing the $179-$201 million budget gap before it. Proposed solutions to closing this gap …
The Barkeep
I’ve got a friend, well not really a friend, but an acquaintance , who always seems to know what is going on in local politics, at least by my lax standards. He is old, he is surly, and he drinks too much. I like to call him ‘The Barkeep’, but not to his face. My posts on this blog are …
What If…
I’m going to drift through a little ‘what if”… What if what the San Diego Ethics Commission was investigating in regard to liberal Democrat Councilwoman Marti Emerald had NOTHING TO DO with the alleged complaint documents posted on the old Red County Blog? What if the information Emerald was providing to clear herself from what she thinks is the issue …
San Diegans & Obama
With ten months now in the White House, just how do San Diegan voters feel about President Obama’s job performance and policy/political agenda? The well-respected Field Research Corporation just released a statewide opinion poll today which included a breakout of San Diego County respondents. According to the poll: * San Diegan voters are significantly less supportive (48% approve/43% disapprove) of …
FEMA Suspends ACORN Grant – Issa, Collins Call for Immediate Review of DHS Grants to ACORN
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Susan Collins (R-Maine) sent letters today to Department of Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) Janet Napolitano and DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner calling for an “immediate investigation of the DHS’s grants, contracts, entitlements and other forms of assistance to ACORN …
DeMaio Releases Budget Forecast
Councilmember Carl DeMaio released a budget forecast showing that the city cannot balance its budget even if it closed all libraries, eliminated all park and recreation programs, and imposed a Trash Tax of $60 million annually. At the City Council’s special meeting on the budget crisis today, DeMaio provided a powerpoint presentation depicting additional liabilities not included in the city’s official …
Issa, Jordan Call on Towns, Kucinich to Hold Hearing on Obama’s Latest Czar
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Domestic Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) have sent a letter to Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-MD) and Subcommittee Chairman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) for controversial Obama appointee Kevin Jennings to appear before the Committee.
Success Breeds Spam
Readers may have noticed the last couple of days a number of spam comments appearing on the posts here at San Diego Rostra. These are auto-generated spams, typically with links to advertising. We are removing them as quickly as we can, and working on a permanent fix. Please bear with us as we work out some of the glitches. Thanks …
ACORN in the Press
Tune in Tonight to Fox News at 10:05 p.m. (EST) as I went ‘On the Record’ with Greta to talk ACORN. Also, the Today Show should be doing a piece on ACORN tomorrow morning that is slated to run around 7:15 a.m. EST.
Celebrate Richard Rider Day!
The San Diego City Council just unanimously approved Councilmember Carl DeMaio’s proclamation of October 6th as Richard Rider Day in our City. For decades, Richard has been a tireless advocate for taxpayers in our community, and has demonstrated the core principles and convictions we need in our elected officials. Richard, your activism has been an inspiration to me and countless …
Sunday Hollywood: A Tale of Two Rapists
From my usually-entitled “Sunday San Diego” column on the FlashReport, how is it that Roman Polanski rates a “best of times” screenplay? http://www.flashreport.org/blog0a.php?postID=2009100402472114&post_offsetP=0&authID=2005110112071864
Whitman Endorsed, Donated $4k to Boxer in ’03
From my post at FlashReport… In the continuing saga of what some might describe as “Which Republican candidate’s history can top the others in the surprising category,” Carla Marinucci at the SF Chronicle has the news that Meg Whitman both endorsed and contributed big bucks to Senator Barbara Boxer in 2003. Absent from the Whitman spokesperson response in the article …
Duffy Scores Perfect with Labor Council
Sheriff candidate Jim Duffy may have already staked his claim as the union candidate, scoring both the Deputy Sheriff’s Association and state PORAC endorsements. But, even those organizations over the years have backed candidates, including Republicans, with less than perfect labor credentials. It was very likely that the Labor Council would follow suit with an endorsement of Duffy, no doubt, …
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