Following his recent press release criticizing the Republican Party of San Diego, 52nd District Congressional candidate James Veltmeyer recants… April 16, 2018 A recent media release was sent out critical of the San Diego County Republican Party. Let me state unequivocally that I regret the actions of my campaign. Let me also be crystal clear that I take full responsibility. As …
On Republics and Sanctuary Cities
As a Republican, I don’t particularly enjoy siding with Governor Brown on an issue let alone on one as emotionally charged as sanctuary cities. Not sure our reasoning was the same but to his credit he took Senator Kevin DeLeon’s SB54 and with encouragement from the California Police Chiefs Association multiplied DeLeon’s exclusions twelvefold, from 65 crimes to 800. My oath …
Time To Separate Ourselves from the Bigots
I have known Eric Andersen for seven years. We co-founded the Republican Liberty Caucus of San Diego in 2012. We worked on the Ron Paul for President campaign. Together, we’ve supported Campaign For Liberty, The Foundation for Economic Education, Senator Rand Paul, and served on the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of San Diego. We don’t always agree on …
Press Conference Tomorrow: Assemblyman Voepel’s Military Service Record Challenged
Almost three weeks ago, Master Chief Petty Officer Terence B. Hoey, USN (Ret), a security professional based in New York City, accused Assemblyman Randy Voepel of “stolen valor”. Stolen Valor is a broad term military veterans use to accuse someone (civilian or veteran) of misrepresentation about his/her military service record. It can be as benign as someone exaggerating his/her service …
Lollipops and Sharia Law
Last Tuesday, the day after the local Republican Party endorsed Omar Qudrat for the 52nd Congressional seat (Scott Peters’ district), one of the other GOP candidates in the race, Dr. James Veltmeyer, sent out a press release that condemned the party for abandoning its core principles. “I was told by several members that my support for our party’s platform in …
San Diego approves multiple, unnecessary pay increases. A bad decision being repeated throughout California.
Here’s a pretty good 5 minute studio TV appearance I did live recently on KUSI. The city of San Diego is paying multiple salary increases that are unjustified, and unnecessary. The interview includes invaluable observations that quite likely apply to every city and county in the Golden State, if not the nation. The “printed” story is below, but you have …
Cheryl James-Ward for San Diego County Board of Education District 5
Cheryl James-Ward, a candidate for County Office of Education, sent over the media release further down in this post. We were intrigued, as she is opposing labor-backed incumbent Rick Shea, who was appointed to the District 5 seat in 2015, then beat out former State Senator Mark Wyland in a close 2016 contest. SD Rostra asked James-Ward to provide some …
Harkey, Graham, Desmond nab GOP endorsements in hot contests
The Republican Party of San Diego County meeting Monday night resulted in the local GOP endorsing candidates in three hotly contested races where the incumbents are not seeking election this year. All those endorsed needed 2/3 of the vote from the roughly 50 members of the Party’s Central Committee to gain support, a level of backing that candidates cannot take …
Republican Party endorses Phil Graham for State Assembly
Party taps businessman from six GOP candidates in open Rocky Chavez seat by Doug Sain On Monday night the San Diego County Republican Central Committee voted to endorse Phil Graham (pictured right) for State Assembly District 76, which includes 246,653 registered voters in Encinitas, Carlsbad, Oceanside, Vista and Camp Pendleton. The Central Committee is the governing body of the Republican …
Chula Vista Republicans Advocate for Tax Increase
Two Republican Chula Vista City Council Members, Mike Diaz and John McCann, have opposed the San Diego County Republican Party and are advocating a sales tax increase. Let me get this straight. Despite nearly seven out of ten American firefighters being volunteer, and despite California firefighters being paid 60 percent more than the other 49 states (CA median income is …
DeMaio endorses Jim Desmond and Omar Qudrat
DeMaio makes endorsements in open 5th District Supervisor race and campaign against Scott Peters Carl DeMaio endorses Jim Desmond for Supervisor in North County’s 5th District. “I’ve been impressed with Jim Desmond’s commitment to limited government and effective pension reform as Mayor of San Marcos. He is a strong supporter of the citizen effort to repeal California’s unfair gas tax and …
Breaking Barriers to Fight Poverty
Last week I joined Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Imperial County) to advocate for $25 million to fund our “Breaking Barriers” for career tech education initiative. Last year, as a principal co-author for Assembly Bill 1111, we worked to help vulnerable populations obtain important middle skills jobs to meet the growing economy. Under AB 1111, Local Workforce Development Boards partner with community-based …
Concerned with guns, California considers legislation to end Biathlon competition at any Olympics in state
California has been the site of only one Winter Olympics, the 1960 Squaw Valley games. It was also the Olympic debut of the sport of biathlon, a traditional Northern European competition combining cross country skiing and rifle shooting. Despite there being no plans for a future California Winter games, some in the legislature want the state to make a statement …
Duncan Hunter and the 1.3T Omnibus Spending Bill
In the photo above Sen. Rand Paul holds the 2,232 page budget busting bill that took two hours to print, but I think there’s hope for reform in Washington if we can get just one of our founding ideas right. The self-evident truth that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. This includes …
Board of Supervisors District 5 Valley Center Forum
Del Pilar’s Diatribe, a conservative Latino’s view on politics… Candidate Field Set… Let’s Get Ready to Rumble! The deadline to file for political offices came and went, and as always, a flurry of candidates flooded the San Diego Registrar of Voters office. Some changed races and whether party strategy or a more viable path to win, they seek to represent …
Krvaric in SDUT: I’m a Republican. Here’s what I think about partisan politics in 2018.
This ran over the weekend in The San Diego Union-Tribune… by Tony Krvaric, Chairman, Republican Party of San Diego County “I want to become an American.” Those words were uttered when I was just 14 years old, living in Sweden. My parents had fled communist Yugoslavia to arrive in Sweden in search of a better life. While growing up in …
The Edgy Interview: Jeff Marston
Originally published in the Competitive Edge Newsletter, March 2018. I’ve known Jeff Marston since we both walked precincts for Ronald Reagan’s re-election campaign – yep, it was Morning in America in 1984. Those Del Cerro doors we knocked on had a lot of eager Reaganites behind them, so my one (and still only) precinct walk was a good one with …
El Cajon’s Kalasho faces new accusations of fraud over allegedly false real estate document filings
From East County Magazine By Paul Kruze March 9, 2018 (El Cajon) — As though the water couldn’t get any hotter for embattled El Cajon Councilman Ben Kalasho, he is now facing accusations that he is illegally shielding his personal assets, prior to an anticipated August trial on allegations that he sexually harassed two beauty pageant participants in 2016, among …
What’s wrong with politics in East County: The political parties ignore bad behavior
Guest Commentary by Hon. Kristine Alessio “The only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar minds – success.” — Edmund Burke When after a lifetime of membership I left the Republican party, I was accused of doing it for political gain on this site and in other media. But that was nothing more than ad hominem, which did not address the …
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