After about two weeks of little more more than “shoulda-knowns” coming out of SANDAG, as well as Chairman Ron Roberts in essence telling his fellow board members during the organization’s recent annual retreat that there’s nothing more to see and he has things under control, a group of elected officials is stepping up and taking appropriate action on the organization’s …
Anti-Speech Movement on the March at Orange Coast College
Watching college professors bully conservative students over their political beliefs is one of my pet peeves, going back to my days as a College Republican. Watching college administrators punish a conservative student for blowing a whistle on a bullying professor is absolutely perverse. As we all know by now, that is exactly what occurred last week at Orange Coast College …
Faulconer, Cate, Zapf, and Kersey: Making San Diego Unsafe Again
In case you missed it, Scott Sherman was the only San Diego City Council member to vote against whack job City Attorney Mara Elliot’s request to sue to stop President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration. Let’s start here: 1- President Trump issued an Executive Order to temporarily halt entry into this country from seven countries. 2- The seven countries were …
News That Will Always Be True
San Diego, February 14, 2017 And now the daily news from your ol’ pal Bob: In the news today: Trump said something and tweeted something. The mainstream media went ballistic and had a conniption fit. So did the Democrats in Congress. A handful of “balanced moderate” (i. e. establishment Republicans) also felt compelled to express their sensitive concern. That’s …
Hunter Announces He Will Not Submit Federal Funding Requests for Sanctuaries
Washington DC – Today, U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter announced that for Fiscal Year 2018, he will not submit any federal appropriations requests on behalf of states, cities, universities or other entities that have an ordinance, policy or practice in place that undermines the enforcement of federal immigration laws. “Sanctuaries that defy federal immigration laws should be held accountable,” said Representative …
San Diego County Gun Owners to Gore: Stop simply paying lip service to the civil rights of San Diegans
San Diego County Gun Owners (SDCGO) sent the following letter to Sheriff Bill Gore on January 23. The group is awaiting a response. “SDCGO has made attempts to work with Sheriff Gore on his CCW issuing policy,” said Michael Schwartz, the group’s executive director. “It has become clear to us that he has no interest in working with anyone to …
Do You Fit In With “Trump’s” America ?
Take this little test and give yourself a point for each positive answer: 1- have a family member who belongs to a private-sector labor union (add a point if you have an active, private-sector union membership card) 2- work (or worked) in a job where your muscles ached at the end of the day 3- played on a softball team …
PETITION – Get Republican-Controlled Counties in California to Audit the Voter Rolls
Here’s a legal way to audit the voter list in California to determine if fraud is really occurring. Best part about the proposal is California Democrats can’t stop this audit. Spread the word – give the grassroots and handful of GOP local elected officials in California something to fight for. SIGN THE PETITION – Demand an Independent Audit of the …
Sanctuary Cities issue misses the mark, while ignoring great ideas
On social media a friend has asked: “Is the City of San Francisco acting within the US Constitution when it refuses to turn over an illegal to the Feds? I’m not endorsing their actions… just pondering states rights.” I try to approach these difficult issues by asking two questions: 1. Is the law just? (“Everything Hitler did in Germany was …
Trump Is Doing Things Right
It’s been a busy time with much happening in the first two weeks of the Trump presidency. As such, I wanted to share this piece I recently wrote for USA Today. ‘Trump is doing things right’ No different than Obama, President’s first salvos have excluded Congress. By Duncan Hunter President Trump was elected by the American people on the promise …
Reps. Hunter and Kinzinger lead letter to President in support of Secretary Mattis’ exemption requests
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) sent a bipartisan letter to President Trump in support of the request by Secretary of Defense James Mattis to exempt Iraqis who served alongside our military. The letter expands on the need for a special review process for those who directly supported American personnel overseas. Upon sending the …
Greenhut: We love presidential edicts
Steve Greenhut on Facebook… “Yes, it’s now obvious (wasn’t it always?) that both Republicans and Democrats love executive orders. They just differ over which ones they love and which ones upset them. By loving executive orders, it means they relish the idea of the supreme leader issuing edicts. That dispenses with the slow, annoying and oftentimes corrupt system of legislation, …
Rep. Hunter to Calif. Governor: Nix illegal immigrants instead of cutting middle class scholarships
There has been significant positive interest in a recent Washington Times article regarding my letter to Governor Brown, so I wanted to share the letter in its entirety: January 25, 2017 Dear Governor Brown: In a recent Los Angeles Times article titled, “If Brown phases out college scholarships for middle class students, stressed parents wonder: ‘How are we going to make this work?’” …
Former Assemblyman Brian Jones appointed (back) to Santee City Council
After wading — or whittling — through 40 applicants, the Santee City Council reached a decision at 12:15 a.m. this morning, appointing former Councilman and recently termed-out State Assemblyman Brian Jones (R-71) to a vacant seat. The council voted 3-1 in favor of Jones, with newest Councilmember Stephen Houlahan in opposition. “I’m honored to be selected to fill the city …
Assemblymember Voepel Releases Annotated Response to Governor Brown’s State of the State Address
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Randy Voepel has released an annotated response to Governor Brown’s State of the State address from earlier today. To view the response on Asm. Voepel’s website, please click here.
The Women Were Marching In Their Pink Hats…
… while their husbands were meeting with and endorsing President Trump, guaranteeing his re-election in 2020. President Trump is not an ideologue as Ron Paul so aptly points out: One reason Trump sounds so inconsistent in his policy positions is that he does not have a governing philosophy. He is not philosophically opposed to a US military empire so sometimes he …
Legitimate President Trump? The Ever Changing Narrative
The inauguration finally happened. And with it, Americans are talking a lot about the future of America’s democracy. Actually, America was created as a republic but we do have elements of democracy baked in. Speaking of democracy….. Blocking the streets or trying to block events is NOT “democracy at work” as some of our so-called news outlets would have you …
Ignore the “Women’s March” Movement! (and perish)
This Women’s March thing is the Left’s tea party movement moment. If they start going after sitting Democrats in the primaries, it’s going to take hold. By defining how they expect Democrats to govern, they will offer a clear difference between them and the Republican Party. The Democratic Party has been struggling with this since Barack Obama became the 44th …
…for the Times, They Are a-Changin’
Inauguration Day is finally upon us after a presidential cycle that seemed to drag on until Congress certified the Electoral College vote last month and made the unthinkable inevitable: Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. As regular readers are aware, I never supported Donald Trump’s candidacy and chose to vote for Gary Johnson. However, my …
Flaws in Faulconer’s Convention Center Expansion Tax Proposal
City politicians are cooking up yet another flawed tax hike measure for the 2018 ballot. Just like we did in 2016 with flawed Measure A, I need your help to either convince them to alter course or defeat it at the ballot box. We can all agree that expanding San Diego’s Convention Center is important for creating jobs and promoting …
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