It’s fascinating to Google Ed Harris, the Democrat’s main candidate for Mayor of San Diego. He hypes his status as a career city lifeguard (a wise decision), but systematically hides the fact that he was a public employee labor union boss — a boss that was particularly belligerent about protecting overpaid and overpensioned city employees from any reforms. Harris has …
SAN DIEGO COUNTY BALLOT RETURNS – 5/27/2016
As of May 27, 2016 at 4:00pm, 934,852 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 157,078 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 16.8% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 39.36% Republicans (6.71% above registration), 42.23% …
Republicans: Let Trump Be Trump
Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by Communities Digital News NOTE: Because my column from Monday was about Donald Trump who changes the headlines every day, this is already a dated article. However, here it is as it appeared on CDN May 23. I have been very critical of Trump. Rostra readers have but to look at previous posts …
Ed Harris — He showed up at community meetings
As part of her endorsement of Ed Harris for Mayor yesterday, former Councilwoman Donna Frye said, “During his time as a city councilmember, he stood up for the public and showed up at community meetings.” Because no member of the City Council has ever showed up at any community meetings before.
San Diego Campaign Fundraising Overview – Period Ending 5/21
With the filing deadline occurring last night, please click this link for a fundraising overview for all of the competitive races throughout the county (Supervisor D3, City of SD, and Chula Vista District 4).
There’s a big problem with the “free speech” zones outside San Diego’s Trump rally
Sdpd releases tentative map designating “free speech zones” for Trump visit. #NBC7pic.twitter.com/6JpvhDN412 — Matt Rascon (@mattnbcsd) May 25, 2016 It’s not too hyperbolic to say that Donald Trump’s candidacy is the biggest threat to the First Amendment since the McCarthy hearings. But he’s not going it alone. With the help of the San Diego Police Department, America’s finest city has apparently established “free speech …
CA “cap and trade” revenue 98% less than projected
A new honeypot for California state government is the periodic “cap and trade” auctions of pollution rights. Actually CO2 rights, which is NOT a pollutant. But I’m being churlish. The lesson is that, when able, government will sell us the very air we breathe. Here’s the fun part. The latest quarterly “cap and trade” auction was projected to bring in …
San Diego County Ballot Returns – 5/25/2016
As of May 24, 2016 at 5:00pm, 933,340 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 130,572 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 13.99% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 39.07% Republicans (66.42% above registration), 42.26% Democrats (6.20%% …
PETITION – Ask Padres to Reinstate Fired DJ in Gay Men’s Chorus Snub
You have no doubt heard the story about the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus being snubbed on the field at Saturday’s San Diego Padres game. Instead of hearing the Gay Men’s Chorus, everyone heard a woman signing when the wrong national anthem soundtrack was played. At first everyone suspected the worst – homophobia. Now we know the truth – it …
San Diego County Ballot Returns – 5/24/2016
As of May 24, 2016 at 5:00pm, 931,608 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 115,077 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 9.88% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 39.01% Republicans (6361% above registration), 42.20% …
Poll shows Faulconer within striking distance of outright primary win
Interesting methodology at play in this San Diego mayoral poll, targeting Facebook users and cross-referencing them with the voter file. The number of seniors included would seem to counter any push back IVN may get that older voters are less likely to be on Facebook, thus the results must be skewed in favor of younger and more left leaning voters. …
San Diego County Ballot Returns – 5/23/2016
As of May 23, 2016 at 5:00pm, 928,331 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 91,739 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 9.88% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 38.86% Republicans (6.21% above registration), 42.13% …
San Diego Young Republicans win national recognition
A Message from the President Congratulations SDYR! I recently received word from one of our friends in the Young Republican National Federation that SDYR has won the award of ‘Small Chapter of the Year’ for 2015! This is an unprecedented level of recognition from the national level! It has truly been an honor to watch SDYR grow and flourish into …
San Diego County Ballot Returns – 5/19/2016
As of May 19, 2016 at 5:00pm, 927,729 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 58,779 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 6.34% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 38.64% Republicans (5.99% above registration), 41.81% …
CA ranked the worst state for revealing spending data
California gains another “superlative.” We are ranked the worst state for “online access to government spending data.” We make less spending data available than any other state. Two things to note about this latest CA “award.” 1. The study was done by U.S. PIRG, a decidedly left wing outfit that would LOVE to present the Golden State in a positive …
San Diego County Ballot Returns – 5/18/2016
As of May 18, 2016 at 5:00pm, 926.901 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 44,878 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 4.84% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 38.65% Republicans (6.00% above registration), 41.45% …
San Diego County Ballot Returns – 5/17/2016
As of May 17, 2016 at 5:00pm, 925,522 ballots have been mailed to registered voters throughout the county. 28,942 voters have voted (either by returning their ballot, or through early voting). This equates to an overall voting rate of 3.12% among all ballots mailed. Breaking down the ballots by party, total returns are comprised of 38.66% Republicans (6.01% above registration), 41.43% …
The Tax & Spend Republicans of San Diego County Have One Last Chance
We have been pretty quiet since the San Diego Tax & Spend Republicans joined with the Democrats to pass the SANDAG Sky Gondola Tax. The Donald Trump Reality Show has pulled eyeballs away from local issues so the San Diego Tax & Spend Republicans received little criticism since they voted to put it on the ballot. We wanted to send them …
Transparency Please
If one desires to be a “tax and spend” Republican so be it, but own it. transparent adjective |trans-par-ent, able to be seen through, easy to notice or understand, honest and open: not secretive. On Friday the SANDAG board met to draft ballot language for their sales tax increase. The draft ballot argument reads as follows… SAN DIEGO COUNTY ROAD …
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