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 …
San Diego County Gun Owners in New Video: Don’t Elect Kristin Gaspar
San Diego – San Diego County Gun Owners PAC (SDCGO) has launched its first political video just in time for absentee voters and the message is clear: Don’t vote for Kristine Gaspar for County Board of Supervisors. “Mayor Gaspar supported and voted for a gun ban, but now that she is running for higher office, she says she made a …
Taxpayers Association opposes attack on pension reform
Press Release SDCTA urges Mayor Faulconer to reject request from unions seeking to overturn Proposition B SAN DIEGO (May 16, 2016)—Government employee unions have ramped up their attacks of voter-approved pension reform by seeking to overturn the law through a backroom deal. In a letter to Mayor Kevin Faulconer and City Council, attorneys representing the unions asked the City to …
CEO’s rank CA “The Worst State for Business” for 12th straight year
Sadly, here’s a NON-news story I run in May of every year. For the 12th straight year, CEO Magazine ranks California as the worst state in which to do business. Over 500 CEO’s are polled in the annual survey. Every year, New York tries to challenge us for the bottom spot, but every year, they fail to dislodge us from …
Liberal demand for “safe places” doesn’t extend to safe bathrooms
Hypocrisy unleashed. “I’m sure his intent was innocent. I’m sure he really felt that he belonged in the women’s restroom and the little girl was somehow oppressing him, which caused the confusion, resulting in his hands ending up around her neck.” Man who choked 8-year-old girl in women’s restroom stokes alarm over transgender access
Voice: Labor and Its Onetime Friend Turn on Each Other in Fight for Dem Party Influence
Scott Lewis digs into the details of a battle for control of the Dem Central Committee between labor strongman Mickey Kasparian and Councilmember David Alvarez, along with the latter’s cause getting an assist from the Lincoln Club’s David Malcolm. It’s a fight worthy of a political wonk’s wet dream. Read it at Voice of San Diego
Trump: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by Communities Digital News SAN DIEGO, May 10, 2016 — It happened. Donald Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee. Now the liberal media is salivating because they are so sure Hillary will beat him. The GOP golf and country club establishment is aghast because they are also sure Hillary will beat him. Actually, a few of …
Carl DeMaio Unveils “Freedom Slate” of Candidates
With the June Primary Election underway, Carl DeMaio is hosting candidate debates and interviews all month long and is offering endorsements to candidates and positions. Carl’s Endorsements – Candidates, Judges and Initiatives (click here) Candidate Debates (click here), including the following: Debate – District 1 City Council Debate – District 3 City Council Debate – San Diego City Attorney Debate …
The Donald Snubs The Duncan
East County Congressman Duncan Hunter was one of the first to back reality TV star turned presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump. Trump went to DC and snubbed Hunter and Hunter is pissed about it: His most ardent congressional backers, however, asked his campaign several times for a few minutes with the candidate, too. They thought it would energize the team …
OB Rag dismayed that non-leftists actually took part in poll
from the OB Rag… Faulconer Supporters Swamp OB Rag Mayoral Poll – Republicans Out Vote Democrats 2 to 1 Mayor Beats Both Harris and Saldana Combined in Apparent Spike in GOP Visitors to OB Rag In an unusual – but not unknown – twist for an OB Rag poll, it appears that supporters of the main Republican candidate for San …
Businessman John Renison Picks Up Key Local Endorsements
El Cajon Mayor, Coronado Councilman Support 39th Senate District Candidate SAN DIEGO, CALIF. (May 12, 2016) —- Businessman John Renison of Coronado today announced key local endorsements for his 39th Senate District run, including El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells and Coronado City Councilman and Mayoral candidate Richard Bailey. The Republican will square off against Democrat Assemblywoman Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) in …
Guns cause suicide? U.S. has world’s highest gun ownership rate and LOW suicide rate.
A common gun control canard is that “guns cause suicides.” They point to our nation’s high gun ownership rate, and our “resulting” high incidence of suicide. Only one problem — the U.S. DOES NOT HAVE A HIGH SUICIDE RATE. Japan, which bans guns, has a suicide rate more than double ours. Indeed, among the 26 OECD “civilized” countries — ALL …
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