I spend much time fighting against ever-higher California taxes. But ask any business person what is worst about California, and “taxes” will NOT be at the top of the list. I conjecture that California LAWS and MANDATES take the top spot, with our LITIGATION climate in 2nd place, vying with our high COST OF LIVING for that runner-up spot. Included …
Ray Ellis Opposes Chargers Tax — and comments from others
Update — Besides the release from Ellis below, others in the community are weighing in. See the comments below this post. Press Release ‘We must put the priorities of our 1.4 million residents ahead of the interests of billionaires seeking taxpayer subsidies’ SAN DIEGO (March 30, 2016)—San Diego City Council candidate Ray Ellis said today he continues to oppose any …
Smoke Out The SANDAG Tax And Spend Republicans On the City Councils
I have fielded a number of calls in the last two weeks, from Republicans who were upset with my “no new taxes” stance on the SANDAG tax hike. Many elected Republicans didn’t want to have to shoulder the responsibility for this tax hike — they thought they could hide behind the “let the people decide” curtain. The SANDAG staff and …
CRUCIAL public misconception: “Business makes 36% profit on sales.” Actually only 6.5%.
Here’s a crucial misconception by the public. It’s a misunderstanding that leads to calls for government mandates such as a $15 minimum wage — with the cost supposedly paid out of “greedy business” profits. A poll asked: “Just a rough guess, what percent profit on each dollar of sales do you think the average company makes after taxes?” The …
RIP, Justice Scalia.
Washington Post… Supreme Court deadlocks over public employee union case; Calif. teachers must pay dues
Fmr. Assemblyman Steve Baldwin Endorses Randy Voepel for State Assembly
Former State Assemblyman Steve Baldwin has endorsed Randy Voepel for the 71st Assembly District. “As a Santee resident, I have seen up close how Randy Voepel has developed a strong record of conservative leadership at the local level,” said Baldwin. “By implementing a limited-government agenda, Randy Voepel has allowed Santee to flourish and become a safe, family-friendly city that allows business …
CA politicians have struck a deal to implement $15 minimum wage without a proposition
Hoh boy. It appears that the California state legislature, the governor and the labor unions have “struck a deal” that will raise the state’s minimum wage to $15. No stinkin’ proposition will be required to enact this requirement into law, with a simple (Democrat) legislative majority easily attainable. The minimum wage (now $10 an hour) will rise in stages, hitting …
CA or TX? Flourish or just survive, the choice is yours.
Want to start a new tech firm? CA is a good place, primarily because of the talent pool. Want your business to GROW and PROSPER? Flee to Texas, or any other business friendly state. Here’s yet another example to consider. http://www.capoliticalreview.com/capoliticalnewsandviews/more-jobs-to-texas-san-fran-tech-startup-makes-move-into-texas-with-new-dallas-office/ EXCERPT (and good summary): Want to create ideas? California is still the place. Want job and business growth—go to …
Changing The Republican Party of San Diego County — Central Committee Elections
I served for three years as a Committee member of the Republican Party of San Diego County (RPSDC), two of those years as an Executive Committee member. After those two years, I wrote a series of posts about the good things I experienced and some of the problems I detected. Three problems I identified were: 1- RPSDC endorsed in R …
Inside baseball on GOP rules changes leading to a brokered convention
I checked with some friends who are deeply involved with convention politics … the Rules Committee meets in April and can change any rule they want, including the rule that candidates must win a majority of delegates in eight states in order to be nominated at the convention. If the candidate does not hit that threshold, then none of delegates representing …
Central Committee Ballot Order
With the candidates qualifying for the Republican Central Committee being final, and with the Secretary of State releasing the randomized alphabet lottery results, I went ahead and put together the list of candidates for Central Committee, based on that alphabet. This would be seemingly important, as popular opinion seems to be that ballot order is strongly correlative to electoral success …
Republican Party makes endorsements
From GOP Chairman Tony Krvaric On Monday night the Republican Party of San Diego County met to finish up June endorsement considerations and get a head start on the November elections. For the June election these candidates were endorsed: CA Assembly, District 76: Rocky Chavez (majority vote) U.S. Congressional, District 51: Juan Hidalgo, Jr. (majority vote) U.S. Congressional, District 53: …
Beautiful rendition of my ugly “California Is doomed” fact sheet
Every so often the California Policy Center takes my turgid, wonky, POORLY formatted “California Is Doomed” fact sheet and converts it into a thing of beauty — reformatted and posted online. The ONLY advantage for my tiny print, narrow-margin Word file is that is squeezed onto a two page handout — a handout that few can bring themselves to read. …
Republicans Will be Challenged If They Support SANDAG Tax Ballot Initiative
Let’s start here; the Republican Party is the “no new taxes” party. The glaring reason is well, obvious; the federal, state, and local governments collect plenty of taxes already. The secondary reasons are: governments are horrible stewards of money and they have too much power over our lives. Thus, the Republican Party is the “no new taxes” party. Nationally, we …
Ellis campaign: Lightner stole website, infringed copyright
From: Taylor Bloom, Ray Ellis for San Diego Council 2016 To: Bruce Lightner VIA EMAIL AND FEDERAL EXPRESS Re: Unauthorized Exploitation of Intellectual Property and Copyright Infringement Dear Mr. Lightner: I represent Ray Ellis in his campaign for San Diego City Council, District 1. This letter concerns your misappropriation of my client’s intellectual property for use on your campaign website. …
More scarce CA manufacturing jobs moving to TX — and WHY they are moving
It’s a story too common to even make the news in California anymore: Pegasus Foods, a Los Angeles firm, announced it is building a new food plant in Texas, employing 325 people. It’s unclear if the company’s CA HQ will also move — but it seems likely, based on the CEO’s positive comments: “I can’t tell you how excited I …
Time for the Republican Party to Unify Behind Randy Voepel
“Santee is a great success story. When it comes to leading by example and upholding conservative principles, there is no better candidate than Randy Voepel.” — Bill Baber, Councilman, City of La Mesa. “In Santee, we have proven that conservative government policies work!” – Randy Voepel, Mayor of Santee Santee Mayor Randy Voepel – The Only Candidate With A Proven …
Republican Party of San Diego County Should Back Leo Hamel For Assembly
Remember the tea party movement? Way back in 2010, while conservatives were rising up to oppose the Bush bailouts, the Obama stimulus plan, and Obamacare, some people were fed up with the Republican party and re-registered to “decline to state”. Santee Mayor Randy Voepel was one of those guys — Voepel made a very public statement about leaving the party: In …
Lincoln Club endorses Randy Voepel in AD71
The following went out from the Lincoln Club in late February, prior to the AD 71 candidate line-up being in the midst of changing so dramatically the last few days. It still reflects the reasons the club is strongly supporting Randy Voepel for the seat… This week, the Lincoln Club of San Diego County voted to endorse Santee Mayor Randy …
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