From KUSI… “Senator Joel Anderson confirmed Thursday live on KUSI, that he is running for the San Diego County Board of Supervisors against incumbent Dianne Jacob.” KUSI News – San Diego, CA KUSI story is linked here.
Open Letter: Restore Funding to Student Media Organizations at UCSD
Open Letter: Restore Funding To Media Organizations At UCSD Below is the open letter calling for the UCSD student government to reverse its decision to defund student-run on-campus media organizations as sent to the UCSD Chancellor and the UCSD Associated Students President on Dec. 3, 2015. If you would also like to add your name to this letter, please feel free to …
Kiplinger ranks CA as worst state to retire in — but their methodology is sometimes sloppy
My attention was drawn to a recent Kiplinger study purporting to compare the attractiveness of states for retirees. It took five minutes for me to verify the report constitutes sloppy work. I’m genuinely puzzled how and why a supposedly reputable financial advisory firm would distribute such a slipshod analysis. But, as I point out below, at least Kiplinger got California …
El Cajon State of the City Address
Please come to the El Cajon State of the City Address this coming Tuesday, Dec 8th at 2:00 pm, in the City Council Chambers. I will be detailing the accomplishments of El Cajon over the past year, as well as the vision for the future. There will be a reception immediately after the address at the Public Safety Center. I hope …
Rocky Chavez receives support from Young Republicans of San Diego
KUSI News – San Diego, CA
San Diego’s most conservative and liberal politicians?
From The San Diego Union-Tribune, about the CrowdPAC algorithm — based on voting records, speeches and campaign contributions — to determine the relative conservatism or liberalism of various politicos… Who is San Diego’s most conservative politician? Jerry Kern? OK, we’ll let you weigh in on that, as well as the others. Who is San Diego’s most liberal politician? Mara Elliott? …
AFL-CIO study of CEO-worker pay is incredibly flawed — yet universally accepted by MSM
The MSM enthusiastically distributes the annual AFL-CIO study comparing big company CEO pay with all workers — informally the “400 to 1” comparison. But the dishonesty of the labor union report is obvious, breathtaking — and completely ignored. Below is a detailed debunking of this “study.” Perhaps the biggest “error” (it’s no error!) is the inclusion of part-time workers in …
Marco Rubio Gains Establishment GOP Support With Issa Endorsement
Once backed by tea party voters, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) snared an important endorsement from long-time House member and former Committee Chairman, Darrell Issa (R-Vista): “Marco Rubio really is an exciting candidate, and I’m pleased to be able to endorse him and to work for him for the presidency.” While Congressman Issa endorsed Rubio, he was careful to distance himself …
San Diego County Gun Owners PAC Announces Two Changes in City Council Ratings
After announcing our launch on October 21, San Diego County Gun Owners PAC received numerous inquiries about our ratings from both concerned city councilmembers, wanting to change their rating, and concerned voters who wanted to know why their elected official received a positive or negative rating. After reviewing information provided to us about some of the local city council members, …
ISIS, terror, the Quran, and moderation
Originally published by Communities Digital News SAN DIEGO, Nov. 20, 2015 — This time it was Paris, but the savages who boastfully accept responsibility for the slaughter say that next time it will be New York City, Washington, D. C., or someplace similar. There has been another horrific attack. Theaters, stadiums and cafes, places civilized people go to unwind from a hard …
Imaginary memo reveals Amazon’s delight with CA’s stifling legislation hobbling CA “brick and mortar” businesses
FLASH!! Here’s a super-secret memo (admittedly it’s so secret that I made it up) I imagine I just received from a whistleblower — an internal communique circulating at Amazon: HAPPY THANKSGIVING! We at Amazon have much to be thankful for this Turkey Day. Speaking of blessings (and turkeys), with the latest California bill proposing to mandate double time wages for …
Seriously, Sam?
In today’s SDUT story, Sam Abed using city website for his campaign, the Escondido Mayor says, “The link (from the city website to his campaign site) was cleared by the City Attorney for compliance, State Law and City Policies before it was created.” There’s the legal and then there’s the ethical. There’s also common sense. If you don’t want headlines, …
My Applebee’s robot waitress — auditioning for the human waiter’s job
Last night I took my wife and our two young grandchildren to Applebee’s. It went great — our 4 and 2 year old charges were more decorous than half the patrons. But I digress. Here’s what caught my attention: Applebee’s is testing a new ordering policy — using the technology that is rapidly becoming prominent in fast food restaurants. Every …
Recall effort against Poway Unified’s Patapow authorized to proceed
After a couple of mis-starts by proponents of a recall of Poway Schools Board Member Andy Patapow, the San Diego County Registrar of Voters has approved the petition, thus authorizing the collection of signatures. The two prior false starts by recall organizers were covered on these pages, resulting in possibly the highest number of comments ever generated on a single …
Taxpayers Association Revokes Support of Grossmont-Cuyamaca College District Bond
Press Release Organization Vows to Inform East County Citizens of Breach of Trust (San Diego) – The San Diego County Taxpayers Association’s Board of Directors today voted to revoke its support for the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District’s bond measure Prop V, citing the district’s breach of its pledge to of fair and open competition for the taxpayer-funded projects covered under the …
Income Inequality: Part Five – Where Do We Go From Here?
In the Parable of the Talents we learn that diversity is woven into the fabric of creation. We see that Jesus does not distribute or reward talent equally. His concern is with how we use our talents. His greatest reward goes to those who invest their talents shrewdly. This reward structure appeals to our basic nature. If you will excuse me, …
San Diego Regional Chamber endorses Ray Ellis, Kristin Gaspar
Press Release CHAMBER ENDORSES IN CITY COUNCIL, COUNTY SUPERVISOR RACES Chamber Board votes to support Ray Ellis and Kristin Gaspar SAN DIEGO (November 19, 2015) – The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce announced today the endorsements of Ray Ellis for San Diego City Council District 1, and Kristin Gaspar, for County Supervisor District 3. “The City Council and County …
“Broken promises at Grossmont-Cuyamaca”
SDUT: “Tuesday’s Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District board meeting offered a graphic example of why politicians have among the worst reputations of any occupational category in the world.” Read today’s editorial. Also: “The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District governing board went back on a promise it made three years ago and voted 3-0 Tuesday night to negotiate a project labor agreement with …
Income Inequality – Part Four: Just Remove the Rocks
In Part One I agreed with Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VA) that income inequality was a problem but disagreed with him for not differentiating the moral from the immoral causes. In Part Two I shared how free moral consumer choices made Taylor Swift wealthy and how each transaction left her customers better off than they were before the exchange making each …
San Diego County Gun Owners PAC Announce Formation of New Group
San Diego – Flanked by advisory board members and volunteers, Michael Schwartz made it official on Oct 21 – announcing the formation of a new 2nd Amendment group for local city and county issues, the San Diego County Gun Owners PAC. “We have seen attempts to limit our 2nd Amendment rights at the local level time and again,” Schwartz stated. …
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