A common canard is that government doesn’t work. It DOES work — just often not the way intended. If we pay people not to work (including SSI and SSDI), fewer people opt to work. It works EXACTLY as any honest economist would predict. With SSI, one has to PROVE that one can’t work in order to receive the benefits. Ignoring …
Small company uses wrong FONT on its pillow labels — driven out of business by state
Okay, I’m exaggerating, but only a bit. This costly label “font” mandate was one of several state-imposed regulations that drove this small company under. At its peak, this Chico firm employed 30 people. Since none of them were union members, politicians simply don’t much care that these workers are now unemployed. Indeed, as unemployed, these folks are more likely than …
The Sacramento Strategy to Undo Proposition 13
This op-ed originally appeared in the Flashreport Serving in the Legislature for six years, I had a front row seat to the culture in Sacramento where operatives strategize and execute plans to continuously raise your taxes to fund an ever expanding state government. For the first time in years, our state budget is running a surplus, and yet the demand …
More mail in College District labor battle: “When the unions pull the strings”
click for a larger view Press Release from Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction… With Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District Now Ground Zero in Union PLA Battle, Area Voters Continue to Receive Details About PLA Unions Scheme for a Monopoly of Work on $398 Million Prop V Bond Leads to Massive Voter Outreach Santee, CA – For the third time in …
GOP on CNBC: Not A Real Debate, But Neither Were the Others
Originally published by Communities Digital News Oct. 29, 2015 —Much is being said today about last night’s GOP debate, moderated by a CNBC panel whose biased, shameless, anti-Republican attacks were so obvious that any attempt to disguise them as legitimate questions ended up being about as subtle as the Trojan Horse with its hidden soldiers holding practice sword fights inside …
Eye Roll Time: Councilman’s prayer prompts public outburst
from the SDUT… CARLSBAD — A Carlsbad councilman’s ardent prayer sparked a public outburst and a 10-minute recess at the start of this week’s Carlsbad City Council meeting. Councilman Mark Packard, a lay leader in the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was asked at the last minute Tuesday to give the meeting invocation when the guest scheduled …
Breaking story: Jerry Brown used state experts to seek oil on family land
Here’s a breaking bizarre news story, the result of an Associated Press Investigation just released today (Thursday, 11/5/15). Apparently CA Governor Jerry Brown sought and received extensive geological services from a government agency, mapping out the prospects for finding oil on his family’s land. According to this write-up of the facts by Breitbart, these services are normally never available to …
GOP Rejected early endorsements of Kern and Abed. We should do it again.
UPDATED ON NOVEMBER 7, 2015; COMMENTS EMBOLDENED On October 12, 2015, the Republican Party of San Diego County’s treasurer, Gary Felien, moved to suspend the endorsement rules and endorse the candidacy of Oceanside City Councilman Jerry Kern for 76th Assembly District (over businessman Phil Graham) and Escondido Mayor Sam Abed’s candidacy for County Supervisor (over Encinitas Mayor Kristin Gaspar). Felien …
The moderators’ duty at SD Rostra
We received an email saying that the moderators’ “duty” is to monitor the blog only and keep our opinions to ourselves. We’re very glad now to be informed of the rules for OUR blog. We provide quite a bit of latitude and seldom refuse comments. The fact that we’ve needed to weigh in on the recent Poway Unified discussion moreso …
RNC suspends debate partnership with NBC
Email sent from Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to NBC News… Mr. Andrew Lack Chairman, NBC News 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10112 Dear Mr. Lack, I write to inform you that pending further discussion between the Republican National Committee (RNC) and our presidential campaigns, we are suspending the partnership with NBC News for the Republican primary …
Any politicians willing to say “pound sand” to Chargers?
A year ago I understood the hesitancy on the part of elected officials in San Diego to do anything other than at least appear to pursue efforts to keep the Chargers here. The tide has turned. The team led by Mark Fabiani has either purposely or thru complete PR incompetence forced the average citizen into saying “whatever.” A politician with …
Paul Ryan Represents “Opportunity to Set a New Course”
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-49) today released the following statement in response to the election of Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House: Paul Ryan is a friend and respected colleague. His election as Speaker gives the House the opportunity to set a new course that better serves our nation, to hold ourselves accountable, and to live up …
Why Ted Cruz Is The Rightful Heir To Lead The Ron Paul Liberty Movement
I first learned about Senator Ted Cruz on Facebook. A lady I with whom I was connected, from the Ron Paul 2012 campaign, volunteered on Ted’s Texas Senate race. Not long thereafter, the Republican Liberty Caucus endorsed Ted’s Senate Race as well as Senator Rand Paul and, the champion of the Constitution, Congressman Ron Paul. In May, 2012, Ron and …
The new “Jarvis” CA legislator report card is out. No improvement.
The annual Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association [California State] Legislative Report Card report is out. The ratings are based on tax votes, with an emphasis regarding attacks on Prop 13.As one would expect, since most of our legislators are Democrats, the majority of our legislators rate an “F” ranking on taxes. The table of information can be sorted interactively in each …
As an Assemblyman, would Harrison differ with Hunter on Export-Import Bank?
I honestly like Mike Harrison and enjoy each opportunity we have to talk, but I need to know if his values are any different than those of his boss, Congressman Duncan Hunter. Mike has been a loyal staffer and in each of our discussions has always been faithful and supportive of him. On Monday the Congressman voted “Yea” on H. Res …
Columnist thinks CA suffers from “generations of excessive frugality.” Seriously???
California columnist Joe Mathews raises a great issue in a U-T op-ed — California’s growing problem of increasingly paying more for less. It’s a major issue, especially with government services. But then he fails miserably — not identifying the single biggest factor. In this case, he never addresses the principal reason why the cost of California government services are so …
KOGO Ratings Surge – DeMaio Moves to Afternoon Drive
Carl DeMaio Moves to Afternoon Drive and Sean Hannity Joins Mid-days SAN DIEGO, CA – October 21, 2015 – News Radio 600 KOGO announced a new programming lineup with extended news programming, new timeslot for Carl DeMaio and the addition of top-rated, nationally syndicated talk radio host Sean Hannity, effective October 26, 2015. On October 15, 2014, News Radio 600 …
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District Board Trustee receives recall notice
Are you being served? For that matter, are you being served by the members of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District board? Because one of them got served tonight. In the midst of a cantankerous public hearing in East County, at which the College Board ultimately held off — for now — on imposing a union-only Project Labor Agreement (PLA) on …
Nepotism and favoritism run rampant in California “firehouse” fire departments (not “forest fighters”)
In California, exceptionally high firefighter pay and benefits makes “firehouse” firefighter positions coveted slots, with few openings and huge applicant interest. Couple that with a strong desire by existing firefighters to get their offspring and relatives hired (a.k.a. nepotism), and it’s a scenario ripe for corruption. Here’s one of the more amazing examples. In 2007 the Oakland Fire Department unwisely …
Santee Mayor Voepel calls on College Board members to keep their promise to taxpayers in labor battle
Santee Mayor Randy Voepel is calling on Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District trustees to live up to their prior commitment to fair and open competition on several million dollars of publicly-funded construction projects, in what is shaping up to be a Tuesday night Donnybrook for the usually quiet East County school board. Many area residents have only learned in the last …
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