In Part One I agreed with Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VA) that income inequality was a problem but disagreed with him for not differentiating its moral from its immoral causes. In Part Two I shared how consumer choice made Taylor Swift wealthy and how each transaction left individuals better off than they were before. Each transaction was a “win-win”. In this post I address the …
Public Trust Means Keeping Your Word
Because of family obligations, I was unable to attend the meeting for the Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District tonight. The topic regarding implementing a PLA is an important one for our community, on many levels. As such, I have written this piece which is scheduled to be published in the East County Californian. Public Trust Means Keeping Your Word By …
Texas COL-adjusted median household income is much higher than CA – UPDATED 2014
I’ve updated my salient median household income comparison of California vs. hated Texas. My last figures were from 2009. Since then it’s gotten even better — for Texas. According to recent U.S. census figures, the 2014 median household income in California is still significantly higher than Texas. CA — $60,487 TX — $53,875 — 10.9% less than CA (vs. 18.1% less …
Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District Board of Governors Set to Vote on Union Only Project Labor Agreement
Guest Column by Jim Ryan, Chief Executive Officer Associated General Contractors of America, San Diego Chapter During its October 20, 2015 meeting, the Board of Governors of the Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District was scheduled to vote on a motion to direct their staff to negotiate a union-only PLA for the District’s Proposition V construction work. The vote was delayed …
Income Inequality – Part Two: Consumer Demand
In Part One I agreed with Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VA). We have an income inequality problem. Where we disagree is I differentiate inequality created by consumer demand and individual decision (moral) from inequality created by government regulation in violation of rule of law (immoral). Sen. Sanders and Keeley Mullen, National Director of the Million Student March don’t believe that recording …
Income Inequality – Part One: Rule of Law
From Cicero to Augustine, from Adams to Martin Luther King, one of the principles of a just and prosperous society, is rule of law. Rule of law posits that all men are equal under the law. Rule of law holds that if an action is immoral for an individual it is also immoral for an individual in government. No man is …
Aux armes, citoyens.
Over 15o French citizens were brutally murdered in a co-ordinated attack today from ISIS, just days after the Islamic jihadist group massacred 43 in in Beirut. Six months ago, The Islamic jihadist group ISIS listed Carlsbad as one of the 100 cities on their “target list” as well as naming San Diego-based active duty service members on that list. You …
Ben Carson’s alleged lies and the media feeding frenzy
Originally published by Communities Digital News SAN DIEGO, Nov. 9, 2015 —Well, it was only a matter of time before they went after Ben Carson. They waited until he became the frontrunner, outdistancing even Trump. Then they circled the wagons. You see, Carson contradicts the narrative of the mainstream media. Republicans are supposed to be the party of racism, and …
Why is the California disability unemployment rate much higher than in 1971? We pay people not to work.
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 …
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