Originally published by Communities Digital News SAN DIEGO, June 9, 2015 — Never missing an opportunity to deliver yet another misleading speech, President Obama decided to share his vast legal expertise with the Supreme Court, at least indirectly. While attending the G-7 summit in Germany, he held a press conference and brazenly dropped a hint that the Supreme Court would …
Phil Graham announces for Rocky Chavez’ Assembly seat
North County businessman Phil Graham today jumped in the race to replace Rocky Chavez in the 76th Assembly District, while announcing the support of Congressman Darrell Issa. Jon Fleischman of FlashReport this morning has an interview with Graham, in which he stakes his claim as a free-market conservative. The candidate also reached out to Rostra: “As a political junkie who …
What? You haven’t seen Star Wars?!
In response to the weekend admission by San Diego Councilmember David Alvarez that he’s never seen Star Wars, we ran a little caption contest for his tweeted photo, resulting in some creative selections. Yet, the best response wasn’t a caption, it was a reaction, from an anonymous sender…
Third claim filed involving Supervisor Dave Roberts
PRESS RELEASE Zeldes Haeggquist & Eck, LLP is Proud to Represent the Third Employee to File a Claim Against the County of San Diego Due to County Supervisor Dave Roberts’ Conduct Click here for the ZHE website statement. Here is the complaint.
Rostra caption contest with David Alvarez
San Diego Councilmember David Alvarez tweeted this over the weekend. Please come up with your chosen caption…
Ready, willing and Abed
I’ll admit. I’ve wanted to use that headline for some time. That is all.
Abed may announce supervisor bid
From KPBS… Escondido Mayor Sam Abed is expected to announce Monday that he’ll run next year for San Diego County SupervisorDave Roberts’ seat. Here’s the KPBS story.
Which Voter Bloc Does A Republican Presidential Candidate Need In 2016? Democrats.
San Diego-based Gina Loudon, a conservative talk show host, asked this yesterday via Facebook: What votes would it take for the GOP to beat Hillary? Why? A. Independent/ moderates B. Women & minority vote C. Youth vote D. Motivate conservatives & libertarians This is a thoughtful question. My answer is simple; “E– Democrats”. Let me explain: I’m not interested in …
Why would anyone in CA want to buy a grocery store? Ask Lorena.
from CalWatchdog… Assembly passes grocery employment mandate Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez’s AB359 places a number of mandates on the purchaser of a grocery store that is larger than 15,000 square feet: The new owner must employ the store’s workers for at least 90 days after the purchase. If the new owner does not require as many employees, the workers must be …
Best. Highest. Smallest.
In announcing his endorsement of Mayor Randy Voepel for the 71st Assembly District, Santee Councilmember Rob McNelis cited released data showing that Santee leads the region when it comes to fiscally responsible policies. Specifically, the data show that Santee boasts the best business environment, highest citizen-to-employee ratio, and smallest pension liabilities in the region. “Randy Voepel has proven that conservative government policies work,” …
Monday morning spin
Here’s how a spin doctor does it, albeit very, very badly… Headline: Carly Fiorina breaks top 10 of 2016 GOP candidates in latest national poll Keep in mind there are 11 candidates or so in the race and she’s tied for 10th in the cited poll.
From the “One Filner may have been one too many” file — Shepard drops Dave Roberts
From the SDUT… Campaign consultant drops Dave Roberts Tom Shepard bows out of 2016 bid by supervisor, who faces accusations from former aides SAN DIEGO — Tom Shepard, the political consultant who has worked with some of the biggest names in local politics, has dumped Supervisor Dave Roberts as a client. Read it all at the Union-Tribune.
inewsource: Briggs-associated nonprofits flout state, federal laws
An excerpt… Briggs and his law firm have sued on behalf of more than 30 charitable nonprofits, almost all of which he and his family helped create. An inewsource review of public records found state and federal governments have suspended more than half of the groups, including the Navy Broadway Complex Coalition (which was later reinstated), for failing to file …
Unions push through $15 LA minimum wage – now want their own exemption!
You’re gonna LOVE this. As you know, the Los Angeles city politicians voted almost unanimously to establish a $15 minimum wage. They did so at the behest of the labor unions. Now the labor union bosses want an exemption for unionized workers! As union boss Rusty Hicks so eloquently put it, “With a collective bargaining agreement, a business owner and …
Poll: Lots of Americans support repealing the right to be really, really mean
from a National Review article… It’s important to note here that “stir up hatred against” does not mean “instruct a crowd to kill” or “explicitly incite violence against.” Both of those things are already illegal under the Supreme Court’s 1969 Brandenburg standard. Rather, it is a fancy way of saying “be really mean to.” Read more.
U-T: Abed eying Roberts’ seat?
by the SDUT’s Logan Jenkins… Sam Abed, Escondido’s mayor, has not announced his candidacy for Dave Roberts’ supervisor seat. Abed’s just making calls, prospecting for endorsements among fellow electeds. But last week, the texts were flying. You heard about Sam? Read it here.
U-T CARTOON: Woman kills man? Hilarious! Man kills woman? Not so much.
Lots of funny captions provided by readers for this U-T cartoon. But my wife made an interesting observation: Reverse the roles — make it two MEN with the big gun — and an empty pair of smoking WOMEN’s shoes. I suspect that would NOT be deemed funny, or even offered up for caption-adding to the public. If it were published, …
A few good bike paths
From last night’s San Diego County Taxpayers Association dinner…
Revisionist History: Iraq, WMDs and Intelligence
Originally published by Communities Digital News SAN DIEGO, May 21, 2015 — On the heals of Jeb Bush’s adjusted answer following Megyn Kelly’s Fox News interview in which she asked if he would have invaded Iraq, knowing what we know today, other potential Republican 2016 candidates are falling into step with their own answers to the question. The answer, seemingly obvious, is “No, …
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