Election Scuttlebutt: US Senate, AD 76, AD 78, CD52
California Assemblyman and retired Marine Colonel Rocky Chavez is running for the open California US Senate seat. Chavez is running against the “best looking attorney general in America,” Kamala Harris. Chavez offers a “pragmatic platform” of strong foreign policy experience, comprehensive immigration reform, leaving Obamacare in place, supporting same sex marriage, and opposing abortion. He faces a large registration disadvantage …
City Staff Putting the “Bad” in Carlsbad
Guest Commentary by Michael A. Schwartz On February 18, over 250 citizens showed up at a Carlsbad Planning Commission meeting to support small business owner Lisa Gunther with her plan to open an indoor shooting range. She also owns the building that houses her existing gun store on Loker Avenue in Carlsbad. Lisa submitted all the required paperwork to the …
Southern California Distillers Join Together with Assemblyman Jones to Support Direct Sales of Distilled Spirits
SACRAMENTO, CA– Assemblyman Brian Jones (R-Santee) today stood with Southern California distillers and community leaders to support legislation to allow the direct sales of 3 bottles of distilled spirits per person at a distillery. Assembly Bill 1233 will effectively repeal the prohibition of direct sales, which dates back to the Prohibition-era in the 1930’s. “California law currently just doesn’t make …
Dallas pays higher average wages than Los Angeles
Progressives dismiss Texas as a land of minimum wage workers — that their job growth is at the expense of a “living wage.” Of course, they ignore the dramatically lower cost of living in Texas, where a comparable home costs less than half what it does in California. But let’s put the COL differential aside, and consider the difference between …
The Chargers Must Leave San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium By Intersofia at en.wikipedia [CC BY-SA 2.0], from Wikimedia Commons As long as the voters of San Diego are willing to punish politicians for subsidizing a new Chargers stadium, or as long as the law is interpreted that such subsidies require a public vote, there is no way that the Chargers can remain in San Diego for much …
Assemblyman Jones Responds to Capping Local School District Budget Reserves
Prohibiting local districts from building a savings account, “Are You Kidding Me?” SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblyman Jones (R-Santee) today announced he has co-authored legislation repealing the cap on local school district budget reserves, which went into effect when Californians voted to create a Rainy Day Fund, requiring the state to save money each year, in November 2014. Governor Brown and …
Rider’s comments to Chargers Task Force
Given that the Chargers Task Force meeting clearly was going to be pretty much a Chargers pep rally, I saw little reason to attend and speak. But I DID submit in writing the following short email on crucial points I’m concerned about: TO THE CHARGERS TASK FORCE: I will not be attending tonight’s meeting, but I’d like to submit a …
FACT CHECK: Chargers pay $2.5 million rent a year? Nope. They usually pay zippo.
The Chargers are disdainful of their Qualcomm stadium, paid for by the taxpayers. The team’s annual rent isn’t much. They CLAIM they pay $2.5 million a year, but — as the Voice of San Diego points out in its fact check article — that is “misleading,” to put it charitably. Indeed, on a net outlay basis, the Chargers’ rent is …
California GOP Convention News: Log Cabin Club Chartered
Some articles and reactions… Katy Grimes in FlashReport: LGBT Republican Group Wins Charter in California Republican Party BreitbartCA: Gay Activist Group Formally Recognized by California GOP LA Times: State GOP formally welcomes gays to the party SF Chronicle: After decade of struggle, Log Cabin Republicans win GOP recognition from Capitol Resource Institute… Log Cabin Inside the Tent By a lopsided …
All Aboard?
Another Metrolink train crash and derailment, this time in Oxnard, caused by a big rig that got stuck on the tracks in the early morning hours. It could’ve been worse of course, but if your loved one is among the 30 or so injured, some critically, that’s not what you’re thinking about. On Sept. 12, 2008, a Metrolink train failed …
Attack Cory Briggs’ Ideas But Leave The Man Alone
I think Cory Briggs’ enviromental lawsuits are bat*** crazy but the KPBS/inewsource “expose” is a fishing expedition because he’s challenging the Tourism Marketing District (TMD) tax. The TMD is a crony capitalist weapon, aimed at stifling competition, in a market which sorely needs competition. Cory Briggs is not someone I revere but smearing the man’s name, for anything other than …
Want “better” public employees? End public employment!
One thing that would help with public employees is to drastically reduce their number. Do that by contracting out every possible government service. Yeah, police probably have to be public employees, but most of the other jobs can be outsourced to private companies. And often are around the country. Many advantages: 1. It can be done for less cost. The …
Catholic students protest ‘morality clause’ on Ash Wednesday
Originally published by Communities Digital News SAN DIEGO, February 19, 2015 — Ash Wednesday turned out to be more than a religious observance in San Francisco this year. Students and parents visiting Saint Mary’s Cathedral chose this day to protest the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco which oversees several Catholic Schools in the area. The controversy revolves around a “morality clause” recently …
California ranked worst state for “dying middle class”
Here’s a recent survey of states, ranking them as to how bad it has been for the middle class though this recession. Sadly, California is ranked worst. And not by a small amount. We are 17% worse than the 2nd worst state (Vermont). http://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/01/22/states-where-the-middle-class-is-dying/5/ Every year since 1992, California has had a net annual OUTFLOW of “domestic migration” (migration between …
Stage actors’ union seeking to end stage acting in Los Angeles
Actors Equity wants to mandate minimum wages for stage actors — which will close most small theatres and nonprofit stage offerings in the Los Angeles area. Such shoestring operations currently pay their actors $7 to $15 per performance, and zippo for rehearsals. Most actors are leftists. I say they should have a $15 minimum wage for all their time spent …
Update from Covered CA … They’ll Trust You on This.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015 The old deadline of February 15, 2015 to enroll was too restrictive. So now, basically, if you pinky swear that you just didn’t know about the IRS penalties for not having a Qualified Health Plan you can sign up as late as April 30th and avoid the penalties. Gosh. What a sincerely caring, generous and forgiving …
Our Sheriff, Cafeteria Plans and Unintended Consequences
The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that our Sheriff has settled out of court with a local gun store owner. The article states that Dimitri Karras, owner of Ares Armor in Oceanside, sued San Diego County after sheriff officials deleted his combative comments from the Sheriff’s Department’s Facebook page and then banned him from posting further. Karras claimed it was …
Mayor Kevin Faulconer statement on meeting with Dean Spanos
“Like thousands of San Diegans, I want the Chargers to stay in our city for generations to come. Today I met with Chargers Chairman Dean Spanos to discuss how we can both work together in good faith to keep the team in San Diego. “If San Diego is going to be successful in finding a stadium solution for the Chargers, …
Kim Fab-un pulls the Raiders card, declares nuclear war on San Diego
A little weekend humor (or satire, for any attorneys finding offense)… Thanks to Mark Robak.
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