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.
LA Weekly: The Chargers-Raiders Scam
from LA Weekly… “If you believe that the NFL’s Chargers and Raiders are coming to town in order to share a $1.7 billion stadium in Carson, you might also be interested in our all-you-can-eat diet. “In other words, it’s a scam. The NFL has long kept the L.A. market vacant as a way for teams to extract costly stadiums from …
Playoffs? Playoffs?! You kidding me?! I just hope we can even talk!
In case you’ve somehow missed all the fun: Mark Fabiani letter to Mayor Kevin Faulconer… (click for larger images) Faulconer letter to Dean Spanos… (click for larger images) U-T San Diego Editorial… It’s your time to speak for the Chargers, Mr. Spanos
GASP! Cut unemployment benefits and people often find work
Stunning discovery: When government stops paying people not to work, many then find jobs. Who knew? Turns out that a definitive study shows that a MAJOR factor in the nation’s 2014 jobs recovery is the dramatic cutback in unemployment benefits. Here’s a short, readable article summarizing this insight, with links to the more detailed WALL ST JOURNAL article and the …
More good California blue collar jobs leaving for Texas
If only we could all work at those really cool HQ complexes of Apple and Google. Sadly, we can’t. Meantime more good paying, minority-friendly jobs are abandoning California for a more business friendly state. Here’s a recent example — not even considered news any more in California.The Democrat Party — champion of the “little people” — runs California. Yeah, like …
Regulate This!
San Diego City Councilmember Chris Cate appeared at February’s meeting of the Albondigas Political Society (San Diego edition) at Casa Machado Friday. Among all the usual ho-hum questions he was asked about the San Diego Chargers, a proposed infrastructure bond measure, and the like, Cate was asked something vitally important and a true reflection of his taste and character: his …
San Diego muni golf courses lose over $2 million annually
How can you lose money running a golf course when the land is “free” and you pay zero property tax? You’d think you’d charge enough to pay for the operational costs of such an endeavor. Not so, apparently — if you’re government. Indeed, the City of San Diego’s annual $2 million municipal golf course operating deficit is understated, as the …
Planning Follies
From the U-T: The City Council voted 6-3 on Monday to reject plans to build three homes on the Jessop estate in Point Loma, adding to the single one built in 1926.. . .“When you have properties this big, you shouldn’t be putting the houses 12 feet apart,” said Council President Sherri Lightner, adding that the design would make firefighting …
San Diego Republicans Endorse Senator Joel Anderson For San Diego County Supervisor, District 2
Press Release from the GOP Overwhelming support among grassroots Republicans led to decision SAN DIEGO – At its monthly meeting this evening, the Republican Party of San Diego County overwhelmingly endorsed Senator Joel Anderson for the office of San Diego County Supervisor, District 2. “Senator Anderson’s solid record of accomplishment and his steadfast advocacy for Republican principles earned him the endorsement tonight. Our …
“Behind the Scenes” on Tonight’s Central Committee Vote
Tonight the San Diego Republican Party will vote on whether to endorse a candidate in the 2016 County Supervisor race between Dianne Jacob and Joel Anderson. This weekend the UT San Diego ran a story neatly framed by County Supervisor Dianne Jacob and her political handler Tom Shepard. We all know where this is heading – just like previous votes …
DeMaio Tweets about County Supervisor fray
Note: Just after the below was posted, DeMaio went up with his own Rostra post on the subject. Read it here. ***** Carl DeMaio is weighing in on Twitter this morning about tonight’s Republican Central Committee consideration of an endorsement in next year’s District 2 County Supervisor election, which is shaping up to be a possible matchup between longtime Supervisor …
City of San Diego fails to report most employee benefit costs — “too much trouble”?
“GIGO.” Garbage in, garbage out. The city of San Diego lifeguards are probably the highest compensated in the state — but America’s Finest City has a policy of not reporting the full cost of benefits. Or even MOST of the costs. “Too much trouble,” apparently. Looking at the highest CA lifeguard compensation figures in the article below, it appears to …
Republican Liberty Caucus of San Diego Endorses Joel Anderson for County Supervisor in District Two
The Republican Liberty Caucus of San Diego voted to endorse the candidacy of State Senator Joel Anderson (Alpine) for District Two on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in the 2016 election. The Second District covers most of East County. It extends to the Imperial County line in the east, encompassing the communities of Poway, Julian and Ramona to …
Does CA need higher taxes because we don’t pay enough already? You decide.
Unstated in California Assemblywoman Toni Atkins’ proposed new annual $52 DMV driving “fee” for infrastructure is the bogus assumption that Californians pay too little taxes. False. Consider: * CA has by FAR the highest state income tax rate. * The highest state capital gains tax rate (2nd highest combined capital gains rate in the WORLD). * The highest state sales …
Pension Abuse: Unions Are At It Again!
They are at it again. California’s government unions have already run up an astounding debt of $250 billion for unfunded retirements for state and local government employees. We have seen taxes hiked and services slashed to pump billions into these unsustainable pension systems. Now the unions want to take what little is left in government pension systems and use it …
Unemployment rate in California still second worst in nation
Is California “back,” as the liberal press and our governor so proudly proclaim? No. Not hardly. In November, California was tied for the second highest/worst state unemployment rate. In December, we’ve got second place all to ourselves at 7.0%. The national unemployment rate was 5.6%. Only “Deliverance” Mississippi was worse. The national unemployment rate not including CA is 5.4%, making …
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