The Republican Liberty Caucus of San Diego (RLCSD) was founded in 2012 to advance individual rights, limited government and free enterprise within the San Diego area, the state of California and the Republican Party. It is an officially chartered chapter of the Republican Liberty Caucus, founded in 1991 as a 527 political organization. This new organization grew in numbers during …
Politics Roundup for Tuesday, November 18, 2014
FlashReport Publisher Jon Fleischman’s Commentary BreitbartCA: The National Republican Congressional Committee’s Epic Failure in California The latest… SDUT: Senator Mark Wyland: ‘Time to move on’ from Capitol — “Colleagues on both sides of the aisle say the Capitol will lose a champion for education who is respected for his commitment to civic duty.” Voice: Who Lied? Part II: DeMaio’s Deceptive …
Updated Sunday: Politics Roundup for the Weekend, November 15 and 16, 2014
The latest… SDUT Editorial: Election wins don’t solve GOP’s problems FlashReport: Richard Rider: Bogus claims that military families earn poverty-level pay is poverty pimping Rostra’s Friday UPDATE… Chula Vista: John McCann now leads by 46 votes — It appears to be over. Appears. SDUT: Elections may never end LGBT Weekly: On to the 2016 elections! — Who’s looking at what seats? …
Friday UPDATE… Chula Vista: McCann now leads by 46 votes
Friday 11/14/14 4:25 p.m. Update… JOHN McCANN 18,370 50.06% STEVE PADILLA 18,324 49.94% Only 29 votes were added to the count in Chula Vista today. John McCann earned 13 of them, Steve Padilla got 16. McCann still leads by 46 votes. The reports from Derrick Roach and others observing the process are that the bulk of the additional ballots were …
Politics Roundup for Friday, November 14, 2014
The latest… Rostra: Chula Vista City Council: John McCann still hanging on by 49 votes against Steve Padilla — Is it over? SDUT: South County candidates duke it out Rostra’s Brian Brady: To Lorie Zapf: Individual Liberty Requires Cautious Government Oversight? Fox 5: Carl DeMaio co-hosts local radio show SDUT: Steve Greenhut: Losing candidate has some winning advice Voice: San …
Court to force Gore’s hand
Guest Commentary by Michael Schwartz A development yesterday in a local federal court case will have far reaching implications when it comes to your gun rights. Peruta v. San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore is a federal Ninth Circuit court case that was brought against the Sheriff for his policies regarding issuing a concealed weapon permit. The law requires that …
Assemblyman Jones Reacts Strongly to Passage of Proposition 47
SACRAMENTO, CA – In Assemblyman Jones’ latest “Are You Kidding Me?” segment, he reacts in strong opposition to the passage of Proposition 47, which took effect immediately. After last Tuesday’s election, convicted felons may have their convictions lowered to a misdemeanor for such things as forgery, fraud, possession of drugs, and theft of a firearm. Assemblyman Jones says, “The ramifications …
Fox5: Ed Harris to run “against” someone name “Aktins”
This is what happens when the headline writer can’t read and can’t spell. Read the actual story, not the headline, to see that Councilman Harris is not about to commit suicide against the Speaker. Oh, Rostra linked to the OB Rag story this morning.
To Lorie Zapf: Individual Liberty Requires Cautious Government Oversight ?
A huge victory was won for liberty in the San Diego City Council Chamber two days ago — the rent seekers lost the battle to keep competition down. The San Diego City Council voted to lift the artificial “cap” on city licensing of taxicabs. You might ask, “Why the hell is the City licensing driving? Doesn’t the State do that?”– …
Politics Roundup for Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Catchin’ up after the long holiday weekend? The last three post-election Roundups, with all the Peters-DeMaio links… Rostra: Politics Roundup for Veteran’s Day Rostra: Monday Politics Roundup Rostra: Weekend Roundup: The House of Cards Issue Todd Bosnich arrested… NBC 7: DeMaio Accuser Arrested, Suspected of Pushing Mom SDUT: Former DeMaio aide Bosnich arrested KPBS: Ex-DeMaio Aide Who Claimed Sexual Harassment …
THURSDAY – Carl DeMaio Guest Hosting KOGO Radio 1-4pm
This Thursday I will be a guest co-host of KOGO Radio from 1-4pm with “Sully” Sullivan. I need some topic ideas – so send me topics YOU want to talk about – info@carldemaio.com
Politics Roundup for Veteran’s Day
Paying tribute to those that have served… SDUT: The Conversation: Many people confuse Veterans Day and Memorial Day. Don’t. KPBS: Veterans To Be Honored At Events In San Diego County The last two post-election Roundups, with all the Peters-DeMaio links… Rostra: Monday Politics Roundup Rostra: Weekend Roundup: The House of Cards Issue San Diego County and some State Miscellaneous… Rostra: Vote …
Vote count update: Monday night — A couple of close city contests
Some new numbers from the Registrar of Voters, with about 28,000 ballots left to tally county-wide: 52nd Congressional Scott Peters now leads Carl DeMaio by 5,430 votes, 51.44 to 48.56 percent. Since the Friday night update when Peters was at 51.25 percent, 7,871 ballots were added to the total (188,200 counted thus far). Peters received just under 56 percent of …
Politics Roundup for Monday, November 10, 2014
Did you see the Weekend Roundup? It’s a must read!… Rostra: The House of Cards Issue Peters wins, while many questions remain… This morning’s statement from Carl DeMaio: With the vote tally coming up short for my Congressional campaign, I want to tell you how much I appreciate your support. Our campaign made national headlines for the reform agenda we …
City of Imperial Beach Mayor race is Tied!
This is a first for me, I don’t remember seeing an actual exactly tied ballot count before, but I’m certain the candidates are glad there’s (despite what the AP says) 74,000 provisional / AB ballots yet to be counted. Question: What happens if the I.B. Mayoral election results in an actual tie when all is said and done? CITY OF …
Some Final Thoughts on CA-52
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Politics Roundup for the Weekend: The House of Cards issue
Peters wins, while significant post-election questions surface… “If this were a House of Cards storyline, we’d find it really enjoyable, but we’d also be thinking how unrealistic the whole thing is.” —Barry Jantz, via Twitter “Based on the … information I believe Todd Bosnich burglarized the Carl DeMaio campaign office…” —SDPD report, from the U-T San Diego article by Greg …
Friday Update: Assessing the changing DeMaio-Peters vote count
Update: 5:00 p.m. Friday: Scott Peters’ 50.27 percent yesterday increased to 51.25 percent today. Raw votes are now at Peters with 92,410 and DeMaio with 87,919. Peters’ 861 vote lead yesterday increased to a lead of 4,491. Total ballots counted increased from 156,813 to 180,329. Thus, that’s 23,516 additional ballots counted. Peters added 13,573 votes to his total. DeMaio added …
The Peters-DeMaio Battleground Precincts
From Vince Vasquez, Senior Policy Analyst at National University System Institute for Policy Research (and Rostra contributor)… click for a larger image “I’ve looked at CA52 “battleground precincts” — areas where the majority of voters supported Peters for Congress and DeMaio for Mayor in 2012. You had cross-over voters, Independent voters, a significant number of people who could be swayed …
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