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 …
Friday Update: Politics Roundup – Post Election Day
ICYMI: RIP, Larry Himmel… Rostra (Video) – A repost from 2012 of Himmel fun Where to see the Election results… San Diego County Statewide Peters-DeMaio — Trending Peters… FlashReport: Barry Jantz: Assessing the changing DeMaio-Peters vote count SDUT: Peters takes lead over DeMaio in 52nd race VOSD: Peters Takes the Lead, and It’s All Trending His Way Voice: San Diego …
Advice for new Republican Senate and House: Don’t be bi-partisan
Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by Communities Digital News SAN DIEGO, November 6, 2014 — In his Wednesday press conference, President Obama offered a predictable interpretation of Tuesday’s election results. It means Americans want their elected officials to “work as hard as they do.” I.E. The problem is not him, just Washington in general. What the people want is bi-partisanship. …
Thursday Update: Politics Roundup – Post Election Day
RIP, Larry Himmel… Rostra (Video) – A repost from 2012 of Himmel fun Where to see the Election results… San Diego County Statewide Peters-DeMaio — Florida 2000?… SDUT: DeMaio, Peters await vote count SDUT: 52nd district dead heat: Let’s not be like Florida 2000 inewssource MAP: Latest Results in the 2014 California 52nd Congressional District General Election Rostra MAP: The …
Larry Himmel, RIP (VIDEO)
Reposted, from a 2012 Erica Holloway entry… DSDP 2012 Installation Dinner – Larry on the Street from FortyOneTwenty on Vimeo. What do San Diegans Really Think About the 2012 Mayoral Race? It’s not too often that we get to hear from the average San Diegan about politics. In our world, the high-propensity voting public tends to consume our daylight (and …
Curious minds want to know
So an innocent question gave me pause today: Unnamed person said: “If this was a record setting low voter turn-out, why do we have the same crazy 180,000 ballots to be counted and no vote count updates on a quick schedule?” I didn’t have a good answer, but one hopes there is a valid answer and I hope some Rostrafarians …
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