Year-End Notables…
Voice: The 2014 Voice of the Year Is … — Sea World foes, Jerry Sanders, Todd Gloria, Lorena Gonzalez make the list.
Voice: Part Two, Voice of the Year: The Near-Misses — Rostra contributors Kevin Faulconer, Jason Roe and Revolvis, Carl DeMaio, Barry Jantz are mentioned.
Breitbart: Top 25 Conservative Voices in California — Rostra contributors Tom Del Beccaro, Jon Fleischman, Richard Rider are making an impact.
Voice: Saturday’s Morning Report — Including “2014, We Knew Ye Pretty Well” — Heroes and Goats of the year, Memorable quotes from 2014, Notable Fact Checks
Political Vanguard’s Tom Del Beccaro: Winners and losers of 2014 — Hillary makes both ends of the list.
Voice: A Year of Firsts and Scandals in Sacramento — Brian Joseph: “This was a year of historic elections and searing scandals. Here’s the top events in state politics – from a San Diego perspective – of 2014.”
KPBS: Roundtable Features KPBS Editors’ Top Stories of 2014
Some Holiday Week Headlines…
SDUT: DMV bracing for surge of new customers
SDUT: O’side losing some anti-gang funds
SDUT: Garrett leaves SM school board
SDUT: Asian voter turnout rises
SDUT: Political ties alleged for nonprofit group
Voice: Sacramento Report: New Year, New Bills
Rostra’s Brian Brady: Tragic Assassination of NYPD Cops Begs For Law Enforcement Reform
FlashReport: Today’s headlines from around the state
FlashReport: Saturday’s headlines from around the state
ICYMI…
SDUT: Why cellular tracking device is so secret
Times of SD: Secrecy Explained for SDPD Use of Cell-Phone Tracker
Voice: Misconduct Issues Will Follow SDPD Into 2015
Voice: Police Review Boards Walk a Fine Line
SDUT: Life goes on for former I.B. Mayor Jim Janney
SDUT: New I.B. Mayor Serge Dedina sets goals for city
LATimes: San Diego region has become hub of gang-controlled prostitution rings
KPBS: California Plastic Bag Ban May Soon Qualify For Ballot
SDUT Editorial: State government still faces tsunami of red ink
SDUT: Oceanside sued over hotel subsidy
Rostra: Padilla ends Chula Vista recount, McCann can for now rest easily as Council member
SDUT Editorial: Lessons from the Chula Vista City Council recount
Rostra: “The Twelve Days of Recount” — A new song by Derrick Roach
The comments are piling up on Part 3 of “A Case for Changing the Republican Party of SD” — Get in the action!
SDUT: NCTD chief’s raise doesn’t exactly catapult him to the top
Voice: The Unpopular Consequences of Raising the Minimum Wage
SDUT: What’s next for Todd Gloria?
SDUT: Parking groups sit on $17.8 million
SDUT: Water district merger talks urged
SDUT: City’s cell-phone sniffer cost $738K
Rostra: Senator Anderson Hosts 3,000 without the U.S.S. Midway
SDUT: SDPD sued over cellular tracking tech
Voice: Former Planning Director: SANDAG Ruling Got it Wrong — “The ruling against SANDAG’s long-term transportation plan is not only wrong – it’s dangerous.”
CityBeat: Innocent Alpine resident detained for a week
Voice: New Sweetwater Schools Trustees Haven’t Mastered That Whole Transparency Thing Yet
SDUT: City unleashing flood of data
SDUT: Poway to appoint new council member
SDUT Editorial: Teachers need to be honest about their unions
MUST Reads you may have missed…
Rostra’s Vince Vasquez: California GOP: Competitive Statewide by 2020 — “What’s needed is a new approach to narrowing the voter gap with the Democratic Party.”
Rostra: Second Amendment activists to County Board of Supervisors: Dealing with an unconstitutional law should be near the top of your priority list — Is anyone on the County Board of Supervisors listening?
Races shaping up for 2016?…
LGBT Weekly: On to the 2016 elections! — Who’s looking at which seats?
SD Free Press: Are You Ready for the 2016 Political Shuffle in San Diego? — Where the Dems are looking.