The Latest Headlines…
Rostra’s Brian Brady: A Case for Changing The Republican Party Of San Diego County — Part One
SDUT: Council president vote delayed – Chris Cate gets to vote
SDUT: Recount requested in Chula Vista council race — As anticipated, Dems asking, as count leaves Padilla two votes shy of McCann
SDUT: Chula Vista council to be sworn in, discuss vacant seat
KPBS: Carl DeMaio Launches Super PAC — Thanks for letting Rostra know, Carl.
Seaside Courier’s Thomas K. Arnold: Cronyism rears its ugly head again — “Ah, the North County political scene. You gotta love it.”
SDUT: DA’s office changes echo political vote
Voice: Behind the Lone Vote Against SANDAG’s Big Transportation Plan
SDUT’s Steve Greenhut: Demographic changes threaten pensions — New CalPERS report finds fewer workers and more pensioners
SDUT: Gonzalez bill would force HOAs to allow fake grass
Rostra’s Bob Siegel: The Pearl Harbor attack under Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton
NBC7 Video: Possible Solution in Mt. Soledad Cross Legal Battle
FlashReport’s Katy Grimes: Willie Brown’s Unwise Conversation on Race
SDUT: New councilman — Chris Cate — all about expertise
VOSD: SDPD: Body Cameras Are for Evidence, Not Transparency
FlashReport: Today’s headlines from around the state
FlashReport: Monday’s headlines from around the state
Voice: Morning Report for Today — Parents Divided over School Start Date
Voice: Morning Report for Monday — What You Can’t See from Cop Cameras
MUST Reads…
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?
ICYMI…
SDUT: Remembering Pearl Harbor: 73 years later, a new challenge
SacBee: How little we’re sacrificing
SDUT: Could land deal end Soledad cross case?
LA Times: Some GOP House challengers were short on funds, reports show
SDUT: The data on race and crime in San Diego
SDUT Editorial: A dangerous fight over water and the Salton Sea
Voice Podcast: What’s next for the San Diego City Council
SDUT: Most all legislators accept pay raise
SDUT: SD council prez vote next week — Gloria might not return to pivotal post
Voice: Who Lied? Part IV: Much Ado About a Urinal — Scott Lewis continues attempt to drain a lizard of truth from the 52nd Congressional
SDUT: Maienschein to chair Assembly Local Government Committee — Speaker throws Republicans a small bone
SDUT: County Pension consultant’s raise never went through
Voice — Fact Check: Recounts Rarely Pay Off — “Chula Vista City Councilman-Elect John McCann, who won by two votes, claimed the costly recount process validates the original winner 90 percent of the time.”
Rostra: Councilmember-elect Chris Cate makes staffing selections
CityBeat: Stand down, Sherri Lightner — “Republicans are reportedly backing her for City Council President, but she should decline”
SDUT Editorial: Legislature on mass poverty: Who cares?
KPBS: San Diego County Approves Land Purchase To Connect Santee, Poway Trail Systems
Voice: Cindy Marten’s Return from Oz
SDUT: Teachers seek 10.25 percent raise
Rostra’s Assemblywoman Marie Waldron: Assembly GOP Leaders Announced
Rostra’s Bob Siegel: Ferguson Turmoil: What you need to start mob violence (SATIRE)
SDUT: Local reserve cap dampens rainy day fund — “…late in the legislative session, Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislators — at the behest of the powerful California Teachers Association — slipped language into a budget trailer bill that forces local school districts to adopt fiscally irresponsible policies.”
KPBS Video: San Diego’s Mandatory Water Restrictions Rely On Community Policing
CalPolReview: San Diego Wants You to Snoop on Your Neighbors Water Use
SDUT: Art Madrid closing in on final days as La Mesa mayor
SDUT: San Diego wants permanent homeless shelter
Voice Fact Check: The Real Cost of a Four-Person Fire Crew — Firefighter union president’s claim determined to be “misleading”
KPBS: New State Law Gives San Diego Registrar More Time To Certify Ballots
SDUT: City of San Diego website speeds permit, zoning complaint watchdogging
Bloomberg: The Torch Is Being Passed to A New Generation of Right-Wing Media — “Liberal discourse is insular, sophomoric, divorced from everyday life.”
Rostra: The Role of Republican Lawyers
Voice: Firefight president says San Diego Is Paying Half Price for Quarter Service on Emergencies
SDUT: Donors raise cash for man who shouted at Ferguson protesters
Races shaping 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.