Everyone in politics knows the importance of money. Big campaign war chests scare off competitors, get you lots of TV time to say whatever you want, and fund the fees of every consultant in the universe which means your opponent can’t hire the big talent. So if you’re an underfunded campaign, you’ve got to rely on creativity. Thank God for …
No on D “Big Screen Roadshow” and YouTube Ad Contest
No on D Campaign to Unveil Television Ad and Launch YouTube Contest Using a Mobile “Jumbo-Tron” at Various Events in City FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Gayle Lynn Falkenthal, 619-997-2495 WHAT: The No on Prop D is holding a “Jumbo-Tron Screen Premiere” of the campaign’s official television ads. The massive screen will be transported around the city by truck – stopping …
The Prop D Sham: Questionable Bonuses Being Paid in City Fire Department
More reasons not to trust a word that is said by the Prop D proponents… In a strong rebuttal to claims by city leaders that there is no waste left to cut in city budgets, Councilmember DeMaio will release details on over $5 million in dubious bonuses being paid out this year alone inside the Fire Department. $5 million would …
CCDC Cap Increase Hits General Fund; City Leaders Still Push Prop D
Councilmember Carl DeMaio issued the following memo today where he asks for an explanation of why the city’s downtown redevelopment cap was raised without following the public process and analysis period approved in June by the City Council. In light of the big push by the Mayor and City Council to pass Prop D’s massive General Fund tax hike, DeMaio …
City Council Fails to Reform Their Own Pensions
Yesterday the City Council passed a symbolic resolution that they represented as their commitment to reform. Less than 24 hours later, the same City Council not only refused to advance comprehensive reform of their own pensions, they refused to even allow the reform to be discussed. The Union Tribune addressed the needed reform on Sunday with a question. You can …
Report Reveals Excessive Pension Payouts in City of San Diego
Expert Who Revealed City of Bell Pension Scandal Releases Analysis and Joins DeMaio to Call for Immediate Reform Councilmember Carl DeMaio joined the same pension expert who revealed the excessive pension payouts in the City of Bell to release a report documenting excessive pension payouts to retired city employees in the City of San Diego. DeMaio also released a comprehensive …
Ringing the Pension Bell
“10 former city employees will split $61 million dollars for the rest of their lives. Did they win the lottery? No…they will receive it in payouts from the City of San Diego pension system.” “I was shocked by what I discovered in the City of Bell and am shocked by what I discovered in the City of San Diego. San …
DeMaio, Faulconer and Business Owners Declare Managed Competition Deal Is “Unfair” and “Unworkable”
City Leaders and Unions Set to Approve Deal that Effectively Kills the Voter-Mandated Fair and Open Competition Program Councilmember Carl DeMaio joined a national expert on managed competition and several local small business owners to outline numerous flaws in the proposed City Managed Competition Guide. “The unions do not want to give up their monopolies at City Hall and this …
‘Tis the Season for Political Mailers, Again
Every day since June 8 – the date of the California primary – I have been disappointed. Not for the obvious reasons, such as the fact that Recovery Summer failed to produce a recovery and/or a summer in San Diego, but because of something trivial that someone who is not a political junkie would not understand. I stopped receiving those glossy …
Volunteer Saturday to Defeat Prop D
Please join Councilmember Carl DeMaio and our grassroots team this Saturday, Sept 25 for a few hours to help defeat Prop D — the blank check sales tax increase in the City of San Diego. Volunteers Needed To Deliver LawnSigns Saturday, September 25 (9:30am to 4:30pm) 5703 Oberlin Drive, Suite 107 San Diego, CA 92121 Prop D gives city politicians …
If We Say It Enough, They’ll Believe It
The Yes on D campaign in support of the proposed half-cent sales tax increase in the City of San Diego has finally ginned up its efforts, less than eight weeks before election day. I suppose it took that long for the public labor union checks funding the campaign to clear. Its first news release announced the campaign’s team members. It …
DeMaio Offers Alternative to Proposed Water Rate Increase
Releases White Paper Documenting Wasteful Spending in City Utilities Department and Related Water Agencies On the same day that the Mayor proposed yet another increase to San Diego’s water rates (for a total increase of 65% since 2007) Councilmember DeMaio released a white paper highlighting numerous examples of increased spending in the city’s Utilities Department and outlined several steps to …
DeMaio Releases Reform Standards on Unsustainable Retiree Healthcare Costs
Councilmember Carl DeMaio released today the following presentation of data and findings revealed in the city’s study on the cost of retiree healthcare benefits granted to city employees over the years. Councilmember DeMaio is proposing that the benefits be immediately reduced to the level currently funded in the city’s budget – and that further reductions be examined in the context …
North County Chamber Opposes Prop D
Adding to a laundry list of small business groups formally opposed to Prop D, today the North County Chamber of Commerce announced its opposition to Prop D. (See below for press release) Prop D is clarifying what groups stand for real reform and prosperity in our region. Want to add your name or your organization to our growing coalition opposed …
DeMaio and Goldsmith to Lead Pension Reform Forum at GOP State Convention
Duo to Outline Ways to Legally Reform State and Local Pension Benefits What: Special Forum for state and local officials at the California Republican Convention. Who: Councilmember Carl DeMaio City Attorney Jan Goldsmith Jack Dean, Vice President, Californians for Pension Reform When: August 21st, 2010 2:30pm – 4:00pm Where: Manchester Hyatt Cunningham Room A/B/C 1 Market Place San Diego, CA. …
No on Prop D Campaign Announces Website Launch and Kickoff Event
The No on Prop D campaign has officially launched its website – and has announced a campaign kickoff event for August 25. The website is at www.StopTheSalesTax.com. In addition to providing information on why San Diegans should vote against Prop D, the website asks San Diegans to sign a “petition against higher taxes.” On August 25th, the campaign will formally …
DeMaio Releases Plan to Restore Browned Out Fire Stations
Councilmember DeMaio today released a plan to restore browned-out fire stations — using cost savings in the FY11 budget that his office uncovered. DeMaio issued the following statement along with the release of the plan: “Public safety does not and should not be a casualty of the city’s financial problems. My office has identified $4.2 million in immediate cost savings …
Top 10 Flaws in the San Diego Sales Tax Hike
Not surprisingly, the City Council today advanced the dubious Sales Tax Ballot Measure. Put simply, San Diego taxpayers deserve better than a tax increase masquerading as “reform.” That’s why we are putting together a broad-based campaign to defeat this deceptive measure – and to articulate a bold and effective reform agenda. If you are willing to help with the campaign, …
“Dollar for Dollar” Proposes Match of Cuts and Sales Tax Dollars
Save a dollar, get a dollar. It’s a refreshingly simple approach to solving the City of San Diego’s budget problems proffered this morning by San Diego County Taxpayers Association President & CEO Lani Lutar. Lutar delivered this memo to Mayor Jerry Sanders and member of the San Diego City Council this morning. So far, Councilmember Carl DeMaio has reacted favorably …
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