If you have not already signed the petition for the San Diego Competition Ballot Measure, this is the last week to mail-in signatures to the campaign! Please download the petition at www.ReformSanDiego.com and collect as many signatures as possible! This ballot measure imposes important cost-saving reforms in city government. Help us make change happen at San Diego City Hall! Spread the word …
DeMaio Pushes National Pension Reform on Fox Business News
San Diego is not the only city facing a pension crisis. States and localities across the country are facing a sea of red ink because of skyrocketing pension and benefit costs for government employees. San Diego City Councilmember Carl DeMaio discussed his framework for pension reform — and suggests other states and cities get on board the pension reform movement. …
Hadley and Wayne: Liars!
“I have rarely seen a more pathetic example of a candidate telling one audience what he thinks it wants to hear and telling another audience what he thinks it wants to hear.” Howard Wayne and Steve Hadley, two candidates for San Diego City Council in District 6, got a healthy dose of political reality this morning when they discovered that …
DeMaio Urges YES on PROP D
Measure Will Save Taxpayer Money and Enhance Accountability in City Government SAN DIEGO – San Diego Councilmember Carl DeMaio urged voters in the City of San Diego to vote Yes on Proposition D – the Strong Mayor/Strong Council Ballot Measure. “Prop D will save San Diego taxpayers money and enhance accountability in city government,” commented DeMaio. “We need a better …
Help Gather Signatures on May 8 to Reform City Hall
Important Grassroots Effort on May 8 **Help End Wasteful Spending at City Hall** City Councilmember Carl DeMaio is asking for help to qualify an important ballot measure for the November 2010 election. Known as the “Competition and Transparency in City Contracting Initiative,” the measure would save taxpayers millions annually by requiring competitive bidding on all city services. The ballot measure …
Help Spread the Word! Union Delays Cost Taxpayers Millions!
Please help spread the word about the millions of dollars in taxpayer savings that are being lost because the city’s powerful labor unions have blocked implementation of Proposition C. The San Diego “Managed Competition Clock” tells the whole sad story — just like the National Debt Clock. Please post the link to the “Managed Competition Clock” to your social media sites: http://reformsandiego.com/money-clock/ …
Democrat (Gasp!) Tony Young Endorsed by Lincoln Club of San Diego
That collective gasp you heard from certain Republicans mid-afternoon on Thursday, April 29 was due to learning that the Lincoln Club of San Diego County had endorsed a Democrat. In this case, it’s Fourth District City Councilmember Tony Young. You can read the formal announcement here. I’m all about it. While it’s true that you’d be hard pressed to find …
Taxpayers Association Issues Ballot Recommendations
One of the most important functions of groups like the San Diego County Taxpayers Association (SDCTA) is educating the rest of us. Providing voters with ballot recommendations that satisfy its criteria for accountable, cost-effective and efficient government has got to top the list. SDCTA has just completed its review of the June 2010 Primary Election state and local ballot measures …
Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Managed Competition
I wanted to give you a heads up on an important poll released this week that shows where the public stands on possible reforms in city government. The City’s Independent Budget Analyst released a city-wide survey of residents that showed the top reform San Diegans want to see implemented is “Managed Competition.” In fact, a solid 74% of San Diegans …
Tweet Your Questions to Carl DeMaio
Councilmember Carl DeMaio will be on twitter Friday, April 23rd at 3:00pm for another twitter forum to answer questions you have concerning the city of San Diego. At our last Twitter Forum Councilmember DeMaio answered questions from over three dozen constituents and several members of the media. This is another excellent opportunity for the people of San Diego to go …
Volunteer Days for SD Competition Ballot Measure (April 24/May 8)
Important Grassroots Effort on April 24 and May 8 **Help End Wasteful Spending at City Hall** Sick of wasteful spending in San Diego city government? Want real change in the way taxpayer monies are spent at City Hall? YOUR HELP IS NEEDED – MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON APRIL 24 & MAY 8. City Councilmember Carl DeMaio is asking for help …
Re-Print on Wal-Mart
Reading Richard Rider’s post below, I can’t help but re-hash my FlashReport commentary of about 3-1/2 years ago, regarding — at the time — a proposed ordinance to regulate big box retailers… Big Boxes and Big Brother Proving they are more beholden to their union backers than they are their own constituents, a majority of the San Diego City Council …
End SD city ban on Wal-Mart superstores
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE editorial writer Chris Reed has an excellent post on his blog about the incoherent anti-Wal-Mart arguments by Democrats against low food prices and jobs for lower income folks. I strongly recommend reading his piece. http://Wal-Mart-GOOD.notlong.com It reviews in detail a fabulous study from an honest LIBERAL economist verifying all the good Wal-Mart is doing the poor and …
Call it Son of Prop C
Four years ago, voters in the City of San Diego passed Proposition C, which required the City to pursue managed competition to save tax dollars. Since then, the City has outsourced all of ONE lousy contract, primarily due to stalling by public labor unions coupled with lily-livered elected officials. A signature gathering effort kicked off with a fundraiser at Vin de Syrah …
24 Hours Until…San Diego MoneyBomb 2010
Are you participating???? Help make change happen at City Hall! April 15 is TAX DAY! San Diegans are asked to commemorate Tax Day 2010 by participating in a “MoneyBomb” to raise funds to advance fiscal reform in city government. A “MoneyBomb” is a coordinated online fundraising effort where individuals donate all on the same day — in this case, April …
Emerald vs. Ethics Commission, “Anonymous” vs. San Diego Republican Party
Emerald vs. Ethics Commission So the “Troubleshooter” doesn’t like it when the shoe is on the other foot. As investigations from the Ethics Commission move her closer and closer to a large fine for various violations, Emerald is going to have the gall at the next meeting to “openly challenge the ethics panel over an enforcement action” while at the …
DeMaio Opposition to Mayor/Council Pay Hike
Councilmember Carl DeMaio issued the following statement in reaction to the recommendation to raise Mayor and City Councilmember salaries from the City’s Salary Setting Commission: “I urge the Mayor and City Council to reject these salary increases. The city faces a severe fiscal crisis – and our taxpayers are feeling the pinch of a rough economy. ” “Furthermore, I …
DeMaio and Frye Outline Bipartisan Pension Reforms
Continuing their bipartisan partnership to bring real reform to the city’s troubled pension system, Councilmembers Carl DeMaio and Donna Frye are asking the Mayor and City Council to act this year on pension reform. “A number of pension reform options do exist to help save taxpayers millions each year and achieve retirement security for city employees,” DeMaio and Frye write …
Taxpayers Association to City of San Diego: Not So Fast!
The San Diego County Taxpayers Association has written an open letter to the San Diego Union-Tribune via a public posting addressing why the Association believes it’s premature to declare “mission accomplished” on pension reform. I’m also posting it here for Rostra readers and invite your comments. That there is a need to post a letter stating the glaringly obvious (at …
DeMaio Kicks Off Ballot Measure Campaign
Heads up in case you can join us for the campaign launch Saturday morning… If you can’t make it, please consider signing the ballot measure online at our new website: www.ReformSanDiego.com. You also can share a brochure on the Initiative with friends: http://www.cleanupcityhall.com/uploaded/file/ReformSanDiego.pdf Thank you! -Carl DeMaio DeMaio and Volunteers Kick Off Signature Gathering Effort Measure Would Require Fair and Open Competitive …
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