I Appeared on the Stop Taxing Us podcast yesterday asking all grass-roots activists, in the County of San Diego, to help gather enough signatures to get the pension reform measure on the ballot. Listen to this 12-minute plea for help now. I am asking for help from all San Diego County tea party activists, not just those who live in …
Pathway to Prosperity Reform #3 – Prepare San Diego’s Workforce for Careers Available in the Local Job Market
Getting San Diegans back to work is one of my top priorities and the focus of my Pathway to Prosperity plan – but this won’t happen just by making it easier and cheaper for companies to do business in San Diego. Local leaders must also do everything they can to make sure San Diegans are prepared for the jobs available …
San Diego Mayoral Candidates: Debate This
As originally posted on The Flash Report. A debate’s raging in San Diego. A debate over debates. It’s a curious thing. The moment San Diego mayoral candidate Councilman Carl DeMaio turned down a Voice of San Diego hosted candidates debate, among others already accepted by Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher and Congressman Bob Filner, suddenly he was the target of much speculation …
San Diego Pension Reform Townhall Tonight
San Diego continues to face yearly budget deficits that cut branch library hours and delays much needed infrastructure repairs. The main reason for these continued cuts is increased pension costs that consume more and more of San Diego’s general fund budget. There is something San Diego residents can do to stop these out of control pension costs. Tonight, please join …
My Jobs Plan: The Pathway to Prosperity
On the heels of my “Roadmap to Recovery” plan to fix the city’s financial problems, today I outlined a “Pathway to Prosperity” plan to jumpstart job creation in San Diego. I’d love to hear your reaction to the plan — and your additional ideas on how we can get San Diegans back to work! -Carl PRESS RELEASE: DeMaio Kicks Off …
An Accomplished Fraud
Today kicks off the hugely popular BlogHer ’11 conference in San Diego, a woman blogger-centric arena where the stronger sex gathers to share tips of the trade, network and even discuss some heavy topics. In Southern California, fewer hot buttons exists above immigration. This border town’s seen it’s share of debate on the subject that if polled would yield varying …
Young Guns Take Aim
As cross-posted on FlashReport. Seems the young guns got it going on. In just 25 days of the first reporting period for the 2012 San Diego mayor’s race, two young Republican candidates blew doors on the established competition with more than $300,000 cash on hand. Early predictors felt sure the mayoral primary would be a $1 million race. At this …
The SD U-T’s leftward editorial slant accelerates
I think it’s fair to say that NOT one of these SD U-T “community board” members thinks the government should be smaller — or should even plateau at its present bloated size. Indeed, essentially ALL of them favor BIGGER government, higher taxes and more nannyism.
Stop the “Cat Tax”
Shameless Revenue Grab, Intrusive Bureaucracy Today I urged the Mayor and Council colleagues to “send to the litter box” a proposal unveiled at the City’s Audit Committee which would require every San Diegan who owns a cat to register their cat and pay a fee – roughly $25. The goal of the proposal is to generate a half-a-million dollars for …
‘Operation Intimidation’ Aims to Sink Comprehensive Pension Reform
Union Campaign Built On Intimidation, Desperation, Lies There are few certainties in politics, but pension reform is quickly becoming one of those rare slam dunks. In the City of San Diego, 70 percent of voters said they would vote for the Comprehensive Pension Reform (CPR) ballot measure, according to a poll conducted by Competitive Edge Research & Communication. Twenty …
The inbred liberal bias of KPBS
Recently our local San Diego KPBS radio station held one of its “Roundtable” shows to discuss and analyze the nominally nonpartisan San Diego mayor’s race. Here’s the link and especially the players (then read MY analysis below the players): http://kpbs.org/news/2011/jul/01/roundtable-non-partisan-mayors-race-heats/ KPBS Midway Edition Radio Program. Roundtable: “Non-Partisan” Mayor’s Race Heats Up. By Pat Finn, Gloria Penner. July 1, 2011. Guests: …
The Root of All Money
Ayn Rand once asked: “So you think money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?” Candidates now seek out that answer for the next 12 months in the hopes of being San Diego’s next mayor. Primary races boil down to two very basic survival needs: money and endorsements. In truth, …
Fun Police Take Away Firecrackers, Lollipops are Next!
Ooooooh! Aaaaaah! Oh, would ya’ look at the pretty firecrackers. Uh-oh. The Fun Police just arrived. I’m sorry, kids. Gonna have to take your happiness. I’ll be back later for your lollipops and American flags. And while the fireworks debate goes national, as the San Diego Union-Tribune notes so (melo)dramatically, my hometown of Flint made the FBI’s list for most …
Mayor’s Race: Booorrring
WARNING: This blog contains a large dose of snark. 2012 Mayor’s Race: Booorrring. Ya, I said it. And I meant it. All the hype around early races kills the enthusiasm with saturation. In this case, it’s been just sheer overload. In December, I traded calls with all the muckety mucks, reviewed all the uber early, virtually meaningless polls, gobbled up …
Labor Council’s “Middle Class Taxpayer Association”
If ever a group assembled under a more inaccurate name, I’d be interested to see it. The “Middle Class Taxpayers Association” isn’t a new voice for responsible stewardship of our tax dollars. It’s a front group shilling for the San Diego Labor Council. The Labor Council doesn’t even try to hide its involvement. It seems silly to use this name, but I suppose there are people or news media who might confuse it with a real taxpayers advocacy group.
Statewide Report Reinforces San Diego Pension Reform
The Little Hoover Commission just released a bipartisan report on public employee pensions. The data is sobering to say the least. · The 10 largest public pension plans in California faced a combined shortfall of more than $240 Billion in 2010. · Major cities in California including San Diego are or will be spending 1/3 of their operating …
Ronald Reagan Coronado Bridge Campaign Gains Momentum
I’m pleased to announce that just hours ago, the Ronald Reagan-Coronado Bay Bridge Project surpassed its goal of 1,000 online petition signatures! This is incredible. I’ve been overwhelmed with the outpouring of community support since I launched this grassroots, independent effort on San Diego Rostra 17 days ago. It’s clear to me that President Reagan touched countless lives in our …
Renaming the Coronado Bay Bridge for Reagan – UPDATE
UPDATE Thor’s assistant points out in the comments that the initial effort at renaming the bridge was announced here on San Diego Rostra by Rostra blogger Vince Vasquez. Seemed only appropriate to give him credit in the body of the article. /update. Well, officially, the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge. There is an effort underway to rename the bridge after former …
Grassroots Campaign to Rename the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge in Honor of Ronald Reagan Launches Today
With the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birthday (February 6) only days away, one San Diego resident is officially launching a new proposal to rename the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge in honor of the 40th President of the United States. Vince Vasquez, a San Diego County resident and think tank public policy analyst, has gathered more than 200 petition signatures …
Happy MLK Day and How GOP Can Learn From King’s Ultimate Victory
“People should be judged by the content of their character, not their color of their skin.” His message was simple, righteous, and most importantly, true. Yet he continually struggled with people trying to portray his message and his intentions as something different than what they were. Sound familiar?
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