The Daily Beast brings us this little nugget in the sea of top lists of this or that: The Top 11 Politicians to Watch in 2011 (guess spotlighting 11 rather than 10 is a play on the year). And sliding into the No. 1 spot of this distinguished list: San Diego’s own Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Vista). Reason: He’s expected to …
Why does city of San Diego have free police and fire academies?
Why do the city of San Diego police and fire departments provide “free” (city paid) academy training and generous student salaries without any employment commitment? As I understand it, the other cities in the county expect their applicants (at least the firefighter applicants) to go to school to get their firefighter certification at their own expense — and with no …
San Diego Welcomes Newest – and Youngest – Conservative Radio Talk Show Host
Welcoming Mike Slater to San Diego by way of Jackson, Tenn. in a downpour on his second day seemed a bit of let down – mostly for me. “Welcome to sunny San Diego?” he asked grinning as he put out his hand. I laughed while sitting down my soaked raincoat and umbrella. He was wearing a tie-less button-up blue dress …
SD CC WILL repeal Walmart superstore ban
PREDICTION: SD City Council will repeal Wal-Mart superstore ban! But I’m getting ahead of my self. Since I posted my press release on on SDRostra concerning the San Diego Wal-Mart referendum petition drive, I’ve done a bit more research on the referendum time line. Wal-Mart needs only 31,029 valid signatures. After the petitions are submitted (they MUST be submitted by …
Sanders lied about critical need for Prop D sales tax
Was Mayor Sanders Lying About Critical Need for Prop D Sales Tax? Short answer — HELL YES! PRESS RELEASE: 11/19/10 Authored by Richard Rider San Diego — It was just three weeks ago that San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders was running carefully orchestrated “town hall meetings” around the city — threatening citizens with death and destruction if we did not …
Mayor willing to let some die to get his tax increase
Here is a detailed story concerning the “town hall meetings” currently being staged by San Diego’s Mayor Jerry Sanders. These show trials would bring a smile to the face of any veteran commie reeducation camp commandant. Who is on trial, you ask? The taxpayers of San Diego, that’s who! The message is simple — if you simpletons don’t vote for …
End Run, Touchdown!
The quarterback gives the play in the huddle. Just after the snap, the defenders push to the center and the quarterback gets plowed from the side. The reason: the line decided to go with another play. In case you’re wondering, the public is the quarterback in this end run on the tax cap increase for the Centre City Development Corp. …
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 …
Private library company in San Diego
With our San Diego city council slashing local library hours and services — cutting the library budget 24% — perhaps it’s time for our wise leaders to look at what Riverside County did over a decade ago. The county, with 34 branches, contracted out the operation of their libraries to a private firm (LSSI), and today the county supervisors are …
Proposition D on the ballot for my friends in the City of San Diego
I spent 31 years living in San Diego, but I’ve lived in Poway for 19 years now. I like to stick to Poway issues, but every once in awhile, I look at what San Diego is doing, and for the most part, I shake my head and become more thankful that I live in Poway. So this morning, I read …
HUGE SD Tea Party rally this Saturday 27 February
This Saturday there is a big taxpayer rally scheduled in San Diego, down by the Star of India on the waterfront. Free parking across the street in the county administration building parking lot. High visibility event, and we want maximum turnout. I’ll be one of the two keynote speakers. Details below from packaged news release. ANNIVERSARY TEA PARTY WITH ROGER …
San Diegans Hurting Financially, New Poll Finds
A new Field Poll released today revealed that San Diego voters are more likely to state they are going through tough economic times than any other region in California. However, county voters remain largely optimistic about our state’s future economic recovery. Among the findings: A whopping 71% of San Diego voters say they are financially worse off today than a …
Poll Finds Obama-Nobel Peace Prize Decision Unpopular in San Diego
According a new SurveyUSA poll, San Diegans did not warmly welcome the news last Friday that President Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize. Fielding responses from 500 adults in San Diego County, SurveyUSA found that 52% of area residents did not agree with the decision to award Obama the Prize. Those opposed include 72% of registered Republican voters, 22% of …
San Diegans & Obama
With ten months now in the White House, just how do San Diegan voters feel about President Obama’s job performance and policy/political agenda? The well-respected Field Research Corporation just released a statewide opinion poll today which included a breakout of San Diego County respondents. According to the poll: * San Diegan voters are significantly less supportive (48% approve/43% disapprove) of …
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