The real SANDAG scandal by Councilmember Jerry Kern On February 24, SANDAG’s board of directors voted to initiate an “independent” investigation of false promises made to voters during last fall’s campaign to pass a sales tax increase. Those promises included a list of infrastructure projects throughout the region they said would be constructed if voters approved the tax increase. It …
San Diego County Taxpayers Association Represents Rotarian Socialists
I said this four years ago and I will say it again: the San Diego County Taxpayers Association doesn’t represent taxpayers. SDCTA represents the rotarian socialists who have infiltrated the Board of Directors: representatives from big business, taxpayer funded entities, construction interests, public sector unions, political consulting forms, and law firms. All of these entities benefit from fleecing …
Transparency Please
If one desires to be a “tax and spend” Republican so be it, but own it. transparent adjective |trans-par-ent, able to be seen through, easy to notice or understand, honest and open: not secretive. On Friday the SANDAG board met to draft ballot language for their sales tax increase. The draft ballot argument reads as follows… SAN DIEGO COUNTY ROAD …
Happy SANDAG Tax & Spend Republican Day
It looks like the SANDAG Board of Directors will vote to approve the SANDAG Sky Gondola Tax for a public vote today. The anticipated scorecard should look like this: City of San Diego: Faulconer (R) NO, Gloria (D) YES County of San Diego: Roberts (T&SR) YES, Jacob (R) NO – Horn voted NO, with Jacob absent. That cancels out the …
Who Knows If There Are Tax And Spend Republicans In Santee?
Can we get some more Republicans to place a pro-SANDAG tax resolution on their City Council’s agenda? We really need to do this to get each and every Republican Council member and Mayor on record about this SANDAG tax. Escondido City Council placed it on the agenda and not one council member voted for the tax. Poway and La Mesa rejected …
La Mesa Unanimously Rejects SANDAG Sky Gondola Tax; Tax And Spend Republicans In Vista and El Cajon Betray Taxpayers
Bravo to the taxpayer champions in La Mesa for unanimously rejecting the SANDAG Sky Gondola tax. You may have seen Councilwoman Alessio and I debating on these pages about procedural points but, when push came to shove, she (and her colleagues) stood up to this horrific tax proposal. Here’s Alessio: The vote in La Mesa was 5-0 against. All council …
Poway City Council Unanimously Rejects SANDAG Sky Gondola Tax
Poway Mayor Steve Vaus deserves praise for raising awareness about the SANDAG tax scheme. He acted on the suggestion to get an up or down vote from the Poway City Council. Last night, Poway rejected the SANDAG tax scheme unanimously. Escondido unanimously rejected the tax a couple of weeks ago. Coronado and Vista have it on their agendas for up …
GASPAR: SANDAG Tax is the Thirty Dollar Frozen Yogurt Cone
I spoke with Encinitas Mayor and County Board of Supervisors candidate Kristin Gaspar today about the SANDAG tax scheme. We are hopeful she can get its support on the Encinitas City Council for an up or down vote– We’d like to smoke out the tax hikers on the City Councils. (FWIW, Kristin Gaspar is opposed to the SANDAG tax scheme). …
SANDAG Tax and Spend Republicans #FeelTheHeat
We warned the SANDAG tax and spend Republicans to vote against putting Proposition X on the ballot: Thus, the Republican Party is the “no new taxes” party. Nationally, we ask our federal candidates to sign a pledge to oppose new taxes. Statewide, we ask our statewide and legislative candidates to sign that pledge. Locally, our standing policy is “no new …
Coast News: Escondido Council shows little support for SANDAG proposal, Abed “shreds” the plan
ESCONDIDO — A massive investment proposed by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has little support among the City Council. During its regular meeting Wednesday, Mayor Sam Abed shredded the aggressive plan to invest $18.2 billion as part of San Diego Forward, a regional transportation initiative looking toward 2050. Read it all.
Smoke Out The SANDAG Tax And Spend Republicans On the City Councils
I have fielded a number of calls in the last two weeks, from Republicans who were upset with my “no new taxes” stance on the SANDAG tax hike. Many elected Republicans didn’t want to have to shoulder the responsibility for this tax hike — they thought they could hide behind the “let the people decide” curtain. The SANDAG staff and …
Republicans Will be Challenged If They Support SANDAG Tax Ballot Initiative
Let’s start here; the Republican Party is the “no new taxes” party. The glaring reason is well, obvious; the federal, state, and local governments collect plenty of taxes already. The secondary reasons are: governments are horrible stewards of money and they have too much power over our lives. Thus, the Republican Party is the “no new taxes” party. Nationally, we …
The Coastal Rail-Trail
This recently came across my inbox: Gaspar and Muir NO vote on the Cardiff Coastal Rail Trail Project By Mayor Gaspar and Council member Muir The Coastal Rail Trail project is not new; it was originally envisioned in the late 1980s. Several prior councils recognized the negative impacts this project would have on our coastal community and, as a result, did not …
Crime is down In San Diego County
Public safety routinely consumes 50% or more of municipal budgets and crime rates are very much associated with the perception and reality related to “quality of life” issues. Is your local park an amenity or a menace? Additionally, property crimes have a direct effect on the cost of your area’s property Insurance. The attached annual SANDAG Crime Report indicates that …
Shovel Ready Jobs anyone?
Per Richard Phillips of the Encinitas City Manager’s Office: Construction of the Santa Fe grade-separated pedestrian undercrossing was been placed out to bid by SANDAG today (8/30). The project is the first of four grade-separated pedestrian undercrossings that are planned for the rail corridor that runs through Encinitas. Part of the Santa Fe project includes construction of a small portion …
Big Sister Christine Kehoe is Watching You… Sit in Traffic on the I-5 and Loves It!
When State Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) is not plucking the petals from a rose a to determine whether or not she should run for Mayor, she seems content to bungle up traffic on the 5 freeway in north San Diego City and County. Car accidents are proving to be the old-fashioned way to mess up traffic. Nowadays you can …
Giving Credit where Credit is Due!
I must give credit to the North County Times editorial board for having the integrity and honor to very boldly publish a correction for a previously published misleading piece. They didn’t hide it on the page two “corrections” blurb, they put it right out there in the editorial section where the error occurred. If this type of responsive and admirable journalistic character and …
A Raspberry for the Raspberry!
I was troubled by the “Raspberry” the NCTimes handed out to SANDAG the other day for a number of reasons. I have emailed them my concerns but doubt they’ll have the fortitude to publish any correction, so I’ll post here and you will know the accurate facts. It’s a shame the editorial Board couldn’t have the courage or courtesy to call and confirm their concerns… …
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