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Mike Murphy of the Meg Whitman campaign shared a brief memo from their campaign pollsters with me. I pass it along to you. It is attached below. Upshot – internal poll shows Whitman up by 26% (53% to 27%).… Read More
I want to remind the readers that I live in a HEAVILY DEMOCRAT neighborhood… I generally don’t get a ton of Republican mail. JAY SCHENIRER FOR CITY COUNCIL “Timeout” this is the second in a series of sports related pieces. The first piece confused me, but I took the time to read this one and I agree with the guy that we shouldn’t donate land to the Kings team. PATRICK KENNEDY FOR CITY COUNCIL “Creating Jobs” Kennedy is running against Schenirer (above) – and I leaned towards Schenirer because of his early grassroots campaign but I’ve got to write that Kennedy’s mail is better, just more clear. COOPER FOR SHERIFF “Keeping deputies on the street” very clear (Today’s winner). SLATE MAILER “Council of Concerned Women Voters” featuring Whitman and Nakanishi.… Read More
Say what you want about tax-and-spend liberals. One thing is for sure: They are strong-willed when it comes to pilfering money from taxpayers. Nothing can stop the liberal arm of the California Legislature from proposing $5 billion in tax increases as a means to plugging a huge budget hole. Not even the California voters who overwhelmingly opposed Proposition 1A last year (a ballot measure that would have raised taxes on Californians). This year’s proposed increases include hitting up California car owners – who apparently don’t spend enough on car taxes or at the gas pump – to pay more DMV fees. If only the liberals showed this kind of determination in handling taxpayer money. Read more about the tax hikes here.… Read More
Late last week the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which sits in San Francisco and is known as a liberal court, upheld the Arizona "Citizens Clean Election Act" which provides taxpayer dollars "matching funds" to candidates for state office to use for advertising of their campaigns. Since California is flirting with such a law, known as Proposition 15 on the next election ballot, the Court’s action is worth taking note of.
The conservative Goldwater Institute had been successful at the trial court level in knocking out the law on First Amendment grounds. Their solid argument in the trial court, along with a couple friendly PACs and candidates, was that the campaign law actually chilled or reduced speech rights. This is because under the law, if an opposing candidate fails to use only the taxpayer money for his/her campaign, and spends more than the candidate taking the state money, then the state automatically coughs up more taxpayer dollars for the candidate "on the dole." Thus, opposing candidates are discouraged to spend money on advertising, for fear that the government will respond by… Read More
On Saturday I also got STEVE COOLEY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL “A Prosecutor, Not A Politician”.… Read More
A Sunday potpourri from around the region… Kudos to SDCTA — and a Must Watch"Save the Chargers" Video… Thursday night’s San Diego County Taxpayers Association Golden Watchdog and Fleece Awards dinner was attended by over 800, who clearly see it as one of the best annual events in the region. SDCTA has an uncanny ability to get otherwise cautiously stodgyelected officials to loosen up on video with gems they normally wouldn’t be caught dead saying or doing anywhere — at leastnot on purpose — all for a good laugh and the spectacle of the evening. The "Chargers Stadium Disaster Relief Telethon" is an absolute classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH78d2DEQbQ Here’s also a retrospective of past years’ video hi-lights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nNRygKUAMk Lastly, a press release announcing all the winning taxpayer watchdogs and fleecers for the… Read More