My hats off to Mayor Filner for trying to stop yet another corporate give away by Republicans, and one Democrat, to multimillionaire Republican hoteliers. If the voters of San Diego want to stop this "Good Ole Boy" corruption of the system, they have to become more vocal and more supportive of Mayor Filner. The voters of San Diego have to show their disgust with those elected officials that reward campaign contributors by passing anti-taxpayer measures. Many of the elected officials that put corporate interest above public interest, are up in arms, as are their financial allies. Mayor Filner has stirred a hornet's nest of the who's who of the power structure in San Diego. The final say as to who wins the final outcome, might rest temporarily in Republican judges hands, ultimately it will be in the hands of the voters who will decide if multimillionaires should be getting taxpayer subsidies. It's time to end socialism for the rich. Pigs eating at the public trough have to be put on a forced diet.
Should the taxpaying public lose in this court to the multimillionaires, Mayor Filner should appeal. I would be more than willing to contribute to a legal fund to fight off the Republican leeches that think they are still in political control of the city coffers. Wake up, Jerry Sanders is long gone, and Carl DeMaio is still configuring his endless strategy of what public office he can buy. The snake in the grass is the City Attorney Jan Goldsmith. He is married to big business. Goldsmith is the worst City Attorney in recent memory, he has spent millions of taxpayer dollars referring out cases defending the city, and losing, and losing many of the the cases he has prosecuted. He won't protect the taxpayers cause he's to busy defending the money interest that got him into office. Mayor Filner has to hire his own attorney, one with proven experience and legal prominence, Filner has to defend himself from the Republican's and one Democrat on the city council, and defend against a City Attorney who should spend more time on city business rather than defending his corporate friends interest. interest.
It truly is amazing just how conniving the Republicans are. Mayor Pete Wilson gives major concessions to Ernie Hawn, and other major developers, while the infrastructure crumbled. Susan Golding gives taxpayer money to the Chargers, and bankrupts the city with her city pension taxpayer thievery to give to the Republican Convention. We won't even mention the "Quitter" another Republican mayoral scandal.Then there is Jerry Sanders, what a joke. A double dipping city pensioner, who wants to gut the city employee unions and pay. Signs a 30-million dollar give away to the hotel owners, guaranteed for 40-years, rushed thru the city council, all for the benefit of the "Good Ole Boy's" the monied elite that have run this city for 60-years. The Republicans have no shame, San Diegan's should boycott the hotels and the other welfare leeches of taxpayer dollars. The Republicans love to raid taxpayer money, but hate to contribute their share. Stop the welfare gravy train for the multimillionares, they should be forced to pay their own way. Give them hell, Mayor Filner!!!!
As witnessed by the turn out, weapons control can be very effective if you restrict the ammo. Sensible weapons regulations like hiking the cost of ammo, decreasing ammo production, and allowing those harmed to sue the manufactures and those who sell them, would go a long way to curb the slaughter. Address the problem at its source, its origin and distribution. The more sensible the restriction, the louder the weapons proponents will scream foul. Better that they scream and cry themselves to sleep than to continue to helplessly watch our children being slaughtered.
If ICE is releasing and has released "detainees" it obviously wasn't necessary to arrest and detain them to begin with. Fact is the Border Patrol, Customs, ICE, and the other unknown services and budgeting is nothing but a farce. The militarization of the border is totally unnecessary, it is a ruse used to line the wallets of the prison industrial complex, the paymasters of most all of our elected officials. By their own admission, Border Patrol apprehensions are at historic lows, not because of the 22-thousand agents and numerous military aides such as drones, sensors, A-wax, spotter planes, helicopters, and budgets in the billions of dollars, not because of those efforts. The real reason is very simple, the US economy. So if we are bankrupt as a country and we need to cut services, maybe we can eliminate unnecessary personnel. It is laughable, government officials lying, trying to convince the public that really, we really have a pending security crisis. You can't believe anything government officials say. Numbers don't lie, but lair's do figures. Shameful.
The District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has a very serious credibility problem, as made evident during her mayoral race, and the rabid criticism of Bob Filner. She has committed serious flaws of judgement prioritizing cases to be tried by conviction outcomes. She proudly claims that she has the highest prosecution convictions of any the states DA's. She has tried murder suspects that were latter released and judged to be not guilty, she has failed to arrest and prosecute a husband that later killed his wife.
Sheriff Bill Gore seems to believe that lying or not disclosing the usage or number of drones owned by the Sheriff's department is considered to be the public's right to know. That kind of obfuscation should not be permitted by the San Diego taxpayers, he knows better. Both cases reflect the Republican mentality that the voters soundly rejected, lets hope that they too will soon be holding their farewell parties.
Sheer madness, more sophisticated toys for the boys, for the final leg of militarizing the border. Like the hundreds of billions of wasted tax dollars on the 40-year War on Drugs with no hope of ever winning. Hundreds of millions of dollars now being wasted by Homeland Security to fight a contrived enemy that can't be found and destroyed. An enemy being sought by 250-thousand Mexican soldiers, and 50-thousand Mexican Federal law enforcement agents, using the latest in American technology and assisted by the DEA, FBI, CIA, ICE, and US counterinsurgency elite military units. Just like under the Bush administration and the then Homeland Security Czar, Micheal Chert-off, as head of the agency he approved and ordered 1000's of x-ray machines for TSA to use at airports, we know know they are useless, then when he leaves the agency he goes to work for the company that sold the x-ray machines to Homeland Security. The only winners on the war on drugs and securing the border, are corrupted politicians, lobbyist, and their paymasters, the Military Industrial Complex, bleeding the taxpayer, of the last drop. Shameful, decadent and devoid of decency.
Very disappointing that Sen. Kehoe has withdrawn her audit request. She is one of the few elected officials that has continually challenged those seeking to violate the rights of the public. Her call for more transparency in government is welcomed, but as we have witnessed in Escondido, they work more effectively under a cover of darkness.
There should be a major protest by animal rights groups. Over a billion birds a year die as a result of slamming into glass buildings and windows. What has the wind power initiators done to insure bats, eagles, hawks, and other necessary bird species are sparred and protected? Nothing, and they won't. The County Board of Supervisors has a long history of siding with corporate interest over the public's interest. Evidenced by their collective Scrooge attitude in making Food Stamps accessible to a starving citizens, mostly elderly and children. If they won't make food more accessible to the hungry, they sure aren't going to lift a finger to save birds.
I want to thank Senator Kehoe for her attention to this most serious matter. Escondido needs more audits focusing on their blatant discriminatory policing and anti-Mexican, anti-immigrant policies and procedures. Mayor Sam Abed and Police Chief Jim Maher, can try and convince the public that their policies are not targeted at Mexican or Mexican looking people, but Sen. Kehoe, the ACLU, and former law enforcement officers know profiling when they see it. Shameful racist policies alive and well in Escondido, I for one will not spend a penny of my money in Escondido and have encouraged my friends and relatives to do the same.
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Filner Offers New Deal To TMD, TMD Rejects It
My hats off to Mayor Filner for trying to stop yet another corporate give away by Republicans, and one Democrat, to multimillionaire Republican hoteliers. If the voters of San Diego want to stop this "Good Ole Boy" corruption of the system, they have to become more vocal and more supportive of Mayor Filner. The voters of San Diego have to show their disgust with those elected officials that reward campaign contributors by passing anti-taxpayer measures. Many of the elected officials that put corporate interest above public interest, are up in arms, as are their financial allies. Mayor Filner has stirred a hornet's nest of the who's who of the power structure in San Diego. The final say as to who wins the final outcome, might rest temporarily in Republican judges hands, ultimately it will be in the hands of the voters who will decide if multimillionaires should be getting taxpayer subsidies. It's time to end socialism for the rich. Pigs eating at the public trough have to be put on a forced diet.
March 19, 2013 at 7:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Judge Tentatively Approves Funding Plan For San Diego Convention Center Expansion
Should the taxpaying public lose in this court to the multimillionaires, Mayor Filner should appeal. I would be more than willing to contribute to a legal fund to fight off the Republican leeches that think they are still in political control of the city coffers. Wake up, Jerry Sanders is long gone, and Carl DeMaio is still configuring his endless strategy of what public office he can buy. The snake in the grass is the City Attorney Jan Goldsmith. He is married to big business. Goldsmith is the worst City Attorney in recent memory, he has spent millions of taxpayer dollars referring out cases defending the city, and losing, and losing many of the the cases he has prosecuted. He won't protect the taxpayers cause he's to busy defending the money interest that got him into office. Mayor Filner has to hire his own attorney, one with proven experience and legal prominence, Filner has to defend himself from the Republican's and one Democrat on the city council, and defend against a City Attorney who should spend more time on city business rather than defending his corporate friends interest. interest.
March 11, 2013 at 1:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
San Diego Sends Convention Center Expansion To Court
It truly is amazing just how conniving the Republicans are. Mayor Pete Wilson gives major concessions to Ernie Hawn, and other major developers, while the infrastructure crumbled. Susan Golding gives taxpayer money to the Chargers, and bankrupts the city with her city pension taxpayer thievery to give to the Republican Convention. We won't even mention the "Quitter" another Republican mayoral scandal.Then there is Jerry Sanders, what a joke. A double dipping city pensioner, who wants to gut the city employee unions and pay. Signs a 30-million dollar give away to the hotel owners, guaranteed for 40-years, rushed thru the city council, all for the benefit of the "Good Ole Boy's" the monied elite that have run this city for 60-years. The Republicans have no shame, San Diegan's should boycott the hotels and the other welfare leeches of taxpayer dollars. The Republicans love to raid taxpayer money, but hate to contribute their share. Stop the welfare gravy train for the multimillionares, they should be forced to pay their own way. Give them hell, Mayor Filner!!!!
March 11, 2013 at 12:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Smoking And Guns At The Del Mar Fairground
As witnessed by the turn out, weapons control can be very effective if you restrict the ammo. Sensible weapons regulations like hiking the cost of ammo, decreasing ammo production, and allowing those harmed to sue the manufactures and those who sell them, would go a long way to curb the slaughter. Address the problem at its source, its origin and distribution. The more sensible the restriction, the louder the weapons proponents will scream foul. Better that they scream and cry themselves to sleep than to continue to helplessly watch our children being slaughtered.
March 11, 2013 at 11:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ICE Using New Tool For Detention Decisions
If ICE is releasing and has released "detainees" it obviously wasn't necessary to arrest and detain them to begin with. Fact is the Border Patrol, Customs, ICE, and the other unknown services and budgeting is nothing but a farce. The militarization of the border is totally unnecessary, it is a ruse used to line the wallets of the prison industrial complex, the paymasters of most all of our elected officials. By their own admission, Border Patrol apprehensions are at historic lows, not because of the 22-thousand agents and numerous military aides such as drones, sensors, A-wax, spotter planes, helicopters, and budgets in the billions of dollars, not because of those efforts. The real reason is very simple, the US economy. So if we are bankrupt as a country and we need to cut services, maybe we can eliminate unnecessary personnel. It is laughable, government officials lying, trying to convince the public that really, we really have a pending security crisis. You can't believe anything government officials say. Numbers don't lie, but lair's do figures. Shameful.
March 8, 2013 at 7:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Stronger Penalties For Gang-Related Crimes Proposed By San Diego Law Makers
The District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has a very serious credibility problem, as made evident during her mayoral race, and the rabid criticism of Bob Filner. She has committed serious flaws of judgement prioritizing cases to be tried by conviction outcomes. She proudly claims that she has the highest prosecution convictions of any the states DA's. She has tried murder suspects that were latter released and judged to be not guilty, she has failed to arrest and prosecute a husband that later killed his wife.
Sheriff Bill Gore seems to believe that lying or not disclosing the usage or number of drones owned by the Sheriff's department is considered to be the public's right to know. That kind of obfuscation should not be permitted by the San Diego taxpayers, he knows better. Both cases reflect the Republican mentality that the voters soundly rejected, lets hope that they too will soon be holding their farewell parties.
November 26, 2012 at 1:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Border Patrol Locks In Multi-Million Dollar Drone Contract
Sheer madness, more sophisticated toys for the boys, for the final leg of militarizing the border. Like the hundreds of billions of wasted tax dollars on the 40-year War on Drugs with no hope of ever winning. Hundreds of millions of dollars now being wasted by Homeland Security to fight a contrived enemy that can't be found and destroyed. An enemy being sought by 250-thousand Mexican soldiers, and 50-thousand Mexican Federal law enforcement agents, using the latest in American technology and assisted by the DEA, FBI, CIA, ICE, and US counterinsurgency elite military units. Just like under the Bush administration and the then Homeland Security Czar, Micheal Chert-off, as head of the agency he approved and ordered 1000's of x-ray machines for TSA to use at airports, we know know they are useless, then when he leaves the agency he goes to work for the company that sold the x-ray machines to Homeland Security. The only winners on the war on drugs and securing the border, are corrupted politicians, lobbyist, and their paymasters, the Military Industrial Complex, bleeding the taxpayer, of the last drop. Shameful, decadent and devoid of decency.
November 26, 2012 at 1:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Kehoe Withdraws Request To Audit Controversial Escondido Checkpoints
Very disappointing that Sen. Kehoe has withdrawn her audit request. She is one of the few elected officials that has continually challenged those seeking to violate the rights of the public. Her call for more transparency in government is welcomed, but as we have witnessed in Escondido, they work more effectively under a cover of darkness.
August 8, 2012 at 11:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tule Wind Project Up For Key Vote in San Diego
There should be a major protest by animal rights groups. Over a billion birds a year die as a result of slamming into glass buildings and windows. What has the wind power initiators done to insure bats, eagles, hawks, and other necessary bird species are sparred and protected? Nothing, and they won't. The County Board of Supervisors has a long history of siding with corporate interest over the public's interest. Evidenced by their collective Scrooge attitude in making Food Stamps accessible to a starving citizens, mostly elderly and children. If they won't make food more accessible to the hungry, they sure aren't going to lift a finger to save birds.
August 8, 2012 at 11:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Kehoe Withdraws Request To Audit Controversial Escondido Checkpoints
I want to thank Senator Kehoe for her attention to this most serious matter. Escondido needs more audits focusing on their blatant discriminatory policing and anti-Mexican, anti-immigrant policies and procedures. Mayor Sam Abed and Police Chief Jim Maher, can try and convince the public that their policies are not targeted at Mexican or Mexican looking people, but Sen. Kehoe, the ACLU, and former law enforcement officers know profiling when they see it. Shameful racist policies alive and well in Escondido, I for one will not spend a penny of my money in Escondido and have encouraged my friends and relatives to do the same.
August 7, 2012 at 6:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )