Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Retired congressman Duncan L. Hunter spoke at Tuesday’s San Diego launch of a political action committee to promote national security.
Cuts being proposed in the defense budget “will be the greatest tragedy of the Obama administration,” former congressman Duncan L. Hunter said Tuesday in launching a new super PAC and national association dedicated to America’s security and national defense. Hunter, father of the current congressman and former chair of the House Armed Services Committee, made his comments at a press conference overlooking the USS Midway in San Diego, said Fight 4 America. “The cuts will result in 200,000 soldiers and Marines being cut, Navy ships being reduced to the point that China will become dominant in the Western Pacific and leaving American military personnel with inadequate equipment for years to come,” Hunter said, according to a news release. …
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Below is a summary of what is due to occur at this week's Council meeting. The La Mesa City Coucil will move to approve a resolution that would ammend the Municpal Code to allow for small-scale breweries and wine makers to operate within appropriate industrial and commercial zones. The current zoning ordinance prohibits the manufacturing or bottling of alcohol. Given the changing nature of this industry, the council will consider whether allowing micro-breweries and small-scale wine making operations a desired entity within the community. The Council will also hear resolutions approving the City of La Mesa's FY 2013-17 Regional Transportation Improvement Programs and TransNet program for local street imporvements. The projects proposed in …
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Organizers of the Fight 4 America super PAC plan to unveil television commercials that focus on defense budgets under President Barack Obama.
A new political action committee that plans to promote a vigorous national defense strategy is set to launch in San Diego Tuesday. Organizers of the Fight 4 America super PAC plan to unveil television commercials that focus on defense budgets under President Barack Obama. The board of directors includes former Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-El Cajon, who for years was the GOP leader of the House Armed Services Committee, and Republican political strategist Ed Rollins. Hunter served the 52nd congressional district in California, which includes La Mesa, Mount Helix and Spring Valley, and is now represented by his son Duncan D. Hunter. A mission statement from Fight 4 America says the organization wants to keep "America's defenses strong, ready and …
Citizens can register to vote online.
Monday is the last day to register to vote in the June 5 primary election. Residents who are unregistered, have moved, changed their party preference, or changed their name can print out a form online, fill it out and mail it as long it is postmarked by Monday or dropped off at the Registrar of Voters office at 5201 Ruffin Road in Kearny Mesa. Registration forms can also be found at U.S. post offices, public libraries, city clerk offices and the Department of Motor Vehicles. The June 5 ballot includes the presidential primary, the race for mayor of San Diego, and the first open seat on the county Board of Supervisors since the mid-1990s. San Diego County Registrar of Voters Deborah Seiler said nonpartisan registrants will not be able to …
Friday, May 18, 2012
The County won the award for its Capital Improvement Program, which has paid $872 million in cash for millions of square feet of new infrastructure projects.
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Friday, May 18
The County of San Diego made the following announcement on Thursday, May 17, 2012: The San Diego County Taxpayers Association honored the County Wednesday night with a Grand Golden Watchdog award for saving taxpayers nearly $1.5 billion. The County won the award for its Capital Improvement Program, which has paid $872 million in cash for millions of square feet of new infrastructure projects. By avoiding interest on the projects, the county will save the public about $1.46 billion over the next 30 years. At the same time, the projects will create an estimated 18,000 new jobs through 2016. “Paying in cash just makes sense and reflects the County’s business-like approach,” said County Chief Administrative Officer Walt Ekard, who accepted the…
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Witness to 2010 SUV plunge off Carlsbad cliff sought $256,000 from Chargers great in June 2011.
Updated at 1:25 p.m. May 21, 2012 Six days before killing himself, Junior Seau was being represented in a downtown San Diego courtroom by an attorney fending off a personal-injury lawsuit. According to court documents, Murray Lea sought $256,000 from Seau as compensatory damages in connection with Seau’s 2010 SUV plunge off a Carlsbad cliff. Lea says he was close enough to the car he could have grabbed the door handle, but injured himself jumping away. He listed a San Marcos address in the lawsuit, but now says he is homeless—living out of a van on Coast Highway and fearing for his life as a result of publicity about the case. “I’m suing a dead legend for a quarter-million dollars,” Lea noted Thursday afternoon from his car in Carlsbad. …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
La Mesa-Spring Valley District Superintendent Brian Marshall says the district faces a $3M reduction in its budget following the release of Gov. Jerry Brown's revised budget this week.
Gov. Jerry Brown's revised state budget proposal released Monday increases the stakes of a public vote in November to raise taxes, a San Diego Unified School District official said. Local school officials have been waiting for the "May revise" to judge the impact of lower-than-expected state revenues on funding for education. "Nothing has improved for K-12 education in the May revise, which is what we expected," said Bernie Rhinerson, the SDUSD chief of staff. Based on the governor's original budget proposal in January, the state's second-largest school district expected to lose around $40 million if the tax increases fail at the ballot box, Rhinerson said. He said the new numbers still need to be crunched, but the revision could raise the…
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Monday, May 14, 2012
May 21 is deadline in San Diego County for registering to vote in the upcoming election.
San Diego County residents wanting to vote in the June 5 primary must register by May 21. If you’re not sure if you are registered, you can check your status online. This year’s ballot will feature open primaries, in which the top two vote-getters in state or federal races advance to the November election—no matter what party they represent. Citizens can register on the County of San Diego Registrar of Voters website or at one of the following locations: For more information, visit the Registrar of Voters website.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
City was 37.8 percent Democrat, 33.9 percent Republican and 22.4 percent unaffiliated on April 30.
La Mesa has a slightly higher percentage of Democratic voters than Republicans, according to voter registration data released this week. Affirming the city’s bipartisan status ahead of the June 5 primary election, the county Registrar of Voters Office said Democrats outnumbered the GOP here 11,520 to 10,332 as of April 30. With 30,7458 registered voters, La Mesa has 6,841 declining to identify themselves by any party. The next-biggest affiliation in La Mesa is the American Independent Party, with 1,053 members, say the figures (attached). Then come the Libertarian Party (245) and the Green Party (200). By percentage, the city is 37.8 percent Democrat, 33.9 percent Republican and 22.4 percent not listing a preference. In 2010, the U.S. …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The climate protection measures took place in 12 different categories, including global warming emissions, fuel and energy efficiency, green building, and more.
It was a relatively uneventful – and given the nature of the last few meetings – a relatively non-contentious gathering of the La Mesa City Council on Tuesday, as the council heard an updated report on the city's climate protection initiatives from city staff. Scott Munzenmaier, an administrative analyst for the city, walked the council and attendees through a 20-minute presentation detailing the city's efforts at protecting the environment in each of 12 different categories: global warming emissions related to city operations, land use policies, transportation, clean energy, energy efficiency, appliance efficiency, green building designs, fleet fuel efficiency, wastewater treatment, public education, urban forestry and recycling. The …
Dave Patterson
3:37 pm on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Here's the guy that wrote a book on how we won the Iraq war and helped bankrupt the nation, announcing that they are starting a PAC, i.e. lobbying function, to promote government spending on the private sector to protect us from something that they can't really define. How pathetic! more ›