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Teacher's Union Pounding Mitz Lee

By North Pole | 10/22/08

I turned on the television tonight and right away there was an add from, I believe, the teacher's union pounding San Diego Unified School Boardmember Mitz Lee. I don't know much about Mitz, but I know she is a Republican so some of the assertions, like that she fired classroom teachers to hire administrative staff, sounded hollow. If I didn't know who she was at all though that attack might move me to vote against her.   On another note... read more »

News from the North

By North Pole | 10/17/08

Looks like the police union is pasting up signs all over San Diego's First District for Sherri Lightner. The problem? The residents of the 1st have a very aggresive policy about what they consider litter. The cops just kicked a bee's nest. read more »

DeMaio v. Cushman

By North Pole | 10/13/08

Anyone read the exchange in City Beat between incoming north county San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio and Port Commissioner Steve Cushman? Something tells me these two aren't going on vacation together any time soon. read more »

North County Times Endorsements In Oceanside

By North Pole | 10/06/08

It's Wood, Feller, and Gibson.   EDITORIAL: Wood, Feller, Gibson best for Oceanside OUR VIEW: Oceanside needs strong team for future By North County Times Opinion staff | Sunday, October 5, 2008 12:19 AM PDT Promoting business growth, development and investment in Oceanside needs to be maintained and re-inforced, especially given the difficult economic times the nation is now in.Thus we urge city voters to re-elect Mayor Jim Wood, who... read more »

From the Stalin Files...

By North Pole | 10/02/08

Another great article (read here) from the Voice of San Diego talking about the San Diego School Board that passed a policy that says (from the Voice):   School board members "will not publicly express individual negative judgments about superintendent and staff performance," the rule reads. "Any such judgments of superintendent or staff performance will be expressed in executive session." They must also "respect decisions of the board... read more »

Thalheimer in the Mail in La Jolla

By North Pole | 09/30/08

There is mail from 1st District candidate Phil Thalheimer in mailboxes in La Jolla today I emailed Mighty Thor with instructions on how to post it on here. Mail talks about crime and the budget. I'll post it if Thor wakes up and sends me instructions... read more »

North County Congressman Darrell Issa #3 Richest

By North Pole | 09/22/08

Saw a link in Flashreport this morning to a Rollcall article about the richest Congressmen. Our own Darrell Issa is number three on the list. Congressman Brian Bilbray and soon to be Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr. did not make the list. Read the whole article here and here is the section on Issa:   3. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) $160.62 million The Golden State lawmaker added $2 million to his bottom line in 2007, increasing his... read more »

UT Savages Oceanside "Troika"

By North Pole | 09/16/08

Today's UT Editorial savages the "Oceanside Union Three" of Mayor Jim Wood, Councilwoman Esther Sanchez, and Councilwoman Shari Mackin. Mackin has, of course been eliminted from the council and replaced with a solid Republican. Wood is in a toss-up fight for re-election against Republican Councilman Chavez. Sanchez is up this time in a field of, I believe, four. Personally I think the Council race is most important. Wood is fairly harmless if... read more »

Liberal Mouthpiece Olbermann Demoted

By North Pole | 09/08/08

Ouch! Feel the burn, baby. It would be even better if anyone actually watched MSNBC...   MSNBC SAYS OLBERMANN, MATTHEWS WON"T ANCHOR By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer 1 hour, 20 minutes ago NEW YORK - MSNBC is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of political night coverage with David Gregory, and will use the two newsmen as commentators. The change reflects tensions between the freewheeling, opinionated MSNBC... read more »

Who is Chuck Lowrey?

By North Pole | 09/05/08

Who is Chuck Lowrey, candidate for Oceanside City Council? As I research candidates for local political office for this blog I sometimes strike gold. This is one of those times. It's not at all clear from his website what Lowrey's political affiliations are. So I dug a little deeper. Sometimes you can judge a person better by who, for instance, they give political money to. Look here - Lowrey has given thousands to liberal Democrats and liberal... read more »