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Here’s more on the District 2 candidates — first in a video of the April 7 Ocean Beach Planning Board meeting where 3 candidates were questioned, and second, in interviews of 3 candidates by the editor of Explore Clairemont, an online platform.
— here. Only three were present as per plan by the OBPB. They will interview others at the next board meeting. [Video is not the best, but audio and captions work well.]
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D2StaysBlue on More Spotlights on the District 2 Candidates: OB Planning Board Video and Interviews by ‘Explore Clairemont’: “For those who don’t want to sit through the full interviews, here’s a quick recap of what our good friend…” Apr 15, 13:49
Paul W Krueger on Raise Your Voice (or Keyboard) to Get San Diego City Council to Reform Downtown Parking Meter Rates — Thursday, April 16 — UPDATED: “Here’s the cut-and-paste link to the Committee agenda. It has detailed information on the proposal to reform the parking meter…” Apr 15, 13:37
chris schultz on A (Brief) Reader Rant: ‘My April Property Tax Bill Increased by Over $500 Due to the Added Trash Fee’: “A silly response. No private hauler is paying more. Your HOA is failing you and you don’t know it. So…” Apr 15, 13:24
Norman DeWitt on A (Brief) Reader Rant: ‘My April Property Tax Bill Increased by Over $500 Due to the Added Trash Fee’: “I read the notice and mailed it in. Finding the protest form buried deep within (pg 5, you had to…” Apr 15, 12:47
JReader on A New Savior Making People Better: “Excellent satire! Also, Iran has mocked him with an amazing response https://www.facebook.com/firstpostin/videos/iran-mocks-donald-trump-with-viral-jesus-video-after-deleted-ai-posta-deleted-ai/3005109776349556/” Apr 15, 12:35 chris schultz on Mayor Gloria Proposes the Worst Budget for San Diego Since Jerry Sanders: “Oh those pension payments just keep on keeping on. Let the lame duck mayor eat this. Clean house and reconfigure.” Apr 15, 11:55
cindi l on A (Brief) Reader Rant: ‘My April Property Tax Bill Increased by Over $500 Due to the Added Trash Fee’: “Back in 2021 when Elo-Tax-Man-Rivera conjured up this fee, the involved financial calculations were a fraction of what has been…” Apr 15, 11:40 chris schultz on A New Savior Making People Better: “That’s a doctor laying hands on Jon Stewart.” Apr 15, 11:23
Mel on A (Brief) Reader Rant: ‘My April Property Tax Bill Increased by Over $500 Due to the Added Trash Fee’: “My private trash service costs more than the city charges. My question to you was, if the trash fee is…” Apr 15, 11:09 chris schultz on Independent Review Exposes San Diego’s ‘Bloated Bureaucracy’ of Middle Managers and Insufficient Spending on Infrastructure: “Comical you advocate for a bloated city hall paying 200K + pension per person while you complain of inequity from…” Apr 15, 10:38 Norman DeWitt on A (Brief) Reader Rant: ‘My April Property Tax Bill Increased by Over $500 Due to the Added Trash Fee’: “It’s yet another example of governmental bait & switch. I did not need new trash cans but every expense from…” Apr 15, 09:01
Frank Gormlie on The San Diego Community Coalition: A Year of Empowerment: “Kate and Paul are some of the most savvy people I’ve met and are on top of San Diego’s politics.” Apr 15, 08:55
Robin Bregman on The San Diego Community Coalition: A Year of Empowerment: “BRAVO…Outstanding community activism led by citizens who truly care about San Diego. These efforts will hopefully have a lasting impact…” Apr 15, 08:44 D2StaysBlue on Fun and Games With Richard Bailey, Candidate for District 2: New PAC and a Political Parody: “Yeah, I do talk about being upfront with people who are running for office. Seems like a higher bar for…” Apr 15, 08:17
Chris on Fun and Games With Richard Bailey, Candidate for District 2: New PAC and a Political Parody: “Tho I’m no fan of Richard Bailey because he’s exactly what everyone accuses him of, whenever his name comes in…” Apr 15, 08:10
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For those who don’t want to sit through the full interviews, here’s a quick recap of what our good friend MAGA Mayor Bailey had to say –
On Sanctuary Cities
“Opposed.”
On Transparency
“I have so many publicly stated positions on so many issues that I think it would be really hard for… someone to accuse me of not being on the record on an issue and then you know, you know, of hiding… where I really stand on issues.” (Weird how he won’t go on the record of who he voted for in the last three presidential campaigns huh??)
On Climate Action Goals
“When the city can’t fill potholes, the notion that the city is actually going to somehow reduce the earth’s temperatures through our actions is just absurd to me. I love the environment…however, all these burdensome regulations that don’t actually improve the environment but do increase the cost of living…actually make San Diego less enjoyable to live.”
So, again, he’s anti-sanctuary city (so clearly pro-ICE then!), doesn’t believe we should as a city do anything about climate change and says that he’s got so many publicly stated positions that no one could accuse him of not being on the record… when he refuses to say he who he voted for for president in any interview (but will say in the comments of the Rag that he did not vote for Kamala).
Guys, if it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck and looks like a duck, it’s a duck. And in this case D2 simply will not bring back 2010’s San Diego Republicanism on the back of a MAGA Trump loving carpetbagger who clearly has not changed his ideology, only his political identification because he thinks D2 voters are gullible idiots. Seeing him, and every other GOP member across the country, lose this year will be joyous.