Is there adequate oversight for drones?
Illegal Immigration and the State of the Union
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/13/tp-immigration-less-of-a-topic-than-activists/
Illegal Immigration
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/30/tp-obama-presses-immigration-plan/
What the President should be talking about at the State of the Union 2013
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/09/politics-panel-state-of-union/
January 13,2013 San Diego Union Tribune Political Panel
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/14/politicspanel/?page=2#article
September 2, 2012
August 31, 2012
August 16,2012
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/aug/16/tp-crowds-start-applying-to-remain-in-the-us/
August 15, 2012
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/aug/15/deportation-waiver-program-starts-certain-illegal-/
July 29, 2012
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jul/29/tp-who-should-mitt-romney-pick-for-his-running/
August 30, 2012
I was asked to participate in "hang out " with the New York Times today. I was able to talk to 5 other women from around the country, most Democrats on whether or not there was a "war on women" in the GOP or the country.
Here is the link to this taped interview:
- NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/08/30/opinion/voters-a-war-on-women.html
Central Library Hosts Grassroots Forum On U.S. Constitution
Ongoing Library Civic Programs to Foster Public Conversation
about the Constitution
Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2012 5:00 pm | Updated: 3:44 pm,
Thu Jul 26, 2012.
The San Diego Public Library will host a Grassroots
Community Forum on the U.S. Constitution on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 6:30
p.m. at the at the Central Library located at 820 E Street in downtown San
Diego. The forum will include Clare Crawford of the Center on Policy
Initiatives, Dawn Wildman of the SoCal Tax Revolt Coalition, and Martin Eder of
Activist San Diego. Each speaker will address how the work done by their
organization is informed by the Constitution. Attorney and librarian Pat Mundy
will moderate the program, presented in conjunction with the multi-month
library project, Searching for Democracy: A Public Conversation about the
Constitution. (See more information at
http://www.calhum.org/programs/searching-for-democracy )
Searching for Democracy brings together people from diverse
backgrounds to attend and discuss the Constitution at programs including
lectures, book discussions, films, digital stories, and performance. Young and
old, rich and poor, new citizens and long-term residents will have the
opportunity to openly explore the understanding of our American heritage and
citizenry. The endeavor will also afford individual library patrons a greater
understanding of the Library’s vast collection of Constitution related titles
and digital resources.
The Center on Policy Initiatives (CPI) is a nonprofit
research and advocacy center dedicated to the interests of working people in
the San Diego region. Through research, community organizing and public
education, CPI seeks policy changes that promote economic justice by ending
working poverty and increasing access to good jobs.
The SoCal Tax Revolt Coalition is a platform for taxpayers
to have a voice and unite in strength to advocate for constitutionally-based
free-market principles, which protect our freedoms and the future security of
our children.
Activist San Diego is the Yellow Pages for the community of
conscience helping progressive activists meet and mobilize. As a networked
community resource, it provides services for progressive activists including a
community calendar to locate local events, flyer distribution, coalition
building, and a web destination for smaller organizations that do not have web
pages or means to economically creating them.
Note: Neither Library sponsorship nor hosting constitutes an
endorsement of the content or the views expressed by the participants.
Learn about the Constitution series and other events at the
San Diego Public Library’s Central Library and 35 branches, find links to
numerous additional resources, and search for materials in the Library’s
catalog online at www.sandiegolibrary.gov.
- NYTimesPOLITICAL PULSE
WHO SHOULD MITT ROMNEY PICK FOR HIS RUNNING MATE AND WHY?
By Union-Tribune
12:01 a.m., July 29, 2012
Updated 9:37 p.m. , July 27, 2012
That’s one of the big questions of the presidential campaign this summer. Some on our panel of political observers laid it out there and named someone, while a couple didn’t go that far but said what Romney should be looking for.
Michel Anderson
Business consultant,
Republican
Mitt Romney should pick Ohio Sen. Rob Portman as his running mate. Portman’s selection would be a safe pick. He is a consummate Washington insider having served in the first Bush administration (White House counsel), the second Bush administration (U.S. trade representative and director of the Office of Management and Budget) and as a six-term congressman. Significantly, Portman is from a must-win state for Romney and although Portman may not guarantee a Romney victory in Ohio, his presence on the ticket allows Romney to campaign in other critical battleground states in the closing days of the campaign.
Donna Frye
Former San Diego City Council member, open government advocate,
Democrat
Mitt Romney should choose someone who is competent, experienced, well-educated, actually understands how government works, has a record of solving problems, and acts in the best interest of our country instead of simply engaging in partisan politics. Maine Sens. Susan Collins or Olympia Snowe would be excellent choices, appealing to moderate Republicans and independents. However, to assure the re-election of President Obama, and as a special gift to late-night talk show hosts, Romney should follow John McCain’s lead and put a loose cannon on the ticket.
Ron Nehring
Former chairman of the San Diego and California Republican parties
Choosing a running mate is the first governing decision for a presidential candidate. In 2000, then-Gov. George W. Bush chose Dick Cheney not because of the impact Cheney would have on the Electoral College map, but rather because he believed Cheney would serve as the best governing partner. With this choice, Bush fundamentally changed the criteria by which vice presidential candidates should be chosen. Romney should consider a leader who can serve as a powerful advocate for his policies while carrying significant weight in directing the executive branch.
Sam Popkin
UC San Diego political scientist, Author of “The Candidate: What it takes to win — and Hold — The White House,” Democrat
Mitt Romney will try to pick a vice presidential candidate who helps him back onto his original message and away from the changes he made fighting Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. Unlike Ronald Reagan in 1980, Bill Clinton in 1992, or George W. Bush in 2000, his challengers were farther from the center. As a result, Gov. Romney had to make bigger concessions to the hard-core of the party than the others and those concessions increased concerns about his character and policies.
Dawn Wildman
SoCal Tax Revolt Coalition president, CA Tea Party Groups Coalition, Decline-to-state
My first inclination is to choose Mitch Daniels as a great VP pick but considering the strategy that seems to come with the territory I fear we will not get a hard-core economic realist. Without a person who will have the president’s back on the tough decisions I fear the status quo spending addiction will continue in Washington. If Romney does not pick a person with business acumen we will be looking at the same kind of economic policies that we currently have in Congress. We need our president and vice president to be true leaders in these tough economic times!
Compiled by Michael Smolens • U-T; Eduardo Contreras & Earnie Grafton • U-T Photos
Special report: Tea Party grassroots army readies for battle
Thanks to all the Patriots who came out and volunteered yesterday to collect signatures. Special thanks to Assemblymen Martin Garrick (Carlsbad) and Brian Jones (Santee), and Assembly Patriot candidate Sherry Hodges
http://www.kusi.com/video?clipId=6548156&autostart=true
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-a-revolt-against-the-dream-act-20111214,0,6476583.story
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/dec/14/campaign-to-repeal-financial-aid-for-immigrants/
Temple of MUT article and LaDona Harvery podcast
DooDooEconmics Blog on Dream Act repeal
http://blog.doodooecon.com/2011/12/san-diego-tea-party-helps-stop-dream.html
The Nation article:
http://www.thenation.com/blog/163129/rick-perry-tea-party-front-runner
LA Times:
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/03/nation/la-na-tea-party-targets-20111004
The Nation:
http://www.thenation.com/blog/163021/tea-party-senate-primary-campaigns-watch