Politics

LETTER TO EDITOR: Carl DeMaio kicks off job creation initiative dubbed "Pathway to Prosperity"

Jeff Powell - Carl DeMaio staff
August 5th, 2011

From the man who brought San Diego the 90-page "Roadmap to Recovery" plan to fix city finances comes the "Pathway to Prosperity," an initiative to get San Diegans back to work through job creation.

Councilmember Carl DeMaio this week kicked off a four-month effort to advance what he calls "cutting edge ideas that will make San Diego the leader in innovation, entrepreneurship, and job creation."

"We need to get San Diegans back to work - and I'm aggressively pursuing ideas to make city government a help, rather than a hindrance, to economic recovery in our region," commented DeMaio.

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Political Update with VIDEO: New financial figures in mayoral race, plus national and international candidate firsts and resignations

Esther Rubio-Sheffrey - SDGLN Staff Writer
August 3rd, 2011

The newly released campaign financial figures from San Diego’s top four-mayoral candidates show the Republicans far ahead of the sole Democrat, Bob Filner. Additionally, find out who is taking part in the first mayoral debate.

Charlotte, N.C., may elect its first LGBT city councilmember, and two prominent openly-gay candidates drop out of big races, the mayoral race in Portland and the presidential race in Ireland.

San Diego mayoral campaigns

Political Update: The future of district 3 and Todd Gloria, plus a special update from Bonnie Dumanis

Esther Rubio-Sheffrey - SDGLN Staff Writer
July 27th, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- This week's look at politics evaluates the fate of district three based on the redistricting committee's recently released preliminary map, plus we hear from mayoral candidate, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, on the recent changes in her campaign.

Councilmember Todd Gloria has resided in the City Heights neighborhood for the past 10 years, but if the redistricting commission adopts the proposed changes, Gloria is prepared to move from his home on Cherokee Point.

LETTER TO COMMUNITY: Anti-gay group launches effort to overturn the FAIR act

Roland Palencia - Executive Director of Equality California
July 18th, 2011

Dear Friends,

It's disheartening, but not surprising. On Friday, anti-equality advocates submitted paperwork to ask voters to overturn SB 48 -- the FAIR (Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, Respectful) Education Act.

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Political Update: Money, money, money! Campaign candidates begin releasing financial figures

Esther Rubio-Sheffrey - SDGLN Staff Writer
July 18th, 2011

If it is true that money talks, then when it comes to political campaigns, money buys, or at least that is how a cynical voter may see things. However, one needs only tp remember Jerry Brown’s recent victory over Meg Whitman for California governor as an indication that the richest candidate does not always win – but it does help.

With the first official month of campaigning over city and nationwide, many candidates are releasing the monetary sums raised by their campaigns, giving us a small glimpse of things to come.

San Diego

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COMMENTARY on Pride: It’s the little things that matter

Toni Atkins - California State Assemblymember
July 15th, 2011

Pride weekend is about celebrating who we are in a big way. The parade and festival make up the biggest civic event in the City of San Diego.

The parties are more numerous and bigger than at any time of the year. Celebrities entertain us and politicians pass resolutions. The floats and the crowds are bigger. Heck, even the bouffant hairdos are bigger.

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COMMENTARY: Anti-gay group decides slave children weren't really better off

Robert Steinback – Hatewatch blog at Southern Poverty Law Center
July 14th, 2011

All right, all right, so maybe the black family wasn’t better off during slavery. That’s the latest from a religious right organization that meant to attack same-sex marriage.

Will San Diegans elect a gay Republican mayor?

Esther Rubio-Sheffrey - SDGLN Staff Writer
July 11th, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- Records show there has been just over 50 openly gay mayors throughout U.S. history. The elections of almost all of the mayors were historical in their own right because many of them were the first openly gay candidates to win the majority vote in their respective cities.

U.S. Rep. David Nicola Cicilline, a Democrat, served as mayor of Providence, R.I., from 2003 through 2011. He was the first gay mayor of a U.S. state capital.

Sam Adams was elected mayor of Portland, Ore., in 2008 and became the first openly gay mayor of a top 30 U.S. city.

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COMMENTARY: Visiting hours on the cusp of Medicare reform

Kit-Bacon Gressitt – SDGLN Contributor
July 11th, 2011

He arrives after morning service, having thanked God for another day in an upright position. He stops at the nurse’s station, not to check in but rather to greet whomever is on duty by first name, applaud the glorious weather, ask about the family, chuckle over the latest joke and say something as sweet and charming as his tousled white hair and proper bow tie.

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COMMENTARY: NOM is skating on thin ice

Fred Karger - Cross-posted from alan.com
July 8th, 2011

Editor's note: Fred Karger, seeking the Republican nomination for president, is the first openly gay candidate of a major party to do so. Political candidates are entitled to two commentaries per month on SDGLN.

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