Posts Tagged ‘Sun’

Munson on the Ballot: NO on Proposition 14

After reading the Inland Newspapers endorsement of Proposition 14 in the Bulletin and the Sun, I feel compelled to communicate why opposing Proposition 14 would be the best choice. Proposition 14 will do little to change the political climate in California where interests as such as diverse as the Green Party and the Republican Party are against this ballot measure.

Proposition 14 will take rights away from political parties where they will lose the right to select who would be their nominee for the November election. This measure will allow candidates to run under any ballot label or none at all which would confuse voters for political gain. If you do not like the candidates running in a particular contest you will only have a choice between choice 1 and choice 2, write-in choices will be prohibited under Proposition 14, just as well as third parties because people will feel they do not want to waste their vote because only two choices in the general election. Read more…

iePolitics: What does the Sun owe to county politicians?

I will not publish the Sun‘s endorsements here.  You will have to look for them yourself.  I am completely disgusted with them.  You can tell there was no point in challengers even bothering to show up.

For a paper that sometimes rails against county corruption, one would think all Board of Supervisors-appointed incumbents would be looked at as suspect.  But the paper is endorsing incumbents across the board, except maybe superintendent as that has yet to be announced.  Instead of being a watchdog for the public, it has become a lapdog for the Board of Supervisors and appointed officials. Read more…

iePolitics: Shame on the Sun and Redlands Daily Facts

When I attended last night’s Tea Party Meet and Greet, I was not particularly surprised to see Don Kurth there with his campaign manager, Jessica Austin.  I wasn’t even too surprised to see Jessica’s best friend and room mate there, Chantal Lovell.

I met Chantal a couple of years ago when I volunteered a little time at Assemblyman Paul Cook’s campaign headquarters.  She is a very nice girl. Read more…

InlandPolitics Commentary: Is The Sun newspaper feeling criticism?

It looks like The Sun newspaper is feeling a little self-conscious these days.

Editor Frank Pine, the subject of much criticism on this blog over the past several months for his rose-colored glasses when it comes to his newspapers non-reporting of stories for which they have facts in hand is trying to defend his actions.

Are Pine’s rose-colored glasses the problem? Or is there an agenda?

It sure hurts when questions like this become focused on a local newspaper. Read more…