San Diego, CALIF.- The push to tax pot could be a big money generator for the city of San Diego if a statewide proposition passes.

If California voters approve Proposition 64, which would make it legal for adults to use marijuana, Measure N, if it passes, would impose a sales tax on businesses that sell marijuana for recreational use.

You have heard this story before: the system is broken and a majority of Americans are feeling their voice doesn't matter.

Dylan Ratigan points out that "We've got the two least popular presidential candidates in modern American history and less than ten percent of us voted for either of them in the primary process. The system of how we vote for president is clearly broken."

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San Diego, CALIF.- Measure E is one of those charter amendments that everyone seems to be supporting.  The measure would make it easier to remove and replace elected city officials who’ve committed crimes or other wrongdoing.

It states the mayor, city attorney and City Council members must be removed from their job if they're convicted of a felony, found civilly liable for fraud or declared incapacitated by a court.

The measure would also create a new process to remove elected city officials convicted of certain misdemeanors.

Measure D Could Answer SDSU's Needs

San Diego, CALIF.- If there was a shred of doubt as to whether the San Diego Chargers would reconsider a move back to Mission Valley and Qualcomm Stadium, Chargers owner Dean Spanos put those doubts to rest with a resounding NO.

In a recent interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board, Spanos was quoted as saying "I am not a believer in Mission Valley."

I've had a lot of discussions off and on for years about people using a phrase similar to, 'If you're not happy with things in the U.S., then just get out.'

Increasingly, a small ilk has been using this type of rhetoric, even with the irony that they are some of the most vocal dissenters of our national government.

But the issue of Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the National Anthem, followed by many others repeating similar moves of protest has sparked many, many instances of people employing this statement.

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If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my 43 years, it’s that most things of importance are complex and that the world is filled with nuance. The way we talk politics in the US, however, doesn’t allow for much of this complexity and nuance. We oversimplify things. We generalize. We hyperbolize. If you’re on the left, it’s, “How could they be so racist, stupid and selfish?” If you’re on the right, it’s, “Why are they trying to destroy America?”

There’s a big problem with the phone polls carried out by the major networks: They only represent the one percent of American voters who are willing to answer an unknown number.

Maine voters appear ready to change the way they elect public officials for statewide and federal offices, according to new surveys. Polling suggests that the more voters know about Question 5, the ballot initiative to implement ranked choice voting, the more likely they are to vote for it.

San Diego, CALIF.- As a state, region and community we desperately need more quality jobs and housing options for our growing population. I am proud to say, Lilac Hills Ranch, the development that’s at the heart of the Yes on B campaign, will do those two important things.

Lilac Hills Ranch will create more than a thousand jobs annually for our community. More than half of those jobs will be permanent, the other half will be high-quality construction jobs that could last as many as 10 to 15 years.

This would serve as a critical shot in the arm for our region.

As we stare down the barrel of one of the ugliest general elections for president of our lifetime, maybe a look back at what brought us to this point would be worthwhile. During the primaries, it was quite a spectacle on the Republican side, as 17 “Republican” candidates shoe-horned themselves into the Grand Old Party.  To be viable, these candidates were forced to choose one of the two parties that have elected all of our presidents since 1860.