It is not hard to imagine that times like these are coming to America.  In our case it would be the Federal Reserve demanding that banks be shutdown for a short time so that 10% of all savings accounts could be extracted and used as a down payment on the debt we would be taking on. They would call it a "Bank Holiday".  Our politicians would come onto the television and tell us all about how close we were total meltdown.  They would tell us that because of bad investments the economy was dying and Anarchy was just around the corner.  They would tell us how bad they felt about having to make this decision and truly stand with the people.   This is what the people of Cyprus woke up to today.

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Gary Johnson appeared on the Daily to show to make his case for being better than President Obama on civil liberties, and better than Mitt Romney on fiscal issues.  Gary needs to poll at 15 % or more to be included in the presidential debates.  He's currently polling around 8%.  Let's share this with as many people as possible, and encourage everyone we know to consider selecting him in polls.

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Below is a link to a 9 minute professionally produced video from the REASON Foundation that details the fraud and dishonesty underlying the devastating new California laws against diesel engines.  It includes a rigged government agency (the California Air Resources Board a.k.a. CARB), with the story of the bogus PhD that authored the flawed report used as the basis for the new, crippling diesel regs.  It shows that the CARB process ignored solid science that drew different conclusions.  It gives a real world example of the coming destruction of small businesses,.  Finally, it details UCLA's shameful action of firing a tenured professor for providing a noninflammatory, detailed, scientific study debunking the core assumption driving these Draconian new laws. 

January 2, 2010: The SDLP executive committee recently voted to join the Coalition to Advance Fiscal Reforms.  This decision follows and is consistent with our previous recommendation to vote “No” on Proposition D.  It is important to understand that joining this movement does not require that we immediately support any specific proposal.  We reserve the right to take a formal position on any future proposal or ballot initiative.  It does mean that we understand the challenges that lie ahead, and that we are committed to providing a libertarian viewpoint as the issues are discussed and/or implemented.  We urge San Diego residents to read the Roadmap to Recovery and to participate in one of the remaining forums that Carl DeMaio will be hosting in the near future.  Information about the next two forums follows.   More Press Release: San Diego Libertarian Party joins the Coalition to Advance Fiscal Reforms »

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Short-term-rental fee illegal, lawsuit says

Class-action challenge claims city’s levy is actually a tax

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/19/short-term-rental-fee-illegal-lawsuit-says/

ENCINITAS — A landlord has filed a class-action lawsuit against Encinitas seeking to overturn the city’s annual fee on short-term rentals, calling it an illegal tax.

The effort is led by Edward Teyssier, a local libertarian leader and attorney who helped landlords in San Diego overturn a fee charged to businesses for processing taxes. Encinitas, a popular vacation spot, has many short-term-rental properties, defined as private homes rented for 30 days or less, usually to out-of-towners wanting to enjoy the coast.

The owners of short-term-rental properties already pay a 10 percent hotel tax. The permit fee for each unit is $150 per year, and is in addition to the tax.

Teyssier said the fee is actually another tax. Therefore, it should have been approved by a publ  More Short-term-rental fee illegal, lawsuit says »

Even though there are no radio stations per se in San Diego that are libertarian, except for MAYBE Roger Hedgecock, there are some around the country that you can stream.

One of which is an AM station in Pheonix, http://www.libertariansolution.com/