Richard Rider

Biography of Richard Rider
(Updated October, 2012)
San Diego, CA
Phone: (858) 530-3027
E-mail: RRider92131@Gmail.com
Blog:
www.RiderRants.blogspot.com/
AGE: 67
EDUCATION: B.A. Economics, University of North Carolina, 1968
MILITARY SERVICE: Commander, Supply Corps, U. S. Naval Reserve, retired after 26 years (four years active, the rest in the reserve). Vietnam veteran, but never stationed in-country.
OCCUPATION: Retired stockbroker and financial planner. Lifetime member of the International Association of Financial Planners. Retired business owner.
AFFILIATION:
• Chairman, San Diego Tax Fighters
• National Taxpayers Union
• Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
• San Diego County Taxpayers Association
• Republican Party
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES:
• Successfully sued the county of San Diego (Rider vs. County of San Diego) to force a rollback of an illegal 1/2-cent jails sales tax, a precedent that saved California taxpayers over $14 billion, including $3.5 billion for San Diego taxpayers.
• Actively supported a variety of tax-cutting ballot initiatives, including Proposition 13. Has written ballot arguments against dozens of county and state tax increase initiatives.
• County co-chair of both California term limit initiatives (Prop 140 and Prop 164).
• Libertarian Party candidate for governor in 1994.
• Candidate for the 3rd District County Supervisor in 1992 (third place among six candidates with about 20% of the vote).
• 1993 – Appointed to (and then elected chair of) the San Diego County Social Services Advisory Board.
• 1996 – Appointed as a Commissioner on the California Constitution Revision Commission by state Assembly Speaker Kurt Pringle.
• Has been involved in legal actions against City of San Diego to force a citizen vote on issuing bonds for Qualcomm stadium expansion, convention center, baseball ballpark and other projects.
• 2005 – Unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of San Diego, though his reform ideas have since taken hold.
• 2007 – Columnist for NORTH COUNTY TIMES and SAN DIEGO DAILY TRANSCRIPT
• 2009 – Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association’s “California Tax Fighter of the Year.” Largely as a result, the San Diego City Council declared 4 October, 2009 “Richard Rider Day.”
2012 -- Guest on Fox Business Network. Regular weekly commenter on XETV-6 TV news.
FAMILY: Married. Wife, Diane, is a retired public high school teacher. Two sons, ages 33 and 28.
Posts by Richard Rider:
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COVID-19 kills men FAR more often than women. But what if it were the other way around?,
07 Feb 2021 in Blog Posts
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One CA city successfully replaced their $240K firefighters with part-timers and trained volunteers,
26 Jan 2021 in Blog Posts
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With the Democrats gaining full control, 2021 will be the Year of the Lemon. But here’s some lemonade I just concocted. Enjoy!,
07 Jan 2021 in Blog Posts
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If lockdowns reduce COVID-19, why is “open state” Florida doing so much better than CA?,
03 Jan 2021 in Blog Posts
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How we geezers (my wife and I) lessen the risks when we have home visitors,
27 Dec 2020 in Blog Posts
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DEC 16 San Diego should book their homeless on luxury cruises. It would cost less!,
16 Dec 2020 in Blog Posts
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The surprisingly GOOD news in the California election results,
06 Nov 2020 in Blog Posts
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Prop 15 is clearly the first step toward totally gutting Prop 13 — “for the children”,
01 Nov 2020 in Blog Posts