Faulconer announces his stunning reversal on Measure C. "If Spanos is the quarterback behind this whole thing, then think of me as having just sacked him,” he declared. His newly recovered testes hang from a specially built necktie. “After some discussion,” he explained, “it was determined that it would be best, for reasons of both decorum and public interest, that I not be allowed to actually reattach my junk to my body. For one thing, the memory of Mayor Filner is all too fresh in the public’s mind, and there’s no sense in risking that kind of scandal again. For another, there are still a hundred other issues that it would be better for me to steer clear of, and a working set of gonads might inspire me to fight battles I could just as easily avoid. I’ve got future political offices to think about, and taking too strong a stand as mayor might come back to haunt me. Finally, my team and I agree that it’s good right now for you all to be able to see the reason behind my change of stance, as it were."

Posted October 6, 2016