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Typically, U-T Editorial Touts Sanders; But Account Differs Sharply from U-T News Story. Paper Refuses Comment

On March 9, the Union-Tribune wrote an editorial that, as usual, lauded Mayor Jerry Sanders. "Reform at last," gushed the editorial, praising Sanders's new plan for purportedly fixing the pension system. "Taxpayers would save $25 million the first year," effervesced the editorial. But on March 4, the newspaper had written a news story about the same subject. The first sentence said Sanders "hopes one day" his changes bring $25 million annual savings. The second sentence continued, "Sanders acknowledges the savings are years away." City Attorney Mike Aguirre wrote editorial writer Robert Kittle, asking if anyone in City government had fed the U-T edorial page this false information. Aguirre is particularly concerned, because the Securities & Exchange Commission, in hitting San Diego with a cease and desist order, said officials had intent to deceive when putting put false statements in bond prospectuses. Also, the U-T editorial said the DROP program has been eliminated for workers not already enrolled in it. That, too, is false. Kittle did not reply to Aguirre. I also wrote Kittle for an explanation, and got no reply.

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On March 9, the Union-Tribune wrote an editorial that, as usual, lauded Mayor Jerry Sanders. "Reform at last," gushed the editorial, praising Sanders's new plan for purportedly fixing the pension system. "Taxpayers would save $25 million the first year," effervesced the editorial. But on March 4, the newspaper had written a news story about the same subject. The first sentence said Sanders "hopes one day" his changes bring $25 million annual savings. The second sentence continued, "Sanders acknowledges the savings are years away." City Attorney Mike Aguirre wrote editorial writer Robert Kittle, asking if anyone in City government had fed the U-T edorial page this false information. Aguirre is particularly concerned, because the Securities & Exchange Commission, in hitting San Diego with a cease and desist order, said officials had intent to deceive when putting put false statements in bond prospectuses. Also, the U-T editorial said the DROP program has been eliminated for workers not already enrolled in it. That, too, is false. Kittle did not reply to Aguirre. I also wrote Kittle for an explanation, and got no reply.

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