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Big people talk about issues; small people talk about people
Sjtorres: Do you expect politicians to have any limits or principles? I call this Lorena Gonzalez being in cahoots with something really ugly: Lorena at her July 11 2013 open house: https://twitter.com/LorenaSGonzalez/status/355542… https://twitter.com/derrickroach It's hard to stomach, because that guy is the guy, Derrick Roach, who provided the video for these despicable people: http://www.utsandiego.com/video/play/58171/— July 13, 2013 7:56 p.m.
Historical Friction
Walter, I read this article when you published it and thought it to be quite interesting. You must have seen that the Visins are taking advantage (with the help of kgtv trash news) of the daggers aimed at Filner to attain their wishes: http://www.10news.com/news/la-jolla-couple-blames… http://www.10news.com/news/investigations/la-joll…— July 13, 2013 6:33 p.m.
Big people talk about issues; small people talk about people
Don, It's good to hear of your life and the pleasure you take in music. I totally understand what you are saying. Some people express themselves by making physical contact with others, in moments of camaraderie or in moments of disagreement. I'm only talking about contact that is generally thought to be acceptable to the situations, not about violence in any form. In a work place, the natural tensions between bosses and employees don't allow for those types of social interactions. I know that Filner is a contact-type person, and an old-school one to boot; I have witnessed it. I want to believe that Filner doesn't fully comprehend the restraints in the workplace, and that nothing he did is criminal. Today's employees, young and old, and esp public employees, have been well-schooled in current standards of what constitutes "sexual harassment." The category includes boorish infractions of a far less than criminal nature. An employer who violates any of the standards of behavior should be called to task properly. Filner has asked for an investigation of his behavior. That means his accusers have to be explicit about what he did. I'm waiting to judge for myself, on the facts. Oh, and did you notice in the UT tv video that the female continually grabbed at and pawed the guy! That's how some people interact.— July 13, 2013 11:10 a.m.
Big people talk about issues; small people talk about people
MJunk: maybe you don't like the 5-year labor deal Filner made, but he was well-praised for it and it was considered far more important than pleasing the La Jolla business, community, and tourist interests by finding a reasonable way to eliminate a very unpleasant detriment to the community.— July 13, 2013 10:25 a.m.
Big people talk about issues; small people talk about people
Mr. Bauder: Do you think Tom Shepard, the major downtown GOP insider, who is/has been advising Filner, has given good advice?— July 13, 2013 10:22 a.m.
Big people talk about issues; small people talk about people
If you want to see political hackery and stupidity defined, watch the watchdog: http://www.utsandiego.com/video/play/58171/— July 12, 2013 7:34 a.m.
Big people talk about issues; small people talk about people
Filner explained that Landsdowne pressed the issue of having two "security" persons travel w/Filner. Filner didn't want or need it, but Landsdowne said Sanders always traveled w/ the security, thus so should Filner. Filner stated that he made countless trips as a congressperson w/no security, but Landsdowne insisted. The Iranian pro-democracy group paid for Filner's expenses, as they had in the past, per Filner. The only cost to the city was the two security guys. Here's the source of Landsdowne's statements,... his friends at ABC SD: http://www.10news.com/news/investigations/sources…— July 11, 2013 7:01 p.m.
City accused of subverting public records law in lawsuit over Convention Center expansion
This is an important story, but DH, you have a curse on you - TIMING! Not your fault, but the stars misalign...sadly, the hounds are baying at the scent of blood away from Sanders' trail, and Sanders is smirking over at his CoC office.— July 11, 2013 7:54 a.m.
Did City Attorney Jan Goldsmith lift the suspension on closed session meetings?
You scooped'em, Dorian. UT just announced today that closed sessions are back on, though Goldy said they wouldn't resume till Filner assured him that none of Goldy's crew would mistreated. The money quote form Goldy was this: "Based upon my conversations with council President Gloria and Chief Lansdowne, I am confident that there will not be a repeat of June 18 or other types of abuse of city employees in closed session," Goldsmith wrote. "I am not going to say more beyond that." That'll be a welcome silence. Ha! Where's Filner in that conversation? And Lansdowne???— July 8, 2013 4:51 p.m.
Public records show a close working relationship between Councilmember Lorie Zapf and Sunroad Vice President Tom Story
The wisdom of Job: "*It is not uncommon for Councilmembers to work with folks who are putting forward projects...*" Yeah, right, when "folks" have "Corporation" or "Inc." or "Enterprise" attached to their name. Gaaaaaaaaaaaaa. When I think of all the times that Stephen Hill and Todd Gloria have lied about what they can/can't do and deflected and ignored pleas by constituents to consider the desires of many, many folks in D3, I want to bash a few heads. How can these staffers sell out their communities the way they do? Do they really feel OK with themselves when doing the political hackery for these councilmembers? Shame!! Good discovery, good material, good reporting, Dorian.— July 8, 2013 4:01 p.m.