An anti-Bob Filner website from the 2010 election cycle includes photos of the then Congressman, alleged to be with an airline corporate lobbyist and showing the two “pulling away from each other after just having engaged in a romantic kiss.”
The website, www.votethebumout.com, includes other photos it claims to be of Filner “showing public displays of affection to another woman who is a relative of a former Speaker of the California State Assembly.”
No one at Rostra has substantiated any of the information claimed on the site.
The website further details and questions alleged conflicts arising from Filner’s personal relationship with one of the women:
A romantic relationship with a corporate lobbyist? Donations from the lobbyist’s company and industry groups? Free airfare for the Congressman’s constituents? and….. Legislation related to the lobbyist’s industry? Much of this around the very time that he was observed engaging in romantic activities with the lobbyist.
Read the allegations here.
Local private investigator and political activist Derrick Roach took the photos prior to November 2010, when Filner won re-election to Congress against Nick Popaditch.
Mitch Blacher of TV 10News tweets he will have more of this story at 5 pm tonight… @10NewsBlacher A private eye shows #Team10 surveillance photos and video of #Filner with women. The story at 5. @10News
The photos depicted on the website are below and may be enlarged with a click.
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I’ve seen “romantic” before and this is totally it.
A little afternoon delight with Bob “Stay Classy” Filner!
I listened to Bob’s statement on YouTube and his “sincerity” brought a tear to my eye. He’s been abusive to staffers and women staffers in particular for years and the San Diego Democrats have covered for him. The Dems ALWAYS cover for each other. For the San Diego Dem power brokers to turn on him, he must have done something really bad to them. We may never know the real story. Francine Busby, be a buddy and give us the inside scoop.
Filner sucks for a lot of reasons, but if nailing lobbyists were to suddenly become a disqualifying factor for holding public office in the United States, our entire political system would collapse.
Here is the Channel 10 story…
http://www.10news.com/news/investigations/private-investigator-tells-team-10-republicans-watching-filner-for-years-071113e