So, it appears that the unmistakably flawed appointment process in Chula Vista has been temporarily halted. Sources say that an angry group of citizens have threatened to file a lawsuit to stop a temporary appointment to John McCann’s seat (while he serves active duty in Iraq for a year). Certainly the City should have seen this one coming – Bensoussan and Ramirez should know better than to try to push a big decision through the City without any public input, or at the very least without doing the public’s business in public! (Wasn’t that a main issue in both of their campaigns last time around?) After all, Rudy Ramirez actually has “open office” hours for citizens, apparently unless it’s an issue he doesn’t want to talk about (like his sister being on the City payroll for $100,000 as the vet for the animal shelter) – ahhhh, but that is for another post.
It’s like a little soap opera – Will Cox and Castaneda work together to stop the appointment so Padilla does not become the next Port Commissioner? Is Ramirez really so scared of a lawsuit during his re-election campaign? (he should be) Is Bensoussan really so politically naive that she thinks she can strong arm anyone??? We’ll see in the next episode of this riveting show!