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Imagine Councilwoman Marti Emerald’s statement on the mayor in a different light… “I commend (insert name of any Republican) for the courage to admit he has made mistakes and for his commitment to change his behavior. I hope the people of San Diego will support (insert same name) in his effort to make a change and continue to make a …

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 …

Mayor Bob Filner’s just over three-minute speech at the Villepinte Gathering, June 22, 2013, where he addressed Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK), which is no longer on the U.S. State Department’s list of terrorist organizations: National Journal in September of 2012, prior to this recent trip, noted… Rep. Bob Filner has flown to France twice to address pro-MEK events, and has pushed for …

If you haven’y yet read the partial transcript of Bob Filner tossing Andrew Jones out of a closed session San Diego City Council meeting last week, here ’tis… http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/kfmb/misc/cityfight.pdf Thanks to KFMB, CBS Channel 8. Here is the TV station’s related story from Friday.

See press release below. An early start from the County Party. No surprises at this point, as most of those endorsed during last night’s meeting are incumbents. Taxpayer advocate Chris Cate, running for the open Sixth District city council seat in the City of San Diego, received the party’s early support, a clear statement from the GOP that its members …

Email from a failed mayoral candidate… From: Nathan Fletcher Date: May 4, 2013, 12:22:31 PM Subject: BREAKING BREAKING: Tea Party Favorite Carl DeMaio Eyeing Run for CA-52 Recent news out of Washington D.C. is that Tea Party extremists are recruiting one of their own — failed San Diego mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio — to run against my friend Scott Peters. There is no …

“After every national tragedy, you can be sure that some clueless brand will try to exploit it. In today’s episode of ‘What the hell were they thinking,’ the food website Epicurious sent out the following tweets to its 385,000 followers”… Read it at Mr. Media Training. I’ll add this… Along with every politician of any party with no connection to the situation, …

In the aftermath of the weekend UT San Diego story on the “Carl DeMaio research project,” the head of the effort’s Wikipedia page has been updated. I was prompted today to take a look at the contents of Fred Maas’ wiki bio, or see if one existed, after Twitter remarks that someone needed to update the page. It appears the …

U-T San Diego reporter Craig Gustafson does a superb job detailing the cast of now outed (there’s some irony in that word) characters who tried to bring down Carl DeMaio last year, or at least attempted to keep him out of the mayoral runoff election. The story details the effort to research DeMaio’s background, the resulting “dossier” produced, and the …

It should be no surprise that Assemblyman Ben Hueso won yesterday’s special election to fill the open 40th State Senate seat, which became vacant by virtue of Juan Vargas’ election to Congress last year.  Next is the special election for Hueso’s assembly seat. As was noted on Rostra in March a year ago… If Hueso were to run and win …

We’re a little surprised this has been quiet until now. Councilman Bill Wells tells SD Rostra he wasn’t seeking coverage of the incident, that Californian reporter Alice Keyser recently called him about it, the first communication he had with any media. Maybe she heard a rumor or saw a police report, best guesses. Considering the shooting took place November 2, …

Ben Kalasho is raising a ruckus in El Cajon, while challenging incumbent Councilmembers Bob McClellan and Bill Wells, and appointed incumbent Tony Ambrose. The Kalasho ruckus is not so much over his chances, but his background. He believes in change, lots of it. He ran for Santee City Council two years ago and lost. He was registered as an independent. …

This story has been updated below. A massive North County and North City of San Diego TV buy is set for the last five days of the election (starting today) in support of Steve Danon for County Supervisor, say well placed sources. If “well placed sources” isn’t enough substantiation, Rostra has obtained the nearly final cut of the 30 second …

In American Spectator, Chris Reed asks, “Will San Diego elect a gay libertarian or a snarling misanthrope as mayor?” SAN DIEGO — For four decades, California’s second-largest city has had a habit of electing bland, mostly Republican centrists. Some have been effective. Pete Wilson went on to become a senator and governor. Some have been disasters. Dick Murphy was blasted …

Longtime educator tells Rostra “It’s their choice” whether the district sees her in court. “I want my job back.” In a lawsuit filed yesterday against the San Diego Unified School District, Board President John Lee Evans is alleged to have struck a deal to gain the teachers union endorsement and campaign contributions in exchange for the demotion of a district area …