No Surprises in Chula Vista

Well, there were no great surprises in Chula Vista Tuesday night as the most liberal members of the Council voted to place Mitch Thompson into John McCann’s seat during his longterm absence as he serves our country in Iraq. The vote was 3-1, with Cox as the only vote against filling the seat at all. My only curiosity is why Cox stated her reason for voting no was because there was no compelling reason to fill the seat at all, didn’t she vote to fill the seat a month ago? At least Thompson should be somewhat of an ally to Cox since he was Cox’s spokesman for her sales tax increase proposition a few months back.
I am most certain, however, that Cox is not at all happy with Padilla being appointed the new Port Commissioner, by a 3-2 vote (did we see that one coming?) This may be the end of the Cox era in Chula Vista (if there ever was a “Cox era”). Seriously, how can it bode well for Cox that the rest of the Council felt it necessary to bring back the only Mayor to lose as an incumbent in Chula Vista history just 3 short years after he was booted out? Will it be a signal to the voters that since Mayor Cox isn’t getting the job done they had to bring back the other guy? I can see the hit pieces now.
I wonder if Cox has started missing McCann yet. Maybe it is time for her to get her Admiral friends on the phone and see about getting McCann home early. For now though, Cox laid the foundation for the playground, I guess now she will have to play alone in her sandbox and deal with the consequences.