I usually hate phone calls during dinner. But this one was worth taking. A polling company from Salt Lake City is calling asking about possible recall of Bob Filner and possible candidates for Mayor. Asked if I had heard about the sexual misconduct allegations against Filner – and then if I thought they were true. Asked if I had heard …
Filner’s Chief of Staff & Attorney-Client Privilege
Lee Burdick—Mayor Bob Filner’s current Chief of Staff—has asserted attorney-client privilege and the attorney work-product doctrine to reject the City Attorney’s demands for documents related to the sexual misconduct allegations against the mayor. However, her theory is based upon questionable legal footing and is unlikely to succeed. If Ms. Burdick claims attorney-client privilege, then who is her client? The City …
Notes on Fletcher’s pro-prevailing wage article
Three notes on Nathan Fletcher’s pro-prevailing wage article: 1) There is a reason Fletcher stood by Bob Filner in his sexual harassment scandal — Fletcher knows big labor needs Filner in office to pass garbage like this and also knows big labor is his future money bag. 2) Isn’t it great that Fletcher can take hours and hours to write …
Scoop SD… Doug Curlee: San Diego media failed to investigate Filner sooner
Reporter Doug Curlee in Scoop San Diego… Regardless of how the Bob Filner mess eventually ends—and it will end, somehow—there are questions that need to be asked and answered … questions that should have been asked long ago, and should have been asked by those whose job it is to ask such questions: us. Read it all.
Who Spoke Up vs Who Covered Up, Part 1
In the next few days and weeks, I’ll be posting some interesting reminders about “who spoke up” against Bob Filner’s treatment of women. I’ll also be posting items showing “Who Covered It Up”. Let’s begin with this press conference – organized by the DeMaio camp featuring a powerful warning from Bonnie Dumanis.
Updated: Lee Burdick Must Be Removed By City Council Vote
Update from Rostra Admin… Given that Bob Filner COS Lee Burdick is now asking for the City Council to protect her from big, bad Jan Goldsmith, what do you think of this post from the other day?… Posted Saturday, July 27… In the middle of the media circus surrounding Bob Filner’s “Rehab” announcement, the media missed an important development. On …
Free Bob Filner!
by Fred Schnaubelt Please don’t recall Mayor Bob Filner. Mayor Filner has made the Sunday Talk Shows. He has garnered more national publicity in the past month than in all 20 years in Congress, in fact, in his entire political career. Like Anthony Wiener, he craves this publicity. This is the oxygen they both thrive on. Bob Filner is the …
One recall effort a ruse to cripple legit recall?
Many of you have heard about the planned false Filner recall, but let me summarize it here. As I understand it (and I’m not a reliable source on this), if a San Diego city recall effort fails, no recall can be attempted for 6 months. A Filner supporter (perhaps encouraged by city labor union bosses) reputedly is planning to do …
Bombshell: Sen Feinstein Says Filner Is Subject to “Recall”
Fellow Democrat Sen. Feinstein calls on Bob Filner to resign. More tellingly, she says his conduct is subject to Recall. More here: http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2013/07/feinstein-filner-should-resign-169342.html?hp=l4
Really, Nathan?
The below Twitter reaction started Friday evening when Nathan Fletcher tweeted, just in passing while he’s on vacation, that he made a phone call to Mayor Bob Filner and asked him to resign. Uhh, like a whole two weeks ago on July 12. Fletcher the politician is typically much more adept at playing the political game than this. Because, this …
Lansdowne’s peeps need to fess up
The latest at KPBS is that an intern for Mayor Bob Filner says he witnessed the mayor’s inappropriate behavior, while also expressing his concern with a member of the security detail. He claims the police officer responded with, “…this is the hardest part of my job, watching him do this.” Just like the members of the secret service who faced …
San Diego Congressional Delegation Votes To Expand Government, Restrict Privacy
In a remarkable display of bi-partisanship, House members Darrell Issa (R-Vista), Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine), Scott Peters (D-La Jolla), Juan Vargas (D-Chula Vista) and Susan Davis (D-San Diego) voted with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) and against the Amash Amendment yesterday. If you value the right “to be left alone,” this isn’t the bi-partisanship you desired. The Amash Amendment …
Noon Friday Filner press conference — “major announcement”
Speculation abounds. Resign? Take a leave of absence for “rehab”? Needs time off to (literally) pursue the ladies online? “(try as I might) I did not have sex with those women”?
Filner Says Rehab, While San Diego Says Resign
This story could not get any more bizarre. Filner to seek Rehab, and refuses to resign. What’s next? Bob announces the location of his “rehab” will be…the Playboy Mansion. How fitting.
Filner Not Going Anywhere?
If Mayor Bob Filner can weather the storm over the next several days, insiders increasingly believe that a resignation would be over the horizon, or not at all. At the end of the day it’s this simple: Filner views himself as a civil rights hero. He’s not going to just duck out the back door and have this scandal define …
GOP: DEMOCRATS FINALLY CALL ON MAYOR FILNER TO RESIGN
Press Release… Reversing Their Decades Long Support of a Man With a History Of Aggressive Behavior SAN DIEGO – The San Diego County Democratic Party convened for the second time in 7 days to determine whether they would call on Democrat Mayor Bob Filner to resign — after multiple allegations of sexual harassment and several accusers came forward in the past …
NBC 7: Hale, Laing, Rath out at Public Policy Strategies
from local NBC… Executives Resign From Lobbying Firm Assisting Mayor by Wendy Fry Read it at NBC 7 website
Tweets from Mayoral Candidates Redux
___ “If only…” ___ “Told you so…” ___ “He was a complete gentleman when we had dinner together. Other than that I have nothing to say, at least not until I set up my new committee.” ___ “I’m just a hugger, but I better get these two lovelies in a headlock before they start doing the Filner dance.” ___ The …
Bob Filner Wants “Due Process” For Himself, But Not Others
Every time another woman steps forward with a tale of harassment, Bob Filner pleads for “Due Process.” Filner’s lackeys are crying “Due Process” at press conferences. No doubt Thursday night’s Democratic Party re-vote on whether to call for Filner’s resignation will also feature demands for “Due Process” before condemning Filner. Smell the hypocrisy? Oh, I do. Allow me to refresh …
Hello, Nathan? Marti? Sherri?
Still wondering how it is possible that the three dwarfs have yet to call on Filner to resign? Whatever you think of due process, do you really need more info than the three women who’ve stepped forward with detailed accounts to feel some moral obligation to at least call on him to resign and save our city from this international …
Recent Comments