Posted by Jason Cabel Roe at 5:00 am on Jul 12, 2013 Comments Off on San Diego’s Out-of-Control Mayor
San Diego political observers have known of Mayor Bob Filner’s
tawdry behavior for many years. A not-so-well-kept secret in
San Diego or Washington, but dismissed by what one San Diego paper
reported was characterized as “Bob being Bob.”
Yesterday was extraordinary for any city. The morning
started with a press conference convened by three prominent
Democrats, including former City Councilwoman Donna Frye, a
populist-liberal-surfer-environmentalist and former candidate for
mayor; and Marco Gonzalez, environmental activist attorney and
brother of former Labor Council Boss Lorena Gonzalez, now
Assemblywoman Gonzalez. They called on Filner to resign in
light of unspecified accusations of sexual harassment in an
emotional, if vague, press conference. They said they spoke
for several women who were victims of his unwanted – and handsy –
advances and went so far as to acknowledge that they had long been
aware of the behavior but never had the “proof” to act on it.
Instead, Donna Frye just went to work in the Filner
Administration and unsuccessfully attempted to collect her city
pension and a full-time salary while serving as Director of
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