Comments on: Social justice? Unions savage gay, black Democrat in San Diego

By: Skippingdog

Skippingdog — Wed, 29 May 2013 04:20:47 +0000

Jerry Sanders is a reasonably good man who performed well as the paid mouthpiece of the old downtown San Diego business interests. Mike Aguirre was a well known kook and loose cannon long before he was elected to his one term as City Attorney, so it would be entirely appropriate and consistent with the principles of good government to reverse any and every policy decision he made while in office.

As a point of note, I know Bill Gore personally and anyone who writes the kind of nonsense you posted under his name wouldn’t have the stones to carry his jockstrap.

By: Bill Gore

Bill Gore — Tue, 28 May 2013 05:05:58 +0000

San Diego may be on the road to recovery, but said recovery is guaranteed to be very short-lived. The real power-mongers in America’s Finest City are Satan’s own Doublemint Twins: the Gonzalez siblings; Lorena and Marco. They always win.

All the tough work done by Jerry Sanders and the much-maligned former city attorney will be completely wiped out by the current fiasco of Filner and Co. For every wrenchingly tentative step forward taken in the last 10 years, there will be a marathon’s worth of steps taken backwards. More benefits, higher fees and taxes, infrastructure crumbling to dust. If you don’t believe me step outside right now and look at your sidewalk and street…

Really folks: if you are a small businessperson it is time to load up the U-haul and make for points north or east while you can still sell your house, cause this will not end well. Really.

By: Steve Mehlman

Steve Mehlman — Mon, 27 May 2013 17:01:11 +0000

But there is a defense for San Diego Voters for Progress and the Lincoln Club?
Why don’t you talk about the negative stuff pulled by the Crenshaw campaign and its supporters. Chris? So much for “fair and balanced.”

By: No surprise here

No surprise here — Mon, 27 May 2013 01:28:28 +0000

Someone should write a book about special elections for city council seats in poor urban districts. Such elections are truly a joke.

Sandy Spackman should have won that seat, but the establishment was backing other candidates.

By: CalWatchdog

CalWatchdog — Mon, 27 May 2013 00:32:54 +0000

Steve doesn’t address the legit points made about Cole’s slimy ad. Because there is no defense for it.

Chris Reed

By: Steve Mehlman

Steve Mehlman — Sun, 26 May 2013 19:22:16 +0000

But it is time to stop with the nonsense that the Cole campaign was the epitome of evil while the Crenshaw campaign was all sweetness and light.

Let’s review:

1. A shadowy PAC called San Diego Voters for Progress and Reform sent an intentionally false mailer dubiously attacking Cole for an Ethics Commission fine. The PAC took advantage of a loophole in financial reporting rules and didn’t list its donors. Though the mailer was sent in March, we still don’t know who paid for it. Not only that, but the PAC used a facsimile of the city’s seal to make its mailer look like an official letter. (At least with the Cole campaign you knew who was paying for mailers, etc.) The conservative Lincoln Club of San Diego County sent a mailer repeating the claim we already debunked about Cole’s ethics fine.

2. Supporters of Crenshaw falsely alleged that Myrtle Cole’s employer–UDW Homecare Providers Union–did not support LGBT candidates.

3. When the Voice and Viewpoint ran an anti-gay editorial about Crenshaw, Cole denounced it and disavowed it immediately. When did Crenshaw disavow the false PAC mailer or the false accusations about UDW?

Being called anti-gay by a right-wing newspaper like the UT is like being called ugly by a frog.

It’s time to move on.