What Now?

9 Responses to “What Now?”

1. Carpe Bonum said on Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 17:44

   Mayor Murphy resigns

   Beleaguered San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy resigned yesterday. It has generated some blogospheric interest, such as: California Yankee: “San Diego May Not Need Special Election.” Also, “Can you say Mayor Frye?” (Crossposted to Redstate) San Diego Blo…
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   Tony St. John said on Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 6:19

   Will the meeting tonight include Barbara Bry, Neil Morgan and/or Jim Goldsborough?
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   SMASH said on Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 6:54

   I talked to George Biagi, Councilwoman Toni Atkins’ communications director, yesterday about how the city council plans to proceed.

   Read about it here:

   http://www.indepundit.com/archive2/2005/04/san_diego_is_a.html#

   Bottom Line: Atkins wants the City Council to name an interim mayor to serve through 2006, because a special election would be “a huge distraction” right now. Her preferred candidate is former State Senator Dede Alpert.
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   Joe C said on Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 6:58

   Anyone attending this meeting tonight?
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   Tony St. John said on Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 12:53

   Toni Atkin’s nomination of Dede Alpert is an excellent example of why the City of San Diego is in so much trouble.

   For those with painfully short memories, Dede Alpert, Pete Wilson and Steve Peace, whose names have all been mentioned for Mayor, are the people who created the San Diego Energy Crisis that has done extreme damage to the economy and future of San Diego.

   Dede, Pete and Steve, along with the current crop of local politicians are responsible for Alan Gin’s most recent economic forecast:

   “San Diego risks having an economy where the great majority of the people will be struggling to get by.”
   (Alan Gin is the University of San Diego Economist)
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   Tony St. John said on Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 14:53

   CALL FOR CHAMPIONS OF SAN DIEGO TO SAVE THE FUTURE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN SAN DIEGO

   Over the decades, San Diego ratepayers, taxpayers and citizens have invested in, bailed out and subsidized Sempra Energy, the Chargers and the Padres for well over $1Billion, to save them from their financial crises during their times of greatest needs.

   Now is the perfect opportunity and time for Steve Baum, Alex Spanos and John Moores to express their gratitude, repaying all that San Diegans have done to support and rescue them, by coming to the rescue of San Diego in our time of greatest financial peril.

   San Diego can be saved from Alan Gin’s prediction:
   “San Diego risks having an economy where the great majority of the people will be struggling to get by,” if these three San Diego leaders make immediate contributions to the future of and quality of life in San Diego.
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   Tony St. John said on Thursday, April 28, 2005, 6:32

   “Envision San Diego” has very poor communications skills, and KPBS has lost the skills that the innovators of Public Television had that made them a great community asset in the good old days of two-way TV-people communication.

   Sadly, last night’s Envision San Diego “Town Hall Meeting” was not televised, and even though it occurred at a most critical time for San Diegans it excluded public participation and interaction in this new age of telephone and internet communication.

   Too bad such an excellent opportunity was such a failure, because San Diego needs action more than ever, and mutual admiration societies such as Envision aren’t helping at all by excluding real time public television and internet participation from their forum.

   It’s time for Envision to use some Creativity in their communications, and most importantly, start emphasizing Call For Action!

   Whatever happened to the original “good old days” public television communications skills where KPBS-Public participation and interaction on current public interest events was instant?
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   David G. Smith said on Friday, April 29, 2005, 10:43

   Who is going to run against Donna Frye? Why not Pam Slater Price? She provides new face and hopefully the courage to standup to union pension fund leadership. Also, she is not part of the problem like the rest of the city council. Downtown “good old boy” network that has been pulling the strings of local politicians, including Dick Murphy, needs to be disempowered. Frye’s resume is saying no to all development ideas and her resulting administration will oversee four years of paralysis. City Attorney’s career path is a high profile political gadfly, good for self promotion and highlighting problems with no recommended solutions; obviously not a consensus builder either. A new fresh face that comes without the political baggage of practically all current local politicians is critically needed. If someone has a suggestion other than Price, by all means, make the suggestion.
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   Esther Feier said on Monday, May 2, 2005, 0:11

   Donna Frye really won the Mayoral election and should be the new Mayor. Pam Slater Price, a city coucilwoman for many years and part of San Diego’s problem, would not be a great candidate to run against Frye. To save the city a lot of money and make up the injustice of not making Donna Frye the real winner, she should be appointed to fill the term vacated by Dick Murphy.