A City Council committee has voted unanimously to amend the city’s nondiscriminatory policy in contracting to include gender identity and gender expression. “We cannot and should not award contracts to any business that discriminates against anyone, including transgender people,” said committee chairman Todd Gloria. The 4-0 vote by the Budget & Government Efficiency Committee March…
It is well known that Todd Gloria is mulling over a run for the 78th District State Assembly seat (Toni Atkins is termed out next year) and I join many San Diego citizens who want him to be our voice in our state capitol. There are exactly 120 members of the California legislature, and only…
In 22 months San Diego will be voting once again in elections that promise to change the complexion of politics in America’s Finest City. The question is whether the Democrats can marshal the intestinal fortitude to make the hard decisions early. Now that Francine Busby has been re-elected the chair of the San Diego County…
If you use a single stall public restroom in Washington, D.C. it’s going to be gender neutral. It’s a city ordinance that mandates all of its restaurants, businesses and other public places with single occupancy restrooms to designate these as gender neutral. In June of last year, the City of West Hollywood passed a similar…
Carl DeMaio to wed in 2015? Recently, I had dinner with Carl DeMaio and his life partner Johnathan Hale who have been together about seven years. They had returned from a week’s vacation aboard a cruise liner and looked tanned, rested and ready for a new chapter in their life together. While many Republican Party…
Yes, last week’s back-stabbing political coup against former interim mayor and council president, Todd Gloria was led by Republicans but had the help of some weak and unprincipled Democrats. In my view, the coup’s chief organizer was Councilman Scott Sherman, the new “Dick Cheney of San Diego.” In one of the biggest betrayals and back-stabbing…
For a limited time, San Diegans can go on a journey to the world of ancient Egypt at the West Coast premiere of The Discovery of King Tut at The San Diego Natural History Museum. Visitors get to experience Tutankhamun’s tomb exactly how British archeologist Howard Carter discovered it in 1922. Also referred to as…
First District Councilmember Sherri Lightner was elected Tuesday as City Council president in a 6-1 re-vote after the Council was told the re-vote was necessary to “cure” violations of the Brown Act that alleged some councilmembers met secretly to oust Todd Gloria as Council president. The re-vote was held following the 7-2 vote on Dec….
At her first meeting Monday, newly elected Council President Sherri Lightner called for a re-vote on who should be elected Council president on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., saying there were concerns that councilmembers discussed who they would vote for before the Dec. 10 vote that ousted Todd Gloria for a third term. The Brown Act…
The reports of Todd Gloria’s political death are greatly exaggerated. Let us begin by unpacking the current narrative. Council Republicans feared that returning as Council President would give Gloria the power and profile to launch a challenge to Mayor Kevin Faulconer in 2016. So they conspired with new Council President Sherri Lightner to elect her…
