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How San Diego Progressives Ended Bob Filner's Political Careernew

For the first time, Donna Frye, Marco Gonzalez and Cory Briggs talk in detail about why they did what they did.
San Diego CityBeat  |  David Rolland  |  09-18-2013  |  Politics

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner's Got To Gonew

We believe Donna Frye, and we've lost our confidence in the mayor's capacity to see his policy vision through.
San Diego CityBeat  |  David Rolland  |  07-15-2013  |  Politics

Birther Gary Kreep's Family-Law Recordnew

Birther judge-elect opposed parental rights for communists and lesbians as a lawyer, and faced allegations of spousal abuse.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Dave Maass  |  12-20-2012  |  Politics

The Birther Judgenew

A master of political hits and campaign shell games prepares to take a seat on the bench of the of San Diego County Superior Court.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Dave Maass  |  11-16-2012  |  Politics

From Tucson With Lovenew

Checking in with Duke Cunningham halfway through his federal prison sentence.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Dave Maass  |  08-12-2010  |  Politics

Former San Diego Mayor's Sister Gives Senior Center the Bootnew

For much of the last 30 years, Mavourneen O'Connor's Kind Corp. has operated housing and a community center for low-income seniors on a Downtown site, but four years ago, they inexplicably refused to renew a partner nonprofit’s lease.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Kelly Davis  |  02-25-2009  |  Politics

There's Not Much Hand-Wringing in San Diego GOP Circlesnew

Beneath the hullabaloo of the upcoming presidential inauguration can be heard a hearty debate over the direction of the Republican Party -- just not in San Diego.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Eric Wolff  |  01-07-2009  |  Politics

Obamabilia is Going Strong a Month After the Electionnew

As Barack Obama took the stage in Grant Park on Nov. 4, history was made and birth was given to a collectibles craze the likes of which younger Americans had never experienced.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Enrique Limon  |  12-03-2008  |  Politics

Election '08: San Diego's Greens Are Blue (And They're Blaming Ralph Nader)new

While Nov. 4 yielded a mixed bag for the GOP and the Dems, it provided nothing but a great big sack of rotten potatoes for just about every other political persuasion. Here, as elsewhere in the nation, adherents of the boutique parties saw their candidates routed on nearly every front. And no party performed so poorly in San Diego County as the Green Party.
San Diego CityBeat  |  David Silva  |  11-19-2008  |  Politics

John Dean on Civil Liberties, the GOP and the Imperial Presidencynew

These days, Dean seems too busy thinking about the present condition of the country to be dwelling on his principal role in the demise of the Nixon administration 34 years ago.
San Diego CityBeat  |  David Rolland  |  10-29-2008  |  Politics

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dyingnew

A report from the Democratic National Convention.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Nathan Dinsdale  |  09-03-2008  |  Politics

San Diego Political Guru Tom Shepard's Career Begins its Gradual Descentnew

His long string of victories and his connections to some of San Diego's wealthiest and most powerful residents has earned him the enmity of the political left. Professor Peter Navarro refers to him as "a tragic figure in San Diego politics," but others simply deride Shepard as a mudslinger. To the perception of many, he's the man pulling the strings behind many a puppet mayor.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Eric Wolff  |  08-27-2008  |  Politics

McCain Faces a Chilly Reception While Obama Basks in Supportnew

The two presidential candidates made speeches at the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza at the San Diego Convention Center, earning different reactions.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Eric Wolff  |  07-16-2008  |  Politics

Political Representation Lags Behind San Diego's Latino Populationnew

Roughly 3 million people live in San Diego County, and nearly 900,000 of them are Latino--and exactly 12 of them are Latinos who currently occupy elected legislative office.
San Diego CityBeat  |  David Rolland  |  07-16-2008  |  Politics

The Two Faces of Steve Francisnew

In his 2005 mayoral campaign, he was the conservative Republican who pledged to run the city like a business and pushed the eventual winner to take any and all thought of new taxes off the table as San Diego grappled with the prospect of bankruptcy. Now he's back for a second run, this time running a campaign of much more "depth," he says.
San Diego CityBeat  |  David Rolland  |  02-27-2008  |  Politics

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