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San Diego City Council, Human Relations Commission take stand against Arizona law
San Diego City Hall passed a resolution Monday calling on Arizona to repeal its new statewide anti-immigration law. Councilman Carl DeMaio was the only member who voted against the resolution. Both Mayor Jerry Sanders and Police Chief William Landsdowne fully supported the resolution. The City of San Diego’s Human Relations Commission urged City Council to... »
People, Opinions & Politics: Boycott Arizona & Celebrate Harvey Milk
BOYCOTT ARIZONA! Here we go again with another Arizona stand of intolerance and controversy. Not long ago, it was about Arizona’s stand against a Martin Luther King Holiday and many of us joined a boycott of Arizona which resulted in this state losing many conventions and millions of dollars. Today, I have been joined by... »
People, Opinions & Politics: Whitburn & Kehoe News, Rocha’s Playboy Debut
Stephen Whitburn to run for County Supervisor Word is that community & neighborhood activist Stephen Whitburn will announce today that he is a candidate for the County Board of Supervisors in District 4. Whitburn is best known as the candidate who ran against Councilman Todd Gloria. He also serves on the city’s Compassionate Marijuana... »
Two Cents: Action, Influence & Gloria
My second ‘Two Cents‘ event at the Center was a big hit. Guest Rick-y Walker - Ophelia Later – gave everyone, me included, an entirely new perspective on how one’s actions absolutely influence more action. Ophelia has been a well-known drag personality in the local community for almost two decades and when Ricky talked about how... »
People, Opinions & Politics: Saldana, Frye, Roberts and Atkins…oh my!
Will it be Frye vs. Roberts for County Supervisor? With now State Assemblywoman Lori Saldana joining San Diego Unified School District Board President Shelia Jackson in dropping out of the race for County Board of Supervisors (District 4) all eyes are on popular City Council woman Donna Frye to challenge popular incumbent Supervisor Ron Roberts who... »
People, Opinions & Politics: Pride Resignations – Insider Scoop
This past weekend, the three “Pridegate” board members (Philip Princetta, Mike Karim and Carl Worrell) were asked to attend a special meeting called by State Senator Christine Kehoe, former San Diego Deputy Mayor Toni Atkins and current District 3 Councilmember Todd Gloria. The hour-long meeting, held at Senator Kehoe’s district office, consisted of the three... »
People, Opinions & Politics: Pride ‘Spin’ and Political Seats
Paid Pride PR Machine is “Spinning” “Since the Town Hall meeting, we’ve been receiving a lot of positive response from volunteers offering their time and services for this summer’s event and other pre-events that are on the schedule,” stated the PAID public relations man for San Diego Pride to the media. He further stated that... »
