Durka-Durka-Muhammed-Jihad!!
This actually came as a surprise this afternoon when I heard it on the radio driving to work:
Murphy resignsWell, at least he saw 'the writing on the wall' and left in a nice manner instead of being outted by a recall election.
SAN DIEGO – First the quarrelsome city attorney demanded that San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy quit. And last week Time magazine named Murphy one of the three worst big-city mayors in the country. Then came rumblings of a recall movement.
Less than five months after starting his second four-year term, Murphy, 62, announced this morning he will resign effective July 15.
"I now believe to be effective the city will need a mayor who was elected by a majority of the people and who has a clear mandate to take this city forward," Murphy said. "A good leader needs to know when it is time to move on and I believe it is time for me to move on and time to bring a fresh start to our city."
Now - the scary part is who will be the new mayor come Novemeber? Citizen Smash has a great round-up of the likely (and unlikey) candidates.
This City Council has been a disgrace to our City - they should apologize for the mess they have
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scroff said:
IMNSHO, 'won' is the key word in that statement.
Read more in San Diego Mayor QuitsMurphy barely won the election.
Read more in San Diego Mayor QuitsCalifornia never ceases to amaze me... "Less than five months after starting his second four-year
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California never ceases to amaze me... "Less than five months after starting his second four-year term"
Geez, if the guy sux that bad, don't elect him. There's no do-overs. Christ that's how we got stuck with the chowder head in chief two times... no do-overs.
|| Posted by scroff, April 27, 2005 09:47 AM ||Murphy barely won the election.
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, April 27, 2005 02:23 PM ||IMNSHO, 'won' is the key word in that statement.
|| Posted by scroff, April 28, 2005 04:38 AM ||This City Council has been a disgrace to our City - they should apologize for the mess they have gotten us in.
They are cutting neighborhood programs instead of cutting their own budget. If the City Council cut their budget by 20 percent, it would pay for 21 6 to 6 after school programs - so far they have cut 37.
Unlike the other major candidates, who have spent years at City Hall, I'm an outsider. I'll stand up to the unions who control this City Council and roll back their illegal and extravagant pensions.
I'll also cut the City Hall bureaucracy by 10 percent, increase efficiency and stop the structural deficit of the City Council over spending year after year.
Check out my detailed plan at www.stevesplan.com
|| Posted by Steve Francis, July 14, 2005 04:20 AM ||