One month into his term, San Diego’s newly elected Mayor was seemingly up sh*t’s creek without a paddle.
The local press was hounding him. He’d failed to cough up a list of administration appointees on demand, technically violating California’s Public Records Act. A dust up between Filner and City Council President Todd Gloria lead to a UT-San Diego editorial calling the Mayor a bully. And an appearance before a group supporting access for medical marijuana patients had the twitterati convinced that he’d committed a grave political sin.
Here it is a week later and it’s all coming up roses for Mayor Bob. Talk about your political Teflon. [Read more…]