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Who is the "land use expert" Michael J. Pallamary behind the Filner recall campaign?
Glenn you guys are being way too sensitive to these shills. Look at what I wrote? Its all directly from Micheal's own website about himself. The vicious criticisms are obvious attempts to smear facts about the GUY BEHIND THE RECALL!! Helloo!! This is a very valid question. Dont let these people bully you into backing away. I get that this is a blog. They KNOW this is a blog. they are trying to get at you by suggesting your rep is attached to this. Come on. This is classic bullying 101. NTM need I remind you of the phrase "Thou doth protest too much".— July 31, 2013 3:42 p.m.
Who is the "land use expert" Michael J. Pallamary behind the Filner recall campaign?
All of this info on MP is from his very own website??? what is inaccurate? Perhaps it needs to be corrected on his end.— July 31, 2013 3:38 p.m.
Another day, another accusation against Filner that has little to no substance
Give me a break Todd Gloria is the biggest bully in town and I know he is your hero. The hypocrisy makes me wanna vomit. and I didnt back off of conspiracy. It is absolutely conspiracy...no question. The inconsistency is a dead giveaway. the truth is always consistent— July 31, 2013 1:08 a.m.
A closer look at Filner's accusers
So, it is simple: the employee needs to get a right-to-sue letter from the DFEH before filing a lawsuit, or else the lawsuit will be dismissed. What does that entail? The DFEH used to require that the employee actually submit a hard copy of the employee’s discrimination/harassment complaint, on the DFEH form, with a signature of the employee, under oath, to the DFEH in order to obtain the Right-to-Sue letter. The DFEH changed that a while back by creating an on-line process which would result in an electronic Right-to-Sue letter being issued without the formality of preparing a physical hard copy form with an actual signature on it and then submitting it, by mail to the DFEH.— July 30, 2013 1:51 a.m.
A closer look at Filner's accusers
'In California, before an employee can sue an employer for discrimination, harassment, etc., the employee must first present an administrative claim to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing [DFEH]. The DFEH will then undertake an investigation. When the investigation closes, and the employee desires to file a lawsuit, then the employee must request, and be given a “Right-to-Sue letter” from the DFEH. If the employee files a lawsuit without first obtaining the Right-to-Sue letter, then the employer can ask the Court to dismiss the lawsuit, on the grounds that the employee failed to exhaust the administrative remedies. In short, the lawsuit is thrown out of court, and the employee loses.'— July 30, 2013 1:50 a.m.
A closer look at Filner's accusers
I know they have to exhaust administrative remedies to sue so its confusing how they can sue w/o having the claim investigated first w/ DFEH, but I will look into it.— July 30, 2013 1:48 a.m.
A closer look at Filner's accusers
ok good to know. I know she waived the DFEH to sue. I am unclear on how all that works but will try and figure it out.— July 30, 2013 1:42 a.m.
Filner did all the right things the wrong way
hey Don, I know youve been interested in the "pre-packaging" of all this. ...very brilliant comment someone wrote on the UT. I added most of it to my blog on how Goldsmith was investigating ways to make Recall much easier back in early may. But all this for sure points to a planned coup. so maybe you want to look at this and write about it? UT article on the mayor, (what else do they write about): XXXXX commented on a link. The Mayor, by statute, can't be recalled before 6 months has passed in his/her term. So that would be June 3, 2013. Does anybody know how many days Donna Frye waited after that deadline to start threatening him with recall? Probably about 4 or 5 days, is my guess. Very interesting "coincidence". They had to wait for the controversy about the June 21-26 Paris trip to kick in (and they weren't going to start this with him overseas) which is why they waited to July 10th to hold the press conference. It was all very tightly figured out. We need some real "Freakonomics" type analysis on this timeline. It's not going to come from the UT, of course. XXXXX: Also interesting are the two articles regarding the City's recall process published in the Voice of San Diego on April 22 and May 6. Both by the rather new and unpublished Zachary Warma the VOSD's "Events and Community Manager". Warma does not necessarily specialize in political articles. I am curious who shopped him the stories, because they were a bit out of the blue. However, I do note that he worked on Filner's mayoral primary campaign, and of course would have known Donna and others from that.— July 29, 2013 10:31 p.m.
Democratic Party has NO right to demand Filner resign. Only WE the people hold that right
Urbanrealtor I merely suggested it was odd that you guys knew there'd likely be a mayoral race in 2013 the day after the 1st press conference and I STILL think it's odd so I will continue to investigate to see if there was any communication w/ Todd's office from the sign makers. NTM this conspiracy is blatant. Goldsmith was frantically searching for ways to make SDs recall process easier back in early May of this year as seen in this VOSD article...long before any sex scandal. Why months after the election was the City atty obsessed w/ recall? http://voiceofsandiego.org/2013/05/06/citys-recal…— July 27, 2013 9:48 p.m.
Laura Fink's campaign role with Todd Gloria
Don do you know about this? I think this is a big key as to why the serious impetus to oust Filner. Katheryn Rhodes who is sharp as a tac informed me about this money and I think its at the heart of all of this along w/ BP... There exists 1 billion dollars in CCDC right now that Mayor Filner has the power to transfer through an executive order. This money is very likely the impetus behind the aggressive campaign to oust him. It just became unfrozen by the Dept of Finance June 30th 2013 and the developers are desperate to get someone in the mayors seat to take that money for themselves ASAP before Filner transfers the funds. The money can and should be transferred to our general fund for services we desperately need (NOT developers) It is always about the public's money. In this case the $1 Billion in Successor Agency assets of the former CCDC Redevelopment Agency (RDA) under operational control of Civic San Diego and Council President Since the end Redevelopment, our $293 million (2010) in unspent and hidden Affordable Housing assets should have been transferred into the City General Fund Reserve. The solution to the problem which requires our Strong Mayor Filner to bypass the City Attorney and City Council through a Mayoral Executive Order to move all $292.9 of housing funds to the General Fund. Then Mayor Filner will need State approval from Sacramento, instead of hoping Goldsmith's several legally flawed RDA lawsuits filed in our capitol will prevail. Currently the remaining $700 million (2010) in non-housing assets are still being frozen by the Department of Finance (DOF). By law the non-housing former RDA assets should be deposited into the City's General Fund Reserves. But starting on January 1, 2014, Civic San Diego and Council President Todd Gloria will have unlimited access to these public funds by keeping the money separated. It is paramount that Filner stay in office to ensure this money is delivered to the proper services that actually serve the public. Who are the groups we could reach out to to make them aware of this money?....I am thinking the Junior Colleges...any ideas Don?— July 25, 2013 10:13 p.m.