MAYORAL CANDIDATE BOB FILNER SHARES VISION FOR SAN DIEGO REGION
ECM exclusive interview By Miriam Raftery Video by Jack Winemiller September 11, 2011 (San Diego) – Congressman and Mayoral candidate Bob Filner spoke with ECM at last weekend's "Big Blue BBQ" for East...
View ArticlePOLITICAL WRANGLING: HOW LOW CAN THEY GO? NATIONAL & LOCAL CANDIDATES TAKE...
By Buck Shott September 14, 2011 (San Diego’s East County) –Top Republican presidential candidates this week seemed to be vying to show who was the most heartless. Ron Paul dissed disaster victims,...
View ArticleAT MAYORAL DEBATE, CANDIDATES OFFER DIFFERING VIEWS ON SAN DIEGO'S ECONOMY,...
By Jeremy LosVideo by Jack Winemiller Sept. 20, 2011- Congressman Bob Filner and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher headlined the first mayoral debate of the 2012 election on Saturday. The two major...
View ArticleMAYORAL CANDIDATE BOB FILNER DETAILS PLANS TO CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND...
Click to view video of speech highlights September 22, 2011 (San Diego) –Congressman Bob Filner laid out an ambitious plan for revitalizing San Diego in a speech Saturday at the County’s Democratic...
View ArticleMAYORAL CANDIDATE NATHAN FLETCHER AIMS TO REBUILD CITY, REFORM PENSIONS
An East County Magazine exclusive interview By Jeremy Los Sept. 28, 2011 – Elected to the California State Assembly back in 2008, Assemblymember Nathan Fletcher has made a name for himself as a busy...
View ArticleTAKING SAN DIEGO OFF-GRID: FILNER SHARES PLANS FOR REGIONAL ENERGY...
February 24, 2012 (San Diego) -- What if San Diego produced its own electricity with solar on rooftops and parking garage covers? Imagine if San Diego became its own utility provider—instead of...
View ArticleWOMEN LEADERS RALLY TO SUPPORT FILNER FOR MAYOR
April 20, 2012 (San Diego) –Prominent women leaders in San Diego will be speaking out to support Bob Filner’s mayoral candidacy this Saturday.“Bob Filner is the only candidate for mayor who has spent...
View ArticleDEMAIO TO HOST TOWN HALL MEETING ON PENSION REFORM APRIL 21 IN SAN CARLOS
April 20, 2012 (San Carlos) – San Diego Mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio has announced plans to hold a town hall meeting on Saturday to discuss his plans to “fix the City of San Diego’s budget problems”...
View ArticleSOCIAL MEDIA WARS: NEW LOCAL PAC TARGETS PRO-CORPORATE CANDIDATES IN SAN DIEGO
By Miriam RafteryTaking a page from the independent expenditure playbook that torpedoed John Kerry’s presidential campaign, a San Diego-based PAC, Much Better Choices, is taking aim at...
View ArticleDE MAIO AND FILNER GEAR UP FOR PARTISAN FIGHT IN SAN DIEGO MAYORAL RACE
By Miriam RafteryPhotos by Nadin Abbott, Tom Abbott and Miriam RafteryJune 6, 2012 (San Diego) – Two feisty and fiercely competitive politicians, polar opposites in the partisan divide, will...
View ArticleLORI SALDAÑA DROPS MAYORAL BID, ENDORSES COUNCILMAN ALVAREZ: FIRST MAYORAL...
By Miriam RafterySeptember 19, 2013 (San Diego) – After filing papers to run for Mayor, former Democratic Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña yesterday announced she will not run and instead has endorsed...
View ArticleDEMOCRATIC PARTY ENDORSES COUNCILMAN ALVAREZ FOR MAYOR
By Nadin AbbottSeptember 25, 2013 (San Diego)--In a potentially race-changing move, the San Diego County Democratic Party last night voted to endorse Councilmember David Alvarez for San Diego...
View ArticleEARLY VOTING BEGINS FOR NEW SAN DIEGO MAYOR
October 22, 2013 (San Diego) – Voters in the City of San Diego began casting their ballots for a new mayor Monday.The Special Municipal Election will fill the vacancy left after Bob Filner...
View ArticleTHREE MAYORAL CANDIDATES CLASH IN KNSJ DEBATE
Faulconer, Alvarez surprisingly similar on issues; Aguirre drops bombsBy Mark Gabrish Conlan • for East County Magazine, www.eastcountymagazine.org November 13, 2013 (San Diego)--Three of the four...
View ArticleBEWARE OF CALLS URGING VOTERS TO GO TO POLLS ON WRONG DATE FOR MAYORAL ELECTION
By Miriam RafteryNovember 18, 2013 (San Diego ) – East County Magazine photographer Tom Abbott has informed ECM that he received an automated phone call this morning urging him to exercise his right...
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