Voice of San Diego News Alert: April 25
Murphy Resigns
San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy announced his resignation Monday morning effective July 15, paving the way for a mayoral election to be tacked on to this November’s anticipated special election.
Murphy, a former Superior Court judge first elected San Diego’s 33rd mayor in 2000, succumbed to mounting pressures brought about by a $1.37-billion pension deficit and pending federal and local investigations into City Hall. Further worsening the situation, he won last November’s election with only 34 percent of the vote and amid challenges to the victory’s legitimacy.
“What the city needs is a fresh start,” Murphy told reporters.
Immediately, Councilwoman, Donna Frye, said she was now running. Gonna be a hellava battle between now and the Nov 8th special election. One small problem: the Mayoral election, in which Frye was a write-in candidate. She got 5,000 more votes than Murphy, but that many voters didn't fill in the blasted bubble too, when they wrote her in. The decision on whether or not those votes should be counted is still in the court system. Fun! What if the court says those votes should be counted? Would Murphy lose office instantly and Frye move into that chair? Heaven only knows what that monkey wrench thrown into the works would do!
Ain't life grand?
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