'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Editors note: Since this post originally ran in August, Bob Filner has resigned as mayor of San Diego. Burdick also writes with admiration of the extraordinary courage of the women she worked alongside at city hall who came forward to shine a light on the mayor’s despicable behavior toward them and of her own predicament, to stay or to go, and her ultimate decision to try to bring some leadership and stability to ensure that the people of San Diego continued to be served. On Tuesday during a closed-door session, the San Diego City Council unanimously decided to file suit in. She recounts her mixed emotions as she gave up a position on the San Diego Port Commission to join the staff of the city’s first Democratic mayor since 1992, particularly given his abrasive reputation and her own personal journey as the sex harassment allegations that led to Filner’s resignation and three criminal counts became clear to her. San Diego Mayor Bob Filner is being slapped with another lawsuit-by the city he governs. In Bob Filner's Monster: The Unraveling of an American Mayor and What We Can Learn from It, Burdick shares her insider perspective and writes of her experience, insights and feelings during that tumultuous period. Her meteoric rise began as Filner’s director of special projects and legal affairs ending as his chief of staff and tracked Filner’s self-inflicted implosion leading to his resignation in August 2013. Speaking of the liberal media, ‘Leafblower Leslie’ didn’t cover any of this in her 60 Minutes report on Gulen.An attorney and powerful woman in her own right, Lee Burdick thought she had seen, heard and litigated everything but nothing could have prepared her for the political firestorm that exploded during her nine-month tenure as a key advisor to San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. Joe McCarthy’s legacy seems to be aging much better than what the communist left – to include the liberal media – would have us believe. That would mean that Communist leftists are working with Islamists. So the son of a leader in the CPUSA is a Socialist Communist Democrat who is connected with and has ties to Gulenist groups. Even the New York Times wrote in 1990 that the elder Filner sold Soviet products in the United States for 35 years. How about some more background on Filner? As a Democrat who is a member of the DSA, would his father’s communist leanings be relevant? According to the Pittsburgh Press in 1942, Joseph Filner was secretary of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) in Pittsburgh, PA. Ok, so Gulenist-connected groups have bought influence with a member of the Democratic Socialists of America communist caucus, which further validates Rep. ,chat,heaven,founded,mountains,consumption,painting,thin,bob,default,volunteers. Searching for answers about the sex scandal that took down former San Diego Mayor and former U.S. 1 insert one additional value into its correct position in a list thats. Yes, Pacifica is listed as a member organization of the TAA. Bob Filner and the Monster Within Published Augby inewsource/KPBS. There are countless examples of Filner’s ties to Gulenist-connected groups, to include his appearance at and participation in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Turkish American Alliance upon returning from his Pacifica-sponsored trip. In 2009, Pacifica sponsored the Gulen Conference at USC in Los Angeles. The Reader also reported that Filner took another trip courtesy of Pacifica in 2011 that totaled $3700 according to Filner’s filing. On December 12, 2007, this Committee held a hearing entitled Stopping Suicides: Mental Health Challenges within the Department of Veterans Affairs. A second high-profile US politician has been caught in a sex scandal in the space of a week. The 60 Minutes piece by ‘Leafblower’ Leslie didn’t hit on this disturbing connection either.įirst of all, Bob Filner is one of 70 Congressmen who was registered with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Caucus in 2009.Įarlier this month, the San Diego Reader reported on Filner’s trip to Turkey in 2010, which was paid for by a group known as the Pacifica Institute, an entity with extremely close ties to the Gulenist movement. Good morning and welcome to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs’ hearing on The Truth about Veterans’ Suicides. In particular, it focuses on the ties of Democratic Congressman Bob Filner (CA-51) – who is currently running for mayor of San Diego – to the Fethullah Gulen movement as well as the degree to which he is beholden to that movement. A character who speaks if not constantly then often so quickly that its hard to make out individual words. This entry is a separate follow-up to this post from last week. The Motor Mouth trope as used in popular culture.

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