By Doug Porter
Oops. They’ve doing it again. San Diego’s voters are once again being hoodwinked into signing petitions. Given that our City Attorney apparently thinks this behavior is part of the “democratic process,” the likelihood is they’ll get away with it.
Currently supporters of an initiative to overturn yet another City Council action have deployed an army of paid signature gatherers at shopping centers in San Diego. At issue is an ordinance restoring linkage fees on large scale developments to pre-recession levels as a mechanism for funding low income housing.
As has happened with other recent signature drives sponsored by corporate interests, those individuals are “stretching the truth” in their quest to earn their pay-per-signature wages. Whether or not these representations cross the line into outright lies is something I hope the courts will someday decide. These latest tactics shouldn't surprise anybody in the wake the hysterical "the Navy is leaving" campaign staged by opponents of the Barrio Logan Community Plan.
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