Preliminary ruling favors mayor in TMD contract dispute--UPDATED: Statement from Mayor Filner
During the first four months of his administration, Mayor Bob Filner has received precious little cooperation from other city agencies. And although he won’t say it directly, he is frustrated. In an interview yesterday with the San Diego Free Press, however, the Mayor made it clear that he was not going to back down, particularly in his battle with the private Tourism Marketing Authority.
He also sounded very much like a man on a deserted island.
Discussing the Tourism and Marketing District controversy ahead of the court hearing Friday that will determine whether Filner is to be compelled to sign a contract agreed to by the previous City Council and mayor negotiated, Filner stood firm in his opposition to the agreement as presented. It is a fight that has very much isolated him from the rest of the city’s government.
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