Friday, November 9, 2012 - Evening Edition

>> >>DWANE: TONIGHT ON KPBS EVENING EDITION AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF
AN IRAQI WOMAN FROM EL CAJON. A NOTE LEFT AT THE SCENE LEFT THE COMMUNITY TO BELIEVE
IT WAS A MATE CRIME. >> >>: TO WORK WITH BOB WAS A DIFFICULT ONE
THAT I STRUGGLED WITH FOR SOME TIME. >> >>DWANE: AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE STRATEGIST
WHO PULLED THE STRINGS FOR BOB FILNER IN THE SAN DIEGO MAYOR'S RACE.
>> >>PEGGY: PLUS ON OUR WEEKLY ROUND TABLE WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT A DEMOCRATIC SUPER MAJORITY
REALLY MEANS TO SAN DIEGANS AND FIND OUT WHAT'S BEHIND SAN DIEGO'S HISTORIC ELECTION FOR MINORITY
REPRESENTATION. I'M PEGGY PICO WITH THOSE STORIES AND MORE
JUST AHEAD. >> >>DWANE: HELLO, GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR
JOINING US, I'M DWANE BROWN. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE HUSBAND OF AN I RKY
WOMAN MURDERED LAST SPRING IN EL CAJON. TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THURSDAY AND WHAT POLICE
DESCRIBED AS AN ACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. HIS 32 YEAR OLD WIFE WAS FOUND BADLY BEATEN
AT HER HOME IN MARCH A.NOTE LEFT NEAR HER BODY SAID GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY, YOU TERRORIST.
SHE DIED IN A HOSPITAL THREE DAYS LATER. THE INCIDENT SHOOK EL CAJON'S LARGE IRAQI
COMMUNITY. SHE WAS PLANNING TO DO D VORS HER HUSBAND
AND MOVE TO TEXAS MEMBERS OF NAVY SEAL TEAM SIX TEMPORARILY BLOCKED FROM GOING INTO EFFECT.
>> >>: ON THURSDAYÊ >> >>DWANE: WITH MORE SO ADRIAN WHAT PART
DID THE JUDGE BLOCK AND WHY? >> >>ADRIAN: DWANE, IN ADDITION TO INCREASINGLYÊ
SORRY, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING PENALTIES FOR HUMAN AND SEX TRAFFICKING, THE PROPOSITION
ALSO REQUIRES REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS TO TURN OVER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT LISTS OF ALL
THEIR ONLINE IDENTITIES. SO SCREEN NAMES, E MAIL ADDRESSES, THE IDEA
IS TO GIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT ADDITIONAL TOOLS WITH WHICH TO TRACK SEX OFFENDERS AND THEIR
ACTIVITIES ONLINE. BUT THE JUDGE IN THE CASE WHICH WAS FILED
BY THE ACLU SAID THAT THAT REQUIREMENT TO DO THAT SIGNIFICANT CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS
THE ACLU WHICH SUED TO PREVENT THIS PORTION OF THE PROPOSITION FROM GO NOTHING TO EFFECT
IS ARGUING THAT THAT REQUIREMENT Y VIOLATES FREE SPEECH AND EQUAL PROTECTION RIGHTS GUARANTEED
BY THE CONSTITUTION. >> >>DWANE: IS THE ACLU TAKING ISSUE WITH
THE TOUGHER PENALTIES? >> >>ADRIAN: IT'S JUST THE ONLINE REPORTING
REQUIREMENT. THEY'RE NOT TAKING ISSUE WITH THE ADDITIONAL
PENALTIES. REALLY, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS JUST THAT REQUIRING
SEX OFFENDERS TO TURN OVER THEIR ONLINE IDENTITIES RESTRICTS THEIR FREE SPEECH AND THEY'RE HOPING
THIS WILL PREVAIL IN COURT WHEN IT'S HEARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
>> >>DWANE: KPBS REPORTER ADRIAN FLORIDO. MEMBERS OF NAVY SEAL TEAM 6 INCLUDING ONE
INVOLVED IN THE MISSION TO GET OSAMA BIN LADEN HAVE BEEN PUNISHED FOR ALLEGEDLY GIVING CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION TO A VIDEO GAMEÊ >> >>: STH FIRST PERSON SHOOTING GAME MEDAL
OF HONOR WAR FIGHTER HAS BROUGHT 7 MEMBERS OF THE SECRETIVE NAIL NAVY SEAL TEAM 6 INTO
THE CROSS HAIRS OF DISMAN. THE SEALS ARE ALLEGEED TO DIVULGED CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION TO ELECTRONIC ARTS, THE MAKER OF THE GAME.
SCOTT HAILER A FORMER SEAL SAYS THE DISCLOSURE WILL DO LITTLE TO HELP ENEMIES OF THE U.S.
>> >>: I DON'T KNOW IF TERRORISTS CAN TAKE FROM A VIDEO GAME ATTACKING, I DON'T KNOW
IF THEY CAN DO THAT, BUT IT DOES SPEAK TO A BIGGER ISSUE IF YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED TO
SPEAK ABOUT THE INFORMATION AND SIGN AD WAIVER TO NOT DO SO THEN YOU HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
>> >>: EACH THE 7 RECEIVED PUNITIVE LETTER OF REPRIMAND AND A PARTIAL FORFEITURE OF PAY.
SEEP SEALS INCLUDING SOME OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE OSAMA BIN LADEN RAID HAVE BEEN UNCHARACTERISTICALLY
PROMINENT IN THE NEWS THIS YEAR. THE FORMER NAVY SEAL MARK NO EASY DAY ABOUT KILLING OSAMA
BIN LADEN WAS ACTUALLY ALSO REPORTEDLY A CONSULTANT FOR MEDAL OF HONOR WAR FIGHTER.
>> >>: BOTH ACTIVE DUTY AND RETIRED SEALS POSSESS HIGHLY SENSITIVE INFORMATION ABOUT
TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES. THAT'S WHY THERE THEY'RE OBLIGED TO SIGN NON
DISCLOSURE AGREE MS AND WHY THE PENTAGON CAME DOWN ON THESE ELITE FIGHTERS.
>> >>DWANE: SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE BEEN A TRIED AND TRUE STEPPING STONE TO HIGHER POLITICAL
OFFICE. JERRY BROWN STARTED HIS CAREER ON THE BOARD
OF THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FLT AT LEAST THREE FORMER SAN DIEGO SCHOOL
OFFICIALS WERE ELECTED TO HIGHER OFFICE. KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER KYLA CALVERT JOINS
US WITH THE STORY. WHO ARE SOME OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ALUMNI ELECTED
THIS WEEK? >> >>KYLA: BOB FILNER, SAN DIEGO'S MAYOR ELECT,
WAS A MEMBER O THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD.
AS WAS SUSAN DAVIS WHO WAS REELECTED TO CONGRESS ON TUESDAY, AND SHIRLEY WEBER WHO IS THE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ELECT. I SPOKE WITH SAN DIEGO STATE POLITICAL SCIENCE
PROFESSOR BRIAN ADAMS ABOUT THIS AND HE WAS SAYING THAT IN HIS RESEARCH, HE'S SEEN MANY
POLITICAL CAREERS THAT STARTED ON SCHOOL BOARDS. >> >>DWANE: WHAT SEEMS TO MAKE SCHOOL BOARD
SAID AN EFFECTIVE PLACE TO ACTUALLY LAUNCH A POLITICAL CAREER?
>> >>KYLA: ADAMS WAS SAYING THESE ARE POSITION THAT HAVE LITTLE BARRIER TO ENTRY.
PEOPLE DON'T EXPECT A SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE TO HAVE A LOT OF PRIOR POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
AND THEY'RE CAMPAIGNS THAT DON'T TAKE A LOT OF MONEY TO RUN.
ONCE SOMEONE IS ELECTED TO SCHOOL BOARD, IT'S A POSITION IN WHICH YOU CAN GET THE KIND OF
EXPERIENCE YOU CAN POINT TO IN ELECTION FOR CITY COUNCIL, OR STATE LEGISLATURE, AND IT'S
THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE THEY CAN START TO FORM FLIT KL ALLIANCES AND MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN
TO THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE THEIR DONORS WHICH ARE WHAT YOU'LL NEED IF YOU DO DECIDE
TO RUN FOR HIGHER OFFICE. >> >>DWANE: KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER KYLA CALVERT.
SAN DIEGANS ELECTED THE FIRST LATINO CONGRESSMAN IN MORE THAN A CENTURY THIS BEAK, AND DEMOCRATS
SAY THEY'RE ABOUT TO CAPTURE SUPERMAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
PEGGY PICO IN OUR WEEKLY ROUND TABLE. >> >>PEGGY: IT'S BEEN 1883 WHEN THE DEMOCRATS
LAST HELD A SUPERMAJORITY IN SACRAMENTO. NOW, CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS SAY THAT'S ABOUT
TO CHANGE. BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PART OF TUESDAY'S
ELECTION MAKING HISTORY. SAN DIEGO ELECTKED SHIRLEY WEBER, AN AFRICAN
AMERICAN TO THE ASSEMBLY. AND ITS IT FIRST LATINO, JUAN VARGAS, TO CONGRESS.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEHIND THESE BLIT KL SHIFTS AND WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THEY MAY
HAVE IS UT SAN DIEGO'S POLITICAL EDITOR MICHAEL SMOLENS AND POLITICAL REPORTER CHRIS CADELAGO.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. FIRST QUESTION MICHAEL, WHAT DOES IT MEAN
FOR DEMOCRATS TO HAVE THIS SUPERMAJORITY? >> >>MICHAEL SMOLENS: WHAT THEY WILL HAVE
IT LOOKS LIKE IS A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATURE.
WHAT THAT MANY Y MEANS IS THEY DON'T NEED THE REPUBLICS TO DO ANYTHING, PASS TAXES,
PASS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THEY NEED A TWO THIRDS VOTE.
IN THE PAST A COUPLE REPUBLICS COULD STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING.
THAT WAS USUALLY THE DYNAMIC THAT LEAD TO THE BUDGET.
I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT. THE GOVERNOR SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO RAISE
ANY TAXES UNLESS WE PUT THEM ON THE BALLOT AND THIS NOTION TAT THE DEMOCRATIC SUPERMAJORITY
WOULD OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY VOTES TO SPARE.
HE'S GAINED GREAT POWER WITH THE PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION 30.
>> >>PEGGY: YES, I HEARD THEY'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH QUOTE, RESPECT, AND YOU KNOW
BASICALLYÊ >> >>MICHAEL SMOLENS: THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE
TALK ABOUT NOW. >> >>PEGGY: CHRIS, WHAT ABOUT THISÊ EXPLAIN
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS SIMPLE MAJORITY VERSUS THE SUPERMAJORITY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES
TO PROPOSITION 13 AND HOW THAT CHANGED THINGS. >> >>CHRIS CADELAGO: SURE, YEAH, THE SUPERMAJORITY,
BASICALLY ALLOWED THE REPUBLICS WITH ONE, TWO, THREE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT
FALL IN LINE TO BLOCK LA UT F THESE THINGS FROM MOVING FORWARD IN THE LEGISLATURE.
NOW HAVING A SUPERMAJORITY THEY DON'T NEED THE SUPPORT OF ANY OF THESE REPUBLICANS.
AND IT'S SOMEWHAT SIGNIFICANT. AS MICHAEL NOTED, THEY'VE BIB ABLE TO PICK
OFF REPUBLICANS HERE OR THERE TO GET SOME DEALS DONE, MOST RECENTLY WITH PROP 30 THEY
WEREN'T ABLE. BUT IN THE PAST, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE
SOME OF THESE REPUBLICS BREAK EITHER THEIR NO TAX PLEDGE OR COME IN LINE AND MAKE A DEAL
WITH THEM. SO THAT'S SORT OF A THING TO NOTE.
THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO NOTE HERE.
ONE OTHER ONE IS, THERE ARE TWO STATE SENATORS ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
SO IT MAY BE SEVERAL MONTHS, SOME TIME, UNTIL THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THE FULL NUMBER OF MEMBER
YZ BELIEVE IT'S 27. >> >>PEGGY: THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION, ABSOLUTELY.
WE DON'T HAVE IT YET; CORRECT? IRKS. >> >>CHRIS CADELAGO: THAT'S TRUE.
>> >>MICHAEL SMOLENS: CLOSE TO THE SUMMER BREAK IS WHEN THEY EXPECT TO HAVE THOSE EXPECT
TO HAVE THOSE SEATS FILLED. >> >>PEGGY: CHRIS, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE NEW FACES IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE FROM SAN DIEGO, ELSE PEA ABOUT DR.ÊSHIRLEY WEBER.
>> >>CHRIS CADELAGO: DR.ÊWEBER WAS PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD HERE, SO SHE'S A VERY
FAMILIAR FACE, SHE'S BEEN A MAYORAL APPOINTEE, A PROFESSOR HERE AT THE COLLEGE, AND SHE'S
GOT A VERY INTERESTING FAMILY BACKGROUND, MOVED TO CALIFORNIA I THINK AT THE AGE OF
THREE, SHE WAS THE DOT OF SHARE CROPPERS FROM HOPE, ARKANSAS.
AND SHE'S BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR A LONG TIME. SO I COULD SEE THAT BEING SORT OF HER ISSUE
WHEN SHE GETS UP TO SACRAMENTO. AND NOW THERE'S OBVIOUSLY NEW RULES IN PLACE.
SO WE MAY BE GETTING USEED TO DR.ÊSHIRLEY WEBER FOR POSSIBLY 12 YEARS I GUESS IN THE
ASSEMBLY. SHE IS SOMEBODYÊ THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICANÊ
>> >>PEGGY: SOUTH OF L.A. >> >>CHRIS CADELAGO: SOUTH OF L.A. ELECTED.
SO THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF HISTORY BEING MADE IN THIS ELECTION.
WE KNOW PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR WING DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT WINNING SAN DIEGO COUNTY NOW TWICE
IN A ROW, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN SINCE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT.
>> >>PEGGY: AND SPEAKING ABOUT HER RACE, SO SIX 60% OF THE VOTE WHEN I SPOKE TO HER ON
ELECTION DAY, SHE SAID ONLY 10% OF HER DISTRICT IS AFRICAN AMERICAN.
SO THIS WASN'T JUST BASED ON WE NEED TO PUT SOME REPRESENTATION.
>> >>MICHAEL SMOLENS: I THINK AS CHRIS POINTED OUT, SHE HAS A HISTORY IN THIS REGION.
PEOPLE KNOW FROM HER ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO SOMETIMES WE TEND TO MAKE A LITTLE TOO MUCH OF AN ISSUE OUT OF THE ETHNIC ASPECT
WHEN IN A LOT OF CASES OTHER FACTORS ARE AT PLAY.
OBVIOUSLY, VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY SHE'S A QUALIFIED CANDIDATE.
>> >>PEGGY: DISTRICT 76 WAS CALLED EXPERIMENTAL I THINK AS FAR AS THE TOP TWO PRIMARY SYSTEM.
MICHAEL, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. >> >>MICHAEL SMOLENS: CHRIS IS A LITTLE MORE
FAMILIAR. >> >>CHRIS CADELAGO: THIS IS A RACE WITH THE
TOP TWO PRIMARY, LARGELY CHAMPIONED BY SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S OWN STEVE PEACE.
THOSE WERE PASSED THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN JUNE WHERE TWO FOLKS FROM THE SAME PARTY
EITHER REPUBLICS OR DEMOCRATS COULD ADVANCE INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION.
WE SAW SHERRY HODGES AND ROCKY CHAVEZ WHO IS AÊ
>> >>PEGGY: MORE MODERATE. >> >>CHRIS CADELAGO: HE'S A LITTLE MORE MODERATE,
SUPPORTED BY MODERATE CAUSES. WE SAW SORT OF A LATE 500,000 DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION
COME IN FROM HIM FROM A GROUP THAT SUPPORTS MODERATES.
WHAT HE DID IS HE TARGETED A LOT OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS AND INDEPENDENT VOTERS WITH HIS MAIL,
WITH HIS RADIO ADS, AND SHERRY WAS LOOKING A LOT MORE TO APPEAL TO THE REPUBLICAN BASE.
I THINK THAT THIS IS SORT OF AN EXAMPLE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE IN A TOP TWO RACE OBVIOUSLY
DEPENDING ON THE DISTRICT THAT YOU REALLY DO NEED TO REACH OUT TO MORE THAN ONE PARTY
TOÊ IN AN INTERPARTY ELECTION IN ORDER TO ATTRACT ENOUGH VOTERS YOU NEED THAT 50 PLUS
1 TO WIN. >> >>MICHAEL SMOLENS: THE GOAL WAS YOU GET
MORE MODERATE PEOPLE ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE MORE PRONE TO COMPROMISE.
WHERE WE KNOW CHAIIVE RR BEEN MORE PRONE TO BALKANIZE IN A PARTISAN WAY.
IT'S STILL A VERY POLARIZED PLACE. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT TWO THIRDS OR
NOT. >> >>PEGGY: DO YOU THINK ROCKY WON, EITHER
ONE OF YOU, BECAUSE HE WAS MORE MODERATE. YOU HAD TWO REPUBLIC CANDIDATES, THE EXTREME.
IN REPUBLICAN AREAS ARE PEOPLE LEANING TOWARD MORE MODERATE?
>> >>CHRIS CADELAGO: I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE THINGS HE REALLY HAD GOING FOR HIM WAS HE
WAS ON THE OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCIL. SHERRY HODGES HAD BEEN A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST,
ON A SMALLER SCHOOL BOARD UP THERE. IN THE CASE OF DR.ÊWEBER, ROCKY WAS QUITE
A BIT MORE WELL KNOWN. HE WAS SORT OF A TEMPORARY ON THE STATE VETERANS
COMMITTEE, ON THERE FOR QUITE AWHILE. CAMP PENDLETON WE KNOW IS IN THE DISTRICT.
HE HAD THE ENDORSEMENT OF GOVERNOR PETE WILSON WHO WROTE SOME LETTERS.
HE WAS SORT OF IF YOU WANT TO USE THE TERM AN ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE IN THAT DISTRICT.
HE HAD A LOT OF THINGS GOING FOR HIM. >> >>MICHAEL SMOLENS: ONE OTHER THING ALSO,
WHILE I SAID LET'S NOT MAKE TOO MUCH OUT OF THE ETHNIC BACKGROUND, HE IS LATINO AND WE
KNOW THE LATINO TURN OUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WAS REALLY UP.
CERTAINLY YOU THINK THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED HIM IN THIS RACE.
>> >>PEGGY: CERTAINLY, NATIONAL NOT ONLY WERE THERE MORE LATINO, MORE ACTUALLY REGISTERED.
MICHAEL, LET'S GET BACK TO THE SUPERMAJORITY. HOW ARE REPUBLICS AND CONSERVATIVE GROUPS
LIKE THE HOWARD JARVIS TAX PAYERS ASSOCIATION RESPONDING TO THIS NEW NORMAL.
>> >>MICHAEL SMOLENS: IT'S SORT OF LIKE ARMAGEDDON HAS STRUCK.
I THINK IT WAS THE HOWARD JARVIS LEADER TALKED ABOUT THIS IS GOING TO TURN INTO A BANANA
REPUBLIC. THE DEMOCRATS ARE TALKING THE RIGHT GAME.
THEY'RE SAYING LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RESTRAINT, BE RESPECTFUL OF THIS, NOT GOING TO OPEN THE
FLOOD GATES OF TAXES. WE JUST PASS AD SIX BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR
TAX ISSUE ON THE BALLOT WITH PROPOSITION 30. AND THE GOVERNOR, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO
BE CONCERNED ABOUT GOVERNING IN HIS LEGACY, NOT JUST THROUGH A LOT OF TAXES.
HE WILL I THINK KEEP A LOOK AT THEM, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WANT TO DO IS IMPROVE THE
BUSINESS CLIMATE AND ALSO LOOK AT A BROADER TAX FORM.
THE CALIFORNIA TAX SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SUCH SWINGS IN REVENUE UP AND
DOWN, AND THAT WILL TAKE A LOT OF DOING AND JUST START PASSING TAXES IS NOT GOING TO BE
CONDUCIVE TO GET THAT DONE AND PROBABLY WON'T HELP THE DEMOCRATS IN TWO YEARS.
PEOPLE SAYING WE WILL BE A SUPERMAJORITY FOR TWO YEARS IF WE START PASSING A LOT OF TAXES.
>> >>PEGGY: JUST FOR TWO YEARS ON THAT ONE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS BEHIND THE DEMOCRATIC
SURGE IN SAN DIEGO? >> >>CHRIS CADELAGO: WE TALKED U ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS.
THERE WERE ORANGE ORANGE COUNTY LINCOLN CLUB WHO PUT FORTH A VERY UNPOPULAR BALLOT INITIATIVE
PROP 32, BANNED PAY CHECK DEDUCTION FROM BOTH UNIONS AND CORPORATIONS BUT WE KNOW IT WOULD
HAVE SEVERELY IMPACTED UNIONS QUITE A BIT MORE.
THAT WAS SOMETHING FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ARE SAYING HELPED REALLY DRIVE OUT
FOLKS AND HELPED DRIVE UP THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE AND WE SAW A CAMPAIGNING
OF BOTH LABOR COUNCIL HERE, LORENA GONZALEZ AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WORK TOGETHER SORT
OF ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE 8 SOUTHERN SIDE THE 8 TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE RILED UP
AND OUT TO THE POLLS AS THEY COULD. WE KNOW THAT THE ELECTION DAY TURN OUT WAS
PARTICULARLY BIG. I THINK WE'RE HEARING THAT NOW.
AND THAT IS THE TIME WITH THE CAMPAIGNING OF PRESIDENT OBAMA ON THE BALLOT, A MORE DIVERSE
POPULATION, MORE DEMOCRATS IN THE CITY, MORE DEMOCRATS IN THE COUNTY, ALL THOSE THINGS
SORT OF COMBINED TO HELP THEM AS WELL AS SORT OF SOME MORE MODERATE CANDIDATES.
>> >>MICHAEL SMOLENS: ALSO, JUST THE BEING ABLE TO REGISTER ONLINE WAS A HUGE DEMOCRATÊ
REALLY TOOK AT ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE AND REALLY MOBILIZED.
>> >>PEGGY: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> >>MICHAEL SMOLENS: THANK YOU,.
>> >>CHRIS CADELAGO: THANKS. >> >>: RESTORING THE POWER IN NEW JERSEY,
PLUS SHIELDS AND BROOKS, THAT'S FRIDAY ON THE PBS NEWS HOUR.
>> >>DWANE: THE SAN DIEGO MAYOR'S RACE WAS EXPENSIVE, HARD FOUGHT AND PRETTY NASTY AT
TIMES. CAMPAIGN STRATEGISTS ARE PAYED TO SHAPE THE
CANDIDATE'S PERSONAS AND MOLD THEIR MESSAGES. THE BOB FILNER AND CARL DEMAIO CAMPAIGNS HIRED
THE BEST. BRAD RACINO TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES.
>> >>BRAD: THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF ELECTION STORY, THE KIND OF TAKES YOU BEHIND THE STAGE
MAKE UP TO SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED INSIDE THE CAMPAIGNS TO BECOME SAN DIEGO'S NEXT MAYOR.
THIS IS A STORY ABOUT THE MEN BEHIND THE MEN, HOW THEY SAW THE CANDIDATES, HOW THEY RAN
THE CAMPAIGNS AND HOW THEY HAVE SOME REGRETS. TOP SHEPHERD IS THE MAN BEHIND BOB FILNER'S
SUCCESS. REPUTATION OVER 30 YEARS IN SAN DIEGO AND
EARNED HIM THE DARTH VADAR OF LOCAL PAUL POLITICS. JASON ROW IS THE MAN BEHIND CARL DEMAIO'S
NARROW LOSS. LET'S BEGIN WITH THE WINNER.
>> >>: I GOT INVOLVED IN POLITICSÊ >> >>BRAD: FOR THE 2012 MAYOR'S RACE SHEPHERD
STARTED OUT STRATEGIZING FOR ASSEMBLYMAN NATHAN FLETCHER IN THE PRIMARY.
WHEN FLETCHER LOST OUT, FILNER SURPRISINGLY CAME KNOCKING.
>> >>: THE DECISION TO WORK WITH BOB WAS A DIFFICULT ONE THAT I STRUGGLED WITH FOR SOME
TIME. >> >>BRAD: IT LOST HIM CLIENTS AND PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS. SO WHY'D HE DO IT?
>> >>: I FELT AS MANY SAN DIEGANS PROBABLY DID, THAT THESE WERE NOT MY TWO CHOICES FOR
MAYOR, GOING IN, BUT WE STILL HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE.
>> >>BRAD: JASON ROW, DEMAIO'S CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT WOULD DISAGREE.
>> >>: TOM SHEPARD IS THE BENEFIT OF NOT HAVING ANY SOUL.
>> >>BRAD: ROW'S CONSULTING FIRM IS NATIONAL. IT REPRESENTING 20 REPUBLICS THIS ELECTION
CYCLE AND GOT TROUNCED ON ELECTION DAY. FOR SHEPHERD AND ROW, CONSULTING IS BOTH BUSINESS
AND PERSONAL. AND ROW'S PROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENT IS DEMAIO
WAS THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB. >> >>: WE THOUGHT CARL HAD DEVELOPED A GREAT
BRAND WHEN IT CAME TO REFORM AND TRANSPARENCY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT MEAN SOMETHING HERE.
THE AVERAGE PURSE ON THE STREET UNDERSTANDS. >> >>BRAD: THE TWO CONSULTANTS HAD MORE IN
COMMON THAN THEY KNEW. BOTH THE TO BOTH SAID THEIR CANDIDATES MATURED
IN THE PROCESS AND PROBABLY SET A RECORD FOR DEBATES, CREATING SOME CLASSIC MOMENTS.
>> >>: BOB, I JUST HOPE THAT COME ON OUT, I KNOW YOU LOST THE COIN TOSS.
>> >>BRAD: FILNER REFUSAL TO COME ON STAGE DURING A DEBATE GAVE DEMAIO TIME FOR A SOLO
CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE. >> >>: IS THAT YOUR OPENING STATEMENT?
>> >>BRAD: THEN THERE WERE THE ADS. >> >>: I'M A CONGRESSMAN AND CAN DO WHATEVER
I WANT. >> >>: CARL DEMAIO IS TOO EXTREME TO BE TRUSTED.
>> >>BRAD: SHEPHERD AND ROW THINK IT OTHER CROSSED THE LINE AND THEY BOTH HAVE SOME REGRETS.
ROW REGRETS TELLING DEMAIO TO HOUND NATHAN FLETCHER OF R OVER AN ETHICS INVESTIGATION
WHICH TURNED OUT TO HAVE BEEN CLOSED. THEN THERE WAS THE LILY FOND INCIDENT IN WHICH
FILNER'S CAMPAIGN ACCUSED DEMAIO'S PART OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
>> >>: ALL I COULD SAY IS I THINK THERE WERE THINGS SAID THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SAID
ABOUT THAT THAT WERE NOT BASED IN FACT. >> >>BRAD: IN THE END, SHEPHERD SAYS FILNER'S
BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS BUILDING A TEAM HE TRUSTS. >> >>: TO BE EFFECTIVE AS MAYOR, YOU'VE GOT
TO BUILD A REALLY STRONG TEAM BECAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MICROMANAGE THAT JOB.
HIS BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS BUILDING A TEAM HE TRUSTS AND THAT'S CAPABLE OF EXECUTED HIS
VISION. >> >>BRAD: ROW DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT FOR A
SECOND. >> >>: THIS GUY'S GOT NO PLAN, AND DOES NOT
HAVE A HAVE THE TEMPERAMENT TO BE A CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
>> >>BRAD: AS FOR CARL DEMAIO, HE HASN'T SAID WHAT HE PLANS TO DO NEXT AND IF ROW KNOWS,
HE ISN'T SHARING. HE JUST GAVE US ONE ASSURANCE.
>> >>: I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN THE LAST OF CARL BY ANY STECH OF THE IMAGINATION.
>> >>DWANE: FOR MORE DETAILS AND VIDEOS ABOUT WHAT WENT ON BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE RACE
FOR MAYOR, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG. AN ORGANIZATION BRINGING VARIOUS VETERANS
GROUP TOGETHER ON THEIR TWO DOZEN VETS IT WAS SPONSORED BY THE VETERANS MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL
CENTER THIS AFTERNOON. BUSINESSES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS NOMINATE
THEIR VETERAN EMPLOYEES FOR THE HONOR, STARTED IN 1989.
SOME VOLUNTEER AT THE MUSEUMS, LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL AND ON THE U.S. MIDWAY.
TWENTY FOUR OF THEM WERE RECOGNIZED TODAY AND TWO WERE NAMED VETERAN OF THE YEAR.
>> >>: VETERAN OF THE YEAR IS RONALD STARK, WHO WORKS FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM, AND
IT'S ANTHONY STEWART, WHO'S DONE A LOT OF FOR THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AND IS NOW WITH
THE AMERICAN LEGION. >> >>: WHAT I TRY MY BEST TO DO IS INSPIRE
SERVICE ABOVE THEMSELF. WORK HARD IN YOUR COMMUNITY WITH COMMUNITY
SERVICE, WHETHER IT BE FOR VETERANS, CHILDREN, OR JUST COMMUNITY ITEMS THAT MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY
A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. >> >>DWANE: ALL THE VETERANS WERE GIVEN AWARDS
FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE. THE TWO VETERANS OF THE YEAR WILL PARTICIPATE
AT PARADES. A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE INJURY OF
A KILLER WHALE AT SAN DIEGO'S SEA WORLD SUPPORTS THE PARK'S FINDING. THE 11 YEAR OLD WHALE
LOST A CHUNK OF JAW BY SCRAPING A METAL TRACK BETWEEN SHAMU STADIUM.
A COMPLAINT FROM PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS SAY THE WOUND WAS INFLICTED BY
OTHER WHALES. AN EAST COUNTY GIRL IS RECOVERING AFTER STEPPING
INTO A RATTLESNAKE NEST. SHE WAS BITTEN SIX TIMES IN JAMUL.
THE 16 YEAR OLD WAS VISITING HER UNCLE WHEN SHE WENT UP A HILL FOR BETTER CELL RECEPTION
AND SAW AN ADULT RATTLER AND FIVE BABIES BITING HER FOOT.
SHE SPENT SEVERAL DAYS IN INTENSIVE CARE BUT PANS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK.
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SAN DIEGO MOUNTAIN AREAS FROM NOON TOMORROW.
WE CAN SEE SNOW FALL AS LOW AS 4,000ÊFEET. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PREDICTS UP TO SIX
INCHES AND EVEN MORE SNOW ON THE HIGHER PEEKS. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE FORECAST.
>> >>PEGGY: IF YOU SOME HOW MISSED TUESDAY'S BIG NEWS, SAN DIEGO ELECTED A NEW MAYOR AND
OUR STORY ON BOB FILNER'S WIN RECEIVED WIDE VARIETY OF COMMENTS.
HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEM: WROTE WORLD VIEW, AND:
COMMENTED RADIO FREE BANSHEE, THEN ADDED: YOU CAN JOIN IN ON THIS CONVERSATION OR COMMENT
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