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SAN DIEGO The San Diego City Council Tuesday passed a resolution to require Mayor Bob Filner to sign an operating agreement for the city s Tourism Marketing District that the panel originally approved in November, despite his contentious plea for a two-day delay.
Filner has refused to sign the deal, which would release administrative funds to the agency that takes a 2 percent surcharge on hotel room rates, and uses the proceeds to promote San Diego as a vacation destination.
Filner hotel ratings hawaii told the council members that he came close to reaching a deal on a revised operating agreement with district officials in the last couple of days and asked them to wait two days before taking up the issue.
Filner said the remaining hang-ups were over how to publicly report the salaries of tourism officials, how to protect the city from adverse rulings from separate lawsuits over how the agencies hotel ratings hawaii are funded, and wording over the spending of $6 million to organize a year-long celebration of Balboa Park s centennial.
"As you know, I can veto the resolution, Filner told the council members. "As you know, I think it s illegal. As I ve said, I think it s a bad deal for taxpayers. I ve tried to make it better; I think we re this close.
"You can override the veto, Filner said. "I can refuse to sign it. We can go back to court. The court will make a decision, and I can appeal that decision. As the city attorney pointed hotel ratings hawaii out, right in the contract is the ability to hold up the whole expenditure of funds as long as there is litigation.
Filner also told the council members hotel ratings hawaii that they should recuse themselves, because they all received campaign donations from district board members. City Attorney Jan Goldsmith and council President Todd Gloria both received thousands of dollars from the tourism hotel ratings hawaii officials, Filner said.
Filner said it was a sad day for San Diego that the dispute has polarized the city, and that everyone involved should apologize to residents. He also criticized Gloria for bringing the resolution hotel ratings hawaii forward.
"This was an attack, I think, on me rather than an attempt to come to a solution, Filner said. "It was very irresponsible, frankly, Mr. Gloria, for you to have this on the agenda today. We could have brought this any time.
"They come in and start a fire and then say, wait a minute, I ll come put it out and be a hero. It s a different way of thinking about things  and it s usually political theater time to get on a camera.
Councilwoman Marti Emerald, who agreed with the mayor that indemnification in the contract hotel ratings hawaii was not strong enough, cast the dissenting vote. Separate lawsuits have been filed over the way the TMD is funded.
According to the resolution, the mayor s obligation to sign the agreement is a "ministerial duty and "he has no discretion to refuse to sign said Operating Agreement, and has no authority to further hotel ratings hawaii negotiate said Operating Agreement.
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firstly mr turzis salary from taxpayors scarce dollars is over 400,000 a year,, second a 40 year contract with no intervening modifications allowed ,, third the city must be better protected in case this is deemed a TAX and deemed illegal
Mayor Filner is taking the correct and proper approach in this matter. He is an outsider hotel ratings hawaii looking in and what he sees is the overly hotel ratings hawaii paid heads of this Tourism Marketing District getting public funding for supposedly advertising to promote the City of San Diego. hotel ratings hawaii All of you who are critical of Mayor Filner hotel ratings hawaii s decision to reshape or redirect this mightier than thou, self entitled, that s the way it has been, cronyistic, overpaid, agency need to do your research and then you could comment when well informed instead of bashing the Mayor for attempting to fix something that is and has been broken for a long time. Thumbs up to city councilwoman Marti Emerald in being the sole council person to side with the Mayor! And one more point before ending this opinion. Mayor Filner is also correct in asking the people that received campaign contributions from the Tourism Marketing District to recluse themselves from this matter. Smells like I scratch your back and you scratch hotel ratings hawaii mine to me! Go Mayor Filner!
You are spot on! If they all received campaign donations from district board members. then they are not working for the public s best on this issue. I have suspected that most city council members have been on the take for years.
Right on Mayor Filner. Remember San Diego voted for a strong mayor. The council is beholding to those that give them money or a possible job after they are no longer on the council! Therefore; they don t want the salary cap passed!