The election for San Diego City Attorney is a critical race for San Diego’s future. I have had the honor of serving in this office since 2004 and it is encouraging to report that great strides have been made in restoring the rule of law at City Hall.

We settled the City’s legal issues with the United States Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). The $100 million judgment against the City in the Roque de la Fuente case has been reversed. We stood firm to prevent a developer from constructing the oversized Sunroad office building near Montgomery Field. We refused to allow your public parking in Balboa Park to be turned over to a valet parking company. And we succeeded in creating an ordinance to stop the proliferation of mini-dorms in single family neighborhoods.

Because of our investigations you know more about the financial and legal predicament facing the City of San Diego. Your right to gain access to public records has been restored. And we continue to enforce laws that protect our community.

The 2008 re-election campaign will be a tough one. Organized forces seeking to thwart our call for open government are seeking to turn back the clock. Do you want to return to the days when the city attorney did not act solely in the public interest, or do you want to keep reform on track?

Campaigns require work. There are yard signs to put up, calls to be made, and precincts to walk. Your support will be vital in helping us present our message to voters.
You know that I will continue to fight for San Diego’s future. Together we can make changes that will benefit generations to come. Please call me at (619) 542-1945 if you’d like to discuss any issue.

Mike Aguirre's Second-in-Command, Don McGrath is interviewed by Pat Flannery for his
Blog of San Diego' on Friday, June 20, 2008. McGrath anticipated that Union-Tribune editorial page editor Bob Kittle would do exactly what he did - slam him for recovering $7,166,458 for the City. Click HERE for the U-T editorial on the subject, which contains not a word of thanks from Mayor Sanders or his spokespersons, Bob Kittle and Fred Sainz.
The City has an absolute right, through the City Council, to review whether or not a war training facility can be put in the middle of what is otherwise an industrial-business park and that there is a fundamental constitutional issue that has to be resolved by the Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit and we will be taking an appeal at the earliest opportunity. -- City Attorney Mike Aguirre in an interview with Pat Flannery, outside the Federal Courthouse, following his argument concerning the City's discretion over land use issues.

Mike Aguirre discusses the September 7, 2007 email from Sanders spokesman Fred Sainz to the Union-Tribune editorial page editor Bob Kittle. The email message is here. -- Courtesy of Pat Flannery's Blog of San Diego.

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