BY WILLIAM RODRIGUEZ-KENNEDY The San Diego City Council unanimously approved changing the name of Blaine Avenue in the historically LGBT neighborhood of Hillcrest to Harvey Milk Street. The name change will honor the late civil rights activist, who was the first openly gay elected official in the United States. San Diego is the first city [...]
The Mayor’s Race For what will likely be San Diego LGBT Weekly’s final mayoral Q&A, Nathan Fletcher came to our offices in Banker’s Hill to be interviewed on vital topics ranging from the local economy to the city’s wide array of social issues. Fletcher had a one-word answer to the big question: “Do you support [...]
It’s all about words this week – spoken and read. I have praised San Diego’s tight little literary community several times in the past. If you enjoy writing or listening to writers perform their work then there is always something going on. This week for example you can enjoy a couple of events. First up [...]
The political landscape in the San Diego mayor’s race has changed dramatically. Recent polls show City Councilman Carl DeMaio and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher in a virtual dead heat. Republican DeMaio is at 28 percent, with Independent Fletcher close behind at 26 percent, and Democrat Congressman Bob Filner bringing up the flank with 20 percent. Republican [...]
Hypocrisy: Just what do they mean by ‘not covering’ the mayor’s race? Dear Editor, Most of your readers are familiar with that other publication’s stated policy of objective, non-coverage of the mayor’s race. I received this following statement from the SDGLN editor a few weeks ago: “We have published the following formal statement: ‘SDGLN is [...]
Campaign civility Dear Editor, Recently, Ken Williams, editor of the San Diego Gay and Lesbian News service, wrote an op-ed in which he issued a call for more civility in political discourse – in particular highlighting events during the recent San Diego mayoral debate at The Center. He decried someone shouting out the word “liar” [...]
In 1800, Thomas Jefferson, for the first and last time in U.S. history, became a vice president running against his president. Things got ugly fast. Jefferson’s camp accused President John Adams of having a “hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.” [...]
Some people think that I am not a supporter of Carl DeMaio. The truth is that I cannot stomach those who put their personal career above the well-being of our community. DeMaio recently stated that he is not running on social issues; this is evidenced by his fundraiser hosted by former mayor of San Diego, [...]
Dear Editor, … (Carl DeMaio’s life partner’s Web site) states, Carl’s “personal relationship” with (Johnathan) Hale means they won’t cover the race. It’s all well and good until you go to their page and look at the tag for Mayors Race which is currently two pages and, yes, mostly made up of press releases, the [...]
Why I stood up during the debate … American journalism is sometimes referred to as “The Fourth Estate” – a fourth quasi-branch of government – more specifically, a fourth check-and-balance on the power of our government and elected officials. In fact, the role of the press as defender of freedom is enshrined within the First [...]
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