The presidential race has picked up some steam lately. I always look forward to hearing what politicians have to say, especially in response to the "hard" questions.
With all the hub-bub going on with the presidential race, though, it seems that the local race for mayor and city attorney usually takes a back seat. But, the local races are quite interesting, as well.
The other day I was listening to KPBS/NPR and Tom Fudge on "These Days" was interviewing the City Council President, Scott Peters, who is a candidate for city attorney. Like many other San Diegans, Peters expressed his dissatisfaction with the job that current city attorney, Michael Aguirre, has done.
Fudge, who can usually be counted on to be as close to partial as possible, came back with a question for Peters.
"So, Scott, research has shown that City Council members are excessive users of water in their households, while you yourself had the highest usage by far (something like 5-6 times the avg. household uses). How do you respond to that?"
Peters answered, "Well, Tom, that a great question... and the answer is, to be honest, my property is rather large. We're currently trying to switch over to drip system, but really, our property is just big."
I got a kick out of that.
With all the media surrounding politics these days, its highly unlikely that a candidate will go unscathed during the course of his or her campaign and I sure love it when the media takes advantage and puts politicians in those tough situations.
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3 comments:
who is Mike Peters? I've never heard of him. do you mean sd city council president Scott Peters? are u sure that quote is about peters? or is it about city attorney aguirre?
but yeah definitely, local government often lacks civic participation. presidential races are more symbolic of an authority figure than anything.
you are right nat! i miffed his name...
haha, that is pretty funny
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