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Article: Three Mayors, One Bad Week; San Diego Reels From More Political, Financial Woes
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- The Washington Post
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- July 23, 2005
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After a year in which it didn't seem like anything worse could
happen to this city -- a former beacon of good government now
dimmed by federal corruption probes, deep deficits and election
controversies -- this was the week it did.
Mayor Dick Murphy officially stepped down as planned July 15, a
move that thwarted a burgeoning recall effort. Three days later, the
council member appointed to succeed him was convicted of taking
bribes from a strip-club owner, along with a second council member.
Now the nation's seventh-largest city is grappling with a serious
vacuum of power -- three vacancies on its nine-member council.
Some observers fear that San Diego will be ill-equipped to deal ...