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The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee is calling on San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign after four more women said they were targets of his sexual advances. Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz leads the DNC. She says the misconduct Filner has been accused of is “reprehensible and indefensible.” …

Today, finally, Rep. Nancy Pelosi issued a condemnation of San Diego Mayor Bob "Filthy" Filner along with NYC Mayoral candidate and former Congressman Anthony Weiner. "The conduct of some of these people that we’re talking about here is reprehensible," Pelosi, D-Calif., said of her former House Democratic colleagues. “It is so disrespectful of women, and what’s really stunning about it is they don’t even realize it. You know, they don’t have a clue."If they’re clueless, get a clue," she continued. "If they need therapy, do it in private." Previously Pelosi stated she didn't want to be identified as Filner's "former...

The number of women coming forward now at 7 SAN DIEGO - Four more women openly accused San Diego Mayor Bob Filner of sexual harassment on Thursday, bringing the total number of women to seven. The women are prominent members of the community, and they gave an exclusive interview to 10News partner KBPS. "He's put me in what I guess now is the famous headlock," said businesswoman Patti Roscoe.

Support for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner continued to crumble Thursday as the county Democratic Party demanded he resign amid growing accusations that he sexually harassed women. The party central committee’s call for him to step down comes just one week after the same panel deadlocked on whether to call for his resignation, in part, because at that point the allegations had come from anonymous women. Since then seven women have forward to publicly accuse the Democratic mayor of sexual harassment.

A San Diego TV station is reporting that a third woman has come forward claiming she was sexually harassed by Mayor Bob Filner, who she said tried to kiss her in a restaurant four years ago. San Diego Unified School District psychologist Morgan Rose is the third woman to come forward in Bob Filner sexual harassment scandal. — Image: KPBS via YouTube Morgan Rose, a psychologist with the San Diego Unified School District, told KPBS: "He tried to move my face toward his to kiss me on the mouth, and now listening to the stories of the other victims, it...

A San Diego political consultant says San Diego Mayor Bob Filner patted her rear end and made crude comments about her at a fundraiser eight years ago while she was working for his congressional campaign.

Nancy Pelosi has been quiet about accusations against former House member and San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. But at least the House Minority Leader is being helpful enough to give reporters instructions about how to explain her past working relationship with Filner: Don’t: Democrats who accused Republicans of being anti-women during last year’s campaign are strangely silent now that one of their own — San Diego Mayor Bob Filner — is accused of groping and sexually assaulting women. “Don’t identify him as my former colleague,” an agitated House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi reportedly said Thursday night when asked about the...

Civil rights attorney Gloria Allred says she'll file a lawsuit for a city employee alleging sexual harassment by Mayor Bob Filner, according to a news release. A news conference will be held at 12:30 p.m. today at the Westin San Diego, 400 W. Broadway. "The client will reveal her identity and explain what she has suffered," according to the release. Allred, based in Los Angeles, is noted for taking high-profile and often controversial cases, and she has been particularly involved with cases involving the protection of women's rights. Mayor Bob Filner’s has been battling to stay in office amid sexual...

**SNIP** “He doesn’t have to be convicted, he doesn’t have to be indicted, there doesn’t have to be witnesses coming forward. It’s the standard defined by the public. The public says either we like him or we don’t – its that simple.” San Diego Democratic Party released a statement saying they were unable to reach a consensus and will not ask for the mayor’s resignation. Democratic Chairman Francine Busby strongly condemns sexual harassment, of which the mayor is accused, saying “we abhor the actions he is alleged to have taken 
against women.” Supporters of the recall must gather slightly more...

10News has learned [San Diego] Mayor Bob Filner [Democrat] has agreed to be the keynote speaker at a benefit for sexual assault victims. A women veterans group tells 10News the mayor’s camp has just confirmed the appearance. Filner was originally scheduled to attend as an award recipient. The group has stripped him of the award. Instead, he is set to address the scandal now consuming City Hall. Said scandal being in two parts: •That Bob Filner still has not resigned after having multiple, credible accusations of sexual harassment made against him by numerous members of his own party*; •And that...

Bob Filner is not a pervert, he just hugs a lot. Is that so wrong? The San Diego mayor doesn’t seem to think so, and despite calls for his resignation from former colleagues, political supporters, and even his ex-fiancée, Filner made clear Tuesday that he has no intention of giving up his post without a fight. --snip-- For the past week, Filner has been weathering accusations of sexual harassment from former City Hall employees who, according to their lawyers, were not just hugged but repeatedly groped and even subjected to a few unwanted wet ones. Filner’s advances were allegedly so...

Calling Mayor Bob Filner "tragically unsafe for any woman to approach," former Councilwoman Donna Frye on Monday renewed her call for his resignation while sharing explicit details about encounters that women had with the mayor. Frye read from statements from two unnamed women: - jamming his tongue down her throat - groped her under her bra - he grabbed her ass and touched her chest - (Filner) tell them that they would do a better job on that floor if they worked without their panties on

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The week began with news that Mayor Bob Filner's fiancee ended their engagement and, by Friday, San Diego's first Democratic leader in 20 years was desperately trying to stay in office amid sexual harassment allegations made public by some of his closest supporters. He apologized, promised to change and begged voters to let him keep his job. The rapid-fire developments put heavy scrutiny on the personal foibles of Filner, a feisty liberal who was elected in November after 10 terms in Congress marked perhaps most famously by a 2007 run-in with a United Airlines baggage...

SAN DIEGO — Three of Mayor Bob Filner’s biggest supporters, including former City Councilwoman Donna Frye, have called on him to resign over allegations of sexual harassment. Frye and local attorneys Cory Briggs and Marco Gonzalez each sent letters to Filner this week asking him to step down. The trio declined to answer questions until they hold a joint news conference at 10 a.m. Thursday. - - - -snip - - - - Filner took office in December promising to shake up City Hall, but his tenure has been marked by clashes with other city leaders and several controversies. They...

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner said he wanted to pursue a joint Olympics bid with Mexico even after he was informed by the United States Olympic Committee that international rules prevent the two countries from doing so. The Associated Press reported the bid "appeared dead before arrival Tuesday" because the "U.S. Olympic Committee said international rules don't allow two countries to mount a joint candidacy." Filner, a Democrat who was a former Congressman, seems intent on still going forward with the bid with Tijuana. A San Diego-Tijuana Olympics would also cause massive border security problems and create many hurdles...

Mayor Jerry Sanders created some surprising news Tuesday when he endorsed City Councilman Carl DeMaio to be his mayoral successor. His opponent, Congressman Bob Filner, widened his lead in the mayoral race in a poll released the same day ... The relationship between Sanders and DeMaio has been notoriously frosty. Sanders said they don’t talk much and haven’t always gotten along. But Sanders said Tuesday he cared about the city too much to "sit out" the endorsement. ... A 10News and SurveyUSA poll of likely voters out Tuesday put Filner up 12 points over DeMaio, 50 percent to 38 percent....

Filner calls for Navy to name ship for Harvey Milk SAN DIEGO - Rep. Bob Filner has called on the Navy to name a ship after slain gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk, who served as a Navy officer in the early 1950s. In a letter to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Filner said naming a ship after Milk "would be a great tribute to Milk's support for equality and in keeping with effort(s) to promote equality in our military after the recent repeal of the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy." Milk served as a diving officer...

Democratic Rep. Bob Filmer appeared on “The Last Word” with Lawrence O’Donnell and spoke on the Tucson shooting tragedy. He claimed this is something much larger than just one incident. Filner said, “This is not an isolated incident. Everybody who tries to put it off on a deranged individual I think is — that’s a political statement in and of itself.” He also mentioned “the start of a revolution.” As Jeff Poor from the Daily Caller writes: (video within link)

Were the heinous acts that occurred on Jan. 8 in Arizona the product of an isolated deranged mind, or were they the spark of something scarier with more violent implications?According to California Democratic Rep. Bob Filner, it’s something on a much grander scale that people should take very seriously. On MSNBC’s Wednesday night airing of “The Last Word,” host Lawrence O’Donnell asked the U.S. representative for California’s 51st congressional district if there could be anti-Semitism involved in last weekend’s tragedy.“Congressman, this weekend when you saw what happened to Gabrielle Giffords, who you know well, you also know to be Jewish like yourself,...