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San Diego surfer leads for mayor
AP ^ | Nov. 4, 2004

Posted on 11/05/2004 5:03:47 PM PST by Ahriman

Donna Frye, a surfer who sports long blond hair and refuses to get a driver's license, is riding a wave of write-in votes for mayor that could sweep aside two graying 60-something Republicans and carry her into City Hall. The surf-shop owner has capitalized on a confluence of circumstances, including a pension scandal that has shaken the city financially.

The votes have not been completely tallied, but so far, the write-in ballots lead with 35 percent of the vote; Mayor Dick Murphy has 34 percent. The write-ins are expected to be overwhelming in favor of Frye, 52, who said she is extremely optimistic she will win once all the ballots are counted.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: donnafrye; mayor; sandiego; writein
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To: Dog Gone

That's what's so frustrating. Our voter registration for repubs is 40%, dems 35%. You'd think with a 5% margin the repubs could win more conservative issues more often.

However, the CA GOP is not very effective. I mean .. how can you take them seriously when the only person they can find to run against Boxer is Bill Jones. Bill is so unknown, as well as not being a very good candidate .. and the GOP didn't help him. I voted for him because I couldn't even consider voting for anybody but a republican.

And .. after the last election .. good grief - we're stuck with the same overloaded DEMOCRAT state house. YUK!


41 posted on 11/05/2004 6:10:53 PM PST by CyberAnt (Election 2004: This election is for the SOUL OF AMERICA)
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To: Names Ash Housewares; Dog Gone

I think the GOP allows the top 2 to run if neither gets 50% in the primary.


42 posted on 11/05/2004 6:15:18 PM PST by CyberAnt (Election 2004: This election is for the SOUL OF AMERICA)
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To: onyx; SoCalPol

I'm sure the gay community (which is quite large), and the Muslim community (which supported 2 of the hijackers) are Donna's primary support.


43 posted on 11/05/2004 6:22:18 PM PST by CyberAnt (Election 2004: This election is for the SOUL OF AMERICA)
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To: onyx; All

I wanted to tell everybody outside of CA - Roger has a website http://www.rogerhedgecock.com

Roger's on the air everyday from 3-6, and you can listen to his show on the internet; just in case you want to keep up with this story about the mayor.


44 posted on 11/05/2004 6:24:45 PM PST by CyberAnt (Election 2004: This election is for the SOUL OF AMERICA)
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To: CyberAnt

They should change that. This is absurd.


45 posted on 11/05/2004 6:26:24 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: CyberAnt


Oh definitely.
The homosexual and lesbian communities adore Donna.

The Muslims are primarily East County residents,
altho I think Clairemont has a rather large mosque.

Lots od democrat imports from East coast.
Like I said, San Diego has changed too much
for me. I had to get out.


46 posted on 11/05/2004 6:26:48 PM PST by onyx (John "F" Kerry deserves to be the final casualty of the Vietnam War - Re-elect Bush/Cheney)
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To: onyx

It was the Clairemont group where the hijackers were staying .. and it turned out to be an apartment building where one of my kids used to live .. Scary!!


47 posted on 11/05/2004 6:29:20 PM PST by CyberAnt (Election 2004: This election is for the SOUL OF AMERICA)
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To: CyberAnt

Roger is wonderful.
San Diego needs him.
I loved him as mayor,
which was cut short
by my cousin and his wife,
Maureen.


48 posted on 11/05/2004 6:29:37 PM PST by onyx (John "F" Kerry deserves to be the final casualty of the Vietnam War - Re-elect Bush/Cheney)
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To: CyberAnt

OMG!
That's awful
and I just remembered,
Lemon Grove has another mosque, doesn't it?


49 posted on 11/05/2004 6:31:35 PM PST by onyx (John "F" Kerry deserves to be the final casualty of the Vietnam War - Re-elect Bush/Cheney)
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To: television is just wrong

She's dem all the way and a BIG union supporter..of course the unions returned the favor... The city of San Diego government is rife with corruption issues.


50 posted on 11/05/2004 6:33:11 PM PST by lawdog
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To: Ahriman

Give 'em hell, Donna!! ROFL


51 posted on 11/05/2004 6:33:15 PM PST by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: Dog Gone

Her skin is WAY older than 52.""

Actually, if she has been surfing in So Cal for most of her life, she looks quite good.


52 posted on 11/05/2004 6:34:04 PM PST by ridesthemiles (ridesthemiles)
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To: onyx

Well .. Roger does more good on the radio .. and he has said several times he would never consider running for office ever again.

But .. I think you're right about him staying on this issue.


53 posted on 11/05/2004 6:37:08 PM PST by CyberAnt (Election 2004: This election is for the SOUL OF AMERICA)
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To: Scenic Sounds


You haven't changed.
Still a trouble maker!

Wait til you get a Donna of your own in Del Mar.
Oh, sorry, I forgot. Del Mar is already a smoke
free hamlet. So P.C.


54 posted on 11/05/2004 6:37:26 PM PST by onyx (John "F" Kerry deserves to be the final casualty of the Vietnam War - Re-elect Bush/Cheney)
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To: onyx

and a nuclear-free zone! ROFL. ;-)


55 posted on 11/05/2004 6:40:17 PM PST by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: Scenic Sounds


REALLY?
Something new?
OMGoodness.


56 posted on 11/05/2004 6:42:06 PM PST by onyx (John "F" Kerry deserves to be the final casualty of the Vietnam War - Re-elect Bush/Cheney)
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To: CyberAnt

I'm sure the gay community (which is quite large)
are Donna's primary support.

You are not kidding. I live in the major gay neighborhood
and signs all over to write in Fry and their newspapers.


57 posted on 11/05/2004 6:43:09 PM PST by SoCalPol (John Kerry - He is not a very good man)
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To: onyx
No, I think that goes back to the Seventies or Eighties.

We don't mess around,
at least not with nuclear power issues. ;-)

58 posted on 11/05/2004 6:49:15 PM PST by Scenic Sounds (Sí, estamos libres sonreír otra vez - ahora y siempre.)
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To: onyx

It's a fluke. WE'll see if she gets in, if there can be a non-plurality third person on the ballot mayor.


59 posted on 11/05/2004 7:05:04 PM PST by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Ahriman
What the AP is *not* telling you is that her write-in candidacy during this run-off appears to be ILLEGAL according to the City Charter.

The City Clerk allowed it but the City Charter does not. Further there is a requirement that the winner of the run-off get a *MAJORITY* of the vote, that being 50% +1 or more. NO candidate will have that.

This was an ILLEGAL election. I'll post details with the ordinance, transcripts of interviews from the city clerk, city attorney, and former city attorney and so forth tonight, I hope.

60 posted on 11/05/2004 7:10:22 PM PST by newzjunkey (San Diego, Kleptocrasy by the Sea. -- VOID the Illegal Mayoral "Election")
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