Openly gay judge edges past incumbent to win San Diego DA's race

Associated Press ^ | November 12, 2002 | Ryan Pearson

[Steven W.]

Upon winning, Dumanis thanked her "partners in the media, particularly Rick Roberts" and promised her first priority would be to start being "fairer to gangs".

[Poohbah]

Pfingst's habit of giving plea bargains to attorneys who gave to his campaign fund (Does he think he's Gray Davis?) was why I didn't vote for him.

[Steven W.]

very principled, but now you have somebody near certifiably insane who was propped up by the gay lobby and the unions.

[joesnuffy]

Oh Oh ..wonder if he and that other gay judge.....
tried each other....

[CARepubGal]

Bingo! Pfingst was a media whore and his truly horriffic conduct during the Stephanie Crowe fiasco along with about 2/3 of the Deputy DA's hating the SOB were enough for me to vote for change.

[cyncooper]

Ping a ling!

[Solamente]

Kinda gives getting a slap on the wrist a whole new interpretation...

[EllaMinnow]

Pig in a poke ping.

[ErnBatavia]

"Here come the judge, here come the judge! The court's in session, and here come the judge!"

[Jaded]

Thanks for the ping.

[CyberAnt]

"Pfingst's habit of giving plea bargains to attorneys who gave to his campaign fund"

You have proof of that?? I've never heard anything about this before.

Pfingst has been interviewed on Roger Hedgecock's show several times, and I've never heard Roger bring it up ... and Roger would bring it up.

[Poohbah]

Pfingst has been interviewed on Roger Hedgecock's show several times, and I've never heard Roger bring it up ... and Roger would bring it up.

It's part of what motivated the prosecutors to vote "no confidence." And Roger went into the tank for Pfingst. Then again, I take Roger with a grain of salt on this issue--it's awful close to how he got booted out of office.

[breakem]

Just wondering, when a man appears in public with his wife, is he openly heterosexual?

[CyberAnt]

Well ... when the city goes to hell in a handbasket, maybe in 2 years we can get a real DA back in office.

It was the UNION who brought the vote of no confidence, not members of Pfingst's office. I really get annoyed when people distort that fact.

I know very little about the new DA; however, her comment about being "nicer to gangs" shocks me - I sincerely hope that action does not come back to bite her.

[Poohbah]

It was the UNION who brought the vote of no confidence, not members of Pfingst's office. I really get annoyed when people distort that fact.

And the union is made up of those people. They could've shut it down--they didn't.

Pfingst started acting like his predecessor (and his predecessor's predecessor), assuming that he had a divine right to the office. We have a history of throwing out DAs who get a God Complex in this county.

[185JHP]

Hi FRiend! That comment about gangs probably has to do with the observation in Romans 1:29-32. Evil people not only like to do evil things - they like other people's doing evil things.

[lawdog]

More troubling was her "PC pep rally", closing with that all time Klintoon cliche," do the right thing."

[CyberAnt]

Hey buddy, how are you??

Glad to hear from you - how are things??

You are so right about this new DA - she's going be a challenge. If your scripture references are correct (and I don't doubt they are), San Diego is in for a crime spree like nothing it has ever seen before. Maybe that's what it will take to get repubs off their duffs and vote these crooks out of office.

Guess I'd better get busy and get my San Diego chapter going so we can take to the streets and protest her. Sounds like fun!!

[CyberAnt]

Well ... you're entitled to your opinion, but in all the times I ever heard Paul speak, I never, ever got the impression he had any kind of "God" complex.

[CyberAnt]

Well ... having personally traveled with Roger, I cannot even remotely believe Roger would tank for any one or any thing. You may belive he would, but I believe he wouldn't. Guess we just have to agree to disagree on this point.