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The Performance Institute 3675 Ruffin Road, Suite 110, San Diego, CA 92123 858-503-6787 • fax 858-503-6753 • www.performanceweb.org www.sandiegobudget.org NEWS RELEASE Institute to Bring Most of Charter Reforms Proposed by City Attorney to June 2006 Vote of the People For Immediate Release CONTACT: Erica Mendelson August 17, 2005 Office: 858-503-6787 or cell: 619-306-1798 mendelson@performanceweb.org SAN DIEGO – Performance Institute President Carl DeMaio has released the following statement in response to a proposal put forward yesterday by City Attorney Mike Aguirre to remedy the city’s financial crisis and end this current state of paralysis: "The Performance Institute praises the City Attorney...

Employees in the city of San Diego's treasurer's office – ground zero in federal investigations of city finances – destroyed numerous records last month, prompting a warning from City Manager Lamont Ewell yesterday. The destruction of records was revealed yesterday by City Attorney Michael Aguirre, who said he learned from an unnamed city employee Thursday night that about 20 people in the treasurer's Financing Services division dumped whole files into recycle bins and erased e-mails. The news spurred a terse e-mail from Ewell to "all city employees," warning against the destruction of documents that might be sought by federal investigators...