Tag: Todd Gloria
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With Filner Out, City Spins Its Wheels On Taxi Reform
By Megan Burks Former Mayor Bob Filner put the wheels in motion for the city to take over the taxicab industry and improve oversight. But a proposal by interim mayor Todd Gloria to enter into a long-term contract with current taxi regulator MTS could bring that work to a halt. Taxi drivers rallied at the Metropolitan…
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City Heights ‘Can Live With’ Transportation Committee Assignment
By Megan Burks City Council voted last week to approve Mayor Bob Filner and Council President Todd Gloria’s SANDAG committee recommendations. At stake in the vote were assignments to the regional planning agency’s committees on everything from the border to the region’s airports. Of particular interest to City Heights was the representative selected to serve…
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City Heights Stuck in the Middle of Filner-Gloria Spat
By Megan Burks Tuesday’s uncomfortable row between Mayor Bob Filner and Council President Todd Gloria over SANDAG committee assignments left observers reeling. The power tussle over who gets to hand down the recommendations and how turned into an early snapshot of what many are expecting to be a colorful and rowdy transition from Capitol Hill…