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DeMaio, Dumanis, Filner, Fletcher duke it out at Lincoln Consortium
BY NICOLE MURRAY RAMIREZ
I would call the first mayoral debate among the four leading candidates, held at the smart and expensive U.S. Grant Hotel, a draw.
Hosted by the very well-known and hidebound Republican Lincoln Club , City Club, it cost $30 to look out for the inaugural debate in the hotly contested 2012 San Diego mayor’s people. In the interest of full disclosure, I came as a guest of Rep. Bob Filner (D- San Diego ), a longtime roomie.
I went to the debate with City Commissioner Shanee Henry, who is also president of the Filipino-American Mankind for Arts and Culture. As the two of us sat and looked around the room, she rightly observed and commented, “This dwelling is full of almost entirely white men in suits.”
On the one hand, there were probably more gay persons on the situation than in the crowd. You could also count the people of color on one hand. I’m sure any of the contemporary Republican presidential candidates would have felt very comfortable addressing this press.
Source: LGBT Weekly