{"id":249327,"date":"2015-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/hba-elects-new-board-and-president\/"},"modified":"2015-10-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T07:00:00","slug":"hba-elects-new-board-and-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/hba-elects-new-board-and-president\/","title":{"rendered":"HBA elects new board and president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Candidate ruled ineligible threatens legal action<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Por Ken Williams | Editor<\/p>\n<p>The members of the Hillcrest Business Association have elected nine board members and a new president, Tami Daiber, but not without a dispute by a candidate ruled ineligible to run for a seat.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The annual meeting was held Oct. 13 at Oscar Wilde\u2019s Irish Pub in Hillcrest. Special guest was Toni G. Atkins, Speaker of the California Assembly, who talked about her accomplishments in Sacramento over the past year and her plans to run for the California Senate against incumbent and fellow Democrat, Marty Block.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23144\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sduptownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Ben-Nicholls.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23144 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sduptownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Ben-Nicholls.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Nicholls, executive director of the HBA, stands on a chair as he speaks to guests at the annual meeting and introduces Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins.\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/338;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Nicholls, executive director of the HBA, stands on a chair as he speaks to guests at the annual meeting and introduces Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins. (Photo by Ken Williams)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nine people were elected to the board:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tami Daiber &#8211; Carleton Management<\/li>\n<li>Michael Brennan &#8211; Carlson Douglas<\/li>\n<li>Charles Kauffman &#8211; Bread and Cie<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Bedrosian &#8211; Rich\u2019s Night Club<\/li>\n<li>Larry Malone &#8211; Empire House Urban Palate<\/li>\n<li>Paul Smith &#8211; The Merrow<\/li>\n<li>Alphonso Tsang &#8211; Comerica Bank<\/li>\n<li>Gioia Marino-Fanelli &#8211; Gioia\u2019s Room<\/li>\n<li>Delour Younan &#8211; Hillcrest Shell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The holdover board members who did not face election this year are Maggie Roland of Maggie Roland Associates, Bryan Lovering of Adam and Eve, and Pete Katz of Katz Real Estate.<\/p>\n<p>After the new board members were seated that night, they elected new officers.<\/p>\n<p>Tami Daiber, representing Carleton Management, was selected as the new president. She replaces Johnathan Hale of Hale Media, publisher of San Diego Gay &amp; Lesbian News and San Diego PIX magazine. After serving two terms as president, Hale quietly resigned his leadership post a couple of weeks ago, and the HBA did not inform the media. Ben Nicholls, executive director of the HBA, said Hale left for personal reasons but will remain involved in the organization as the volunteer chair of the HBA\u2019s Special Events Committee. The HBA produces a number of popular civic events, including Cityfest and the upcoming Nightmare on Normal Street on Oct. 31.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23145\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sduptownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cecelia-Moreno-Nancy-Younan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23145 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sduptownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cecelia-Moreno-Nancy-Younan.jpg\" alt=\"(l to r) Cecelia Moreno and Nancy Younan (Photo by Ken Williams)\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/338;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(l to r) Cecelia Moreno and Nancy Younan (Photo by Ken Williams)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The other three executive officers were re-elected to their positions: Glenn Younger as vice president, Cecelia Moreno as treasurer and Michael Brennan as secretary. To read brief biographies on the new board and current staff, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1jI6wcK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bit.ly\/1jI6wcK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs our board continues to evolve, we have been able to move forward and progress because of the diversity of our membership and community. I am very excited to see our board reflect that very same diversity here tonight,\u201d Nicholls said in a statement made immediately after the election.<\/p>\n<p>Business owners who fully paid their Business Improvement District (BID) assessment as of Sept. 1, 2015 were eligible to vote or to run for a board seat. Nicholls said the requirement disqualified one board candidate, David Lundin, listed as a co-owner of T-Deli and T-Lounge, and a longtime community activist. T-Lounge, until recently, was known as Bamboo Lounge.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholls said the HBA staff checked on Sept. 1 to see if T-Deli and T-Lounge (Alex Marin is listed on documents as the primary owner) had paid their BID assessments. \u201cWe found that they owed $1,116,\u201d Nicholls said, estimating that amount is about two years of fees.<\/p>\n<p>The HBA website contains a document labeled \u201cMembers in poor standing\u201d that lists businesses which are behind on BID assessments. Read it at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1NgeRyr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bit.ly\/1NgeRyr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt appears that on Sept. 11, in order to avoid those fees, Alex canceled one business license saying that Bamboo Lounge was \u2018out of business.\u2019 He then opened a new license \u2018T-Deli\/T-Lounge\u2019 with a clean slate,\u201d Nicholls said. \u201cUnfortunately, he did that right at the time of the election and so David was disqualified from running. They came up with all sorts of reasons why they were in fact eligible, but the city treasurer made the call.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23146\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sduptownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Food-line.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23146 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sduptownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Food-line.jpg\" alt=\"Guests at Hillcrest Business Association\u2019s annual meeting munch on food at Oscar Wilde\u2019s Irish Pub in Hillcrest. (Photo by Ken Williams)\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/338;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guests at Hillcrest Business Association\u2019s annual meeting munch on food at Oscar Wilde\u2019s Irish Pub in Hillcrest. (Photo by Ken Williams)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lundin and Nicholls traded a number of emails on Oct. 13, before the annual meeting and afterward, many shared with San Diego Uptown News and city officials. In emails to Nicholls and city official Elizabeth Studebaker, Lundin disputed that he was disqualified as a candidate and demanded \u201cPreservation of Evidence\u201d in his final email sent that night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease take immediate steps to preserve the original ballots, in all the different formats, tally sheets, handwritten notes and all other documents relating to the balloting process \u2026\u201d Lundin wrote. \u201cThese are documents in a civil dispute, and should be retained and safeguarded by a neutral third party \u2014 neither the HBIA nor Ms. Studebaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would also appreciate receiving a final tally of votes received by each candidate appearing on all\/any of the various forms of ballot used this evening, including myself,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will move forward to seek judicial relief from this \u2018sham\u2019 process,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, no legal action has been taken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2014<i>Ken Williams es editor de Uptown News y Mission Valley News y puede ser contactado en <\/i><a href=\"mailto:ken@sdcnn.com\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>ken@sdcnn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> o al 619-961-1952. 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