City Council District 2 hopefuls Lorie Zapf and Sarah Boot jousted at a Pacific Beach Town Council (PBTC)-sponsored debate April 16, with Zapf trading on her City Council experience and Boot attacking Zapf and the city\u2019s recent performance on grass-roots issues.
\nEl concejal interino del Distrito 2, Ed Harris, quien dej\u00f3 de ser salvavidas para completar el resto del per\u00edodo del Concejo Municipal del alcalde Kevin Faulconer durante los pr\u00f3ximos ocho meses m\u00e1s o menos, se present\u00f3 antes del foro de preguntas y respuestas de Zapf-Boot. . Harris dijo que se est\u00e1 "poniendo al d\u00eda en muchos temas", y brome\u00f3 diciendo que la experiencia fue como "beber de una manguera contra incendios".
\n“I\u2019m a regular person, just like you guys,” Harris told the packed house at the Pacific Beach Wo-man\u2019s Club, the venue for the debate.
\n“I appreciate your activism,” Harris told the crowd, warning them to be politically vigilant. Otherwise, he said, they run the risk of “having their quality of life adversely affected.” Harris said a case in point is efforts to increase the 30-foot-height building limit in some parts of the city.
\nEn sus comentarios de apertura, Boot, residente del Distrito Midway, fiscal federal y consultora privada de empresas como Google y Yelp, dijo que se postulaba para el puesto del Concejo Municipal del Distrito 2 en las elecciones primarias del 3 de junio porque "Me apasiona Pacific Beach". . Me preocupo tanto por PB que me postulo porque la ciudad ha descuidado el vecindario durante tanto tiempo\u201d.
\nSe\u00f1alando el reciente intento fallido de planificar la celebraci\u00f3n del centenario de Balboa Park en 2015, Boot dijo: "Necesitamos un liderazgo y una rendici\u00f3n de cuentas m\u00e1s transparentes".
\nZapf, a Bay Ho resident who has represented City Council District 6 (Claremont, Linda Vista and Kearny Mesa)\u00a0since 2010, said she is proud of being “the first Latina elected to the City Council.”
\nZapf said she had a tumultuous upbringing and was put into foster homes, which she said “molded me into the person I am today.”
\n\u201cLo que quiero traer a la comunidad son vecindarios y servicios de alta calidad\u201d, dijo Zapf. Agreg\u00f3 que el gobierno de la ciudad ha logrado grandes avances en \u00e1reas como la competencia administrada y la reforma de las pensiones durante sus tres a\u00f1os y medio en el Concejo Municipal, esfuerzos que, seg\u00fan ella, \u201cest\u00e1n pagando dividendos en forma de servicios restaurados\u201d.
\nThe debate turned testy, however, when Boot questioned Zapf on her previous stance opposing gay marriage, and on Zapf\u2019s and other council members\u2019 alleged indulgence in office “perks.”
\n“In the past, Lorie has said homosexuality is a sin,” said Boot, noting “equality is very important to me. I absolutely support the ability of gay people to marry and find love and raise families. Zapf is also the only council person who\u2019s taken an $800 a month car allowance. This has to stop.”
\nIn reply, Zapf said she now supports marriage equality, adding “my personal relationships over the past 3\u00bd years have really shown me that gay people should have marriage equality.”
\nZapf then contended Boot\u2019s remarks on her office “perks” were taken out of context.
\n\u201cSoy el \u00fanico concejal en funciones que opt\u00f3 por no participar en el sistema de pensiones definido por la ciudad\u201d, dijo. \u201cEsto ahorra dinero a los contribuyentes que puede reinvertirse en nuestra ciudad\u201d.
\nBoot reprendi\u00f3 a Zapf y al resto del Concejo Municipal por ser negligentes al abordar los problemas de infraestructura.
\n\u201cEstoy en las calles hablando con los votantes y los problemas de infraestructura no se han resuelto. La gente est\u00e1 muy enojada porque las calles est\u00e1n destrozadas y no hay coordinaci\u00f3n\u201d, dijo Boot. \u201cLa ciudad necesita mirar m\u00e1s de cerca a sus departamentos para encontrar eficiencias\u201d.
\nZapf defended the city\u2019s policy of pursuing managed competition, which considers independent contractors as well as city departments to provide the most cost-efficient services.
\n“Managed competition is proven to work,” Zapf said. \u2014 Editor\u2019s note: City Council District 2 candidates Jim Morrison, a property manager, and Mark Schwartz, a marketer\/consultant, were reportedly not invited to the forum. Each will have a separate election profile in our next edition.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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