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Jan Goldsmith
278830 votes
59.52%
- Occupation: San Diego Superior Court Judge
- Attorney for 32 years, former managing partner of successful private law firm
- Former Mayor of Poway, a successful City with a balanced budget and sound pension plan
- Three term state legislator focusing on civil and criminal justice, as well as foster care
- Law Professor at all three San Diego law schools. Course includes municipal law and political crimes
- Author of law text: "Law & Political Process"
- Nearly a decade as Superior Court Judge
Priorities:
- De-politicize the City Attorney's office and base all legal work on the law, not politics or personal agendas
- Stop wasting millions of dollars on political lawsuits and outside lawyers
- Evaluate cost/benfit/risk of all lawsuits at outset and set office priority to win lawsuits rather than make political statements.
Michael J. Aguirre
189628 votes
40.48%
- Occupation: San Diego City Attorney
- JD UC Berkeley; MPA Harvard
- LA Daily Journal honored as 1 of the 100 Best Trial Lawyers in California
- Wall Street Journal: Aguirre is "setting off an alarm voters accross America need to hear."
- Media Light of Day Award for Mike's open government reforms
- Court said Mike did an "excellent" job of presenting pension case at trial
Priorities:
- Protecting San Diego taxpayers in Court
- Continue to clean up legal mess at City Hall
- Make every San Diegan proud that I am their City Attorney
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