{"id":431751,"date":"2026-08-13T13:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431751\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:14:07","slug":"gripes-about-president-also-apply-to-mayor-of-san-diego-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431751\/","title":{"rendered":"Gripes about president also apply to mayor of San Diego \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is frustrating that one person at the head of the government can so adversely impact so many matters on such a broad scale, so negatively and contrary to the public interest and desires, with a staff of \u201cyes\u201d persons and his political party fixated on obedience rather than constituents being represented. Placating political supporters should not supersede elected leaders\u2019 duties or ethical obligations.<\/p>\n<p>But am I referencing the national level or the city of San Diego\u2019s power centers? When if ever will our representatives represent us, and provide substantive comments and solutions? Don\u2019t merely say public restrooms cost too much, but disclose how much they actually cost (and who calculated this and how) \u2014 especially compared to other options, e.g., temporary, self-contained portable restrooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clifford Weiler, Mission Hills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is frustrating that one person at the head of the government can so adversely impact so many&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1564,975,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-431751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-letters-to-the-editor","tag-opinion","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}