The city of San Diego settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who said she was sexually harassed by former Mayor Bob Filner. Irene McCormack Jackson will get $250,000 from the city in the settlement, which ends the lawsuit. Two more sexual harassment lawsuits are still pending against the city.
Bob Filner, Sexual Harassing Mayor Barfstrodinaire, Pleads Guilty to Felony
The disgraced former mayor of Bob Filner — you know, the one who believed sexually harassing women was a major part of his mayoral duties (WHERE ARE THE 9-to-5 LADIES WHEN YOU NEED THEM?) — pleaded guilty to felony false imprisonment and two misdemeanor battery charges as part of a plea deal announced Tuesday.
Creepy Mayor Bob Filner Is Forced to Get the Fuck Out of Office
On Wednesday, San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith announced that the city had reached a potential deal with Mayor Bob Filner concerning the sexual harassment lawsuit recently filed by Filner's former communications director Irene McCormack Jackson. Today that deal has been leaked and it involves Bob Filner finally,…
OMG, Bob Filner's Press Secretary Sucked On a Penis Straw
Local ABC affiliate 10 News reports that Mayor of Sexual Harassment City (ok, San Diego) Bob Filner's press secretary "is also under scrutiny" for sipping a drink using a straw shaped like a penis. (!!!) At a bachelorette party. (!!!!) In Las Vegas. (!!!!!) Even Ron Burgundy's team would've considered this "scoop"…
How the Hell Is Bob Filner Still the Mayor of San Diego?
Women and men across San Diego are now petitioning to recall mayor Bob Filner — you know, the one who is accused of sexual harassment by 16 different women and who EVEN HOOTERS REFUSES TO SERVE. Yes, that is correct: Citizens are taking to the streets to basically beg for Filner's removal from office — the man who…
Hooters Will Not Serve San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, on Principle
What is the plural of "Hooters?" Hooterses? Hooteri? A parliament of Hooters? Whatever the term, there are now four of them in San Diego that refuse to serve Bob Filner, the San Diego mayor who is accused of sexually harassing fourteen women in a truly vile manner. Now where will he go to celebrate his one-week…
Butt-Grabbing Mayor Declares Self Cured of Creepiness
Between playing pinchyhands with unsuspecting asses and holding press conferences during which he announces his refusal to resign, it's a wonder San Diego mayor Bob Filner was able to carve time in his busy schedule for sexual harassment-curing therapy. But he did it, you guys. Mayor Filner allegedly went to, like,…
Must See: Stephen Colbert Gets an Emergency Oppressed White Man Alert
It's important that we women and minorities check our privilege every once and awhile. While we're all living the good life over on Easy Street, there's an entire demographic — the American white male — that's suffering from the wage gap (it's hard being paid more than everyone else), racial profiling (do you know…
Bob Filner's Lawyer: Sexual Harassment Is San Diego's Fault
Bob Filner, the mayor of San Diego (and conceptual mayor of "sexually harassing, ignorant, deluded, out-of-touch politicianville") refuses to relinquish his newfound quest to infuriate and sadden any person in the world with the faintest glimmer of awareness about gender politics, what constitutes sexual harassment,…
Sexually Harassing Mayor Wisely Axed From Benefit for Rape Survivors
ICYMI: San Diego mayor Bob Filner was slated to deliver the keynote address at a benefit for survivors of military sexual assault. At the benefit, he was supposed to receive a lifetime achievement award. Then, a few women came forward and pointed out that the only award Filner should get vis a vis unwanted sexual…
Sexually Harassing Mayor Won't Resign, 2 Weeks of Therapy Will Fix Him
During a press conference Friday afternoon, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner said he was not resigning even though he is a confirmed sexual harrasser. He did, however, say that he would be taking two weeks away from the office starting August 5 to go to a clinic where he will undergo intensive therapy. In the morning and…
San Diego Mayor Allegedly Told Staffer to ‘Not Wear Panties to Work'
Last night, four women appeared on San Diego's KPBS-TV to break their silence over alleged sexual harassment from Mayor Bob Filner. Allegations first surfaced in mid-July, but the mayor has since refused to resign. Two hours after the show, Democratic party leaders voted in favor of asking the mayor to quit.
