Rep. Filner pledges to vote against any healthcare legislation without a strong public option TRANSCRIPT: Hi my name is Bob Filner, Congressman from San Diego California, California 51st Congressional District which includes all of the border with Mexico. I thank you for this opportunity of telling you why I am in favor of a robust public health insurance option, similar to Medicare, being offered alongside all of the private plans that are open in America. In fact I think a bumper sticker we should have is Medicare for All. This will increase Americas choices for health care coverage. It will ...
Filner's new home is in the 40-story Vantage Pointe Apartments on Ninth Avenue in downtown San Diego.
The move is significant because Filner has lived in the South Bay – within the boundaries of the 51st Congressional District – for almost two decades.
However, decades ago, Filner lived in San Diego. He was first elected to the school board in 1979, then to City Council in 1987 and then to Congress in 1992. For that, he relocated to Chula Vista to represent the 50th Congressional District, which is now the 51st District.
Filner has expressed interest in running for mayor of ...
Q: You oppose the pension reform initiative proposed by Mayor Jerry Sanders and Council members Carl DeMaio and Kevin Faulconer and have said you would be proposing your own pension reform program. Can you tell us about it?
A: Let me first tell you why I don’t like the one on the table. I think it is patently unfair to only have a 401(k). With the gyrations of the stock market, it’s just untenable. But more important, our city employees do not have Social Security. So you’re putting someone into the stock market without Social Security. That is just wrong. In addition, even ...
