Filner should split

Letters to the editor for July 11, 2013: Filner; SANDAG data collection; RV laws; Obamacare; transportation; Jamul casino plan

Filner needs to leave office

The heat is on for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner and there appears to be a widespread interest from prominent local folks that he pack it in.

For the good of San Diego, Filner must quit, and the city needs to move forward.

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With him as mayor, nothing but angst has occurred. He is clearly not suited to lead our great city. We desperately need a change and quickly.

Rodgers T. Smith

El Cajon

License-plate data gathering draws ire

How did anyone construe SANDAG’s charter to include massive data collection on vehicle movements and locations? (“License-plate data an issue,” July 10.) And where is even the shakiest semblance of underlying probable cause for such a broad-scale privacy invasion? Where I drive my car and where I park my car is none of the government’s or law enforcement’s business unless and until they have other compelling evidence suggesting I might be involved in crime.

I find it incredulous that sheriff’s Commander David Myers said his reason for not destroying the records in a timely fashion if the data has no bearing on a crime is that “ ... how do police know someone won’t commit a crime in the future?”

I would expect that kind of attitude from the KGB. I suggest Commander Myers read the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment.

Eric Witt

San Diego

RV laws just needed to be enforced

Once again our City Council has decided to take action against the majority of law-abiding citizens to rein in a minority of offenders (“S.D. bans overnight RV street parking,” July 9).

Just enforce the laws already on the books, and this problem will go away. Bill Evans and others at the council meeting pointed out “vehicles that have remained on the same street for months and years without moving.” That’s the city’s fault for not enforcing its laws. After 72 hours that vehicle should be cited or towed.

However, the money-grab is ridiculously obvious. Those “10 or 12 or 20 people” who Bill Evans mentioned probably can’t afford the citation, the fine, and the towing charges — so the city will get zip. But, if I want to pull my trailer out in front of my own home to load in the evening and drive out the next morning, it’s a $100 gamble every time? Or, the city can gouge me for a permit by the month. Just enforce the existing law.

Michael Camero


Seeks more info on health care law

OK, we get it. You don’t like Obamacare. Since it passed you have been railing against it and claiming how awful it is. While you have every right to your opinion, why don’t you actually tell people how to navigate through it.

Like it or not, the law is coming in 2014. With any new major program there will be bugs and confusion. But at some point it will be accepted as part of society. The sooner we have useful information on how the law works and how we can best make use of it, the better it will be for everyone.


