Statement: “We’ve had some remarkable successes in the past seven months, saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars for leasing city office space, reducing the city’s unfunded employee pension liability by nearly $1 billion as a result of the five-year freeze on pensionable pay that I negotiated with city unions, removing automobiles from the magnificent Plaza de Panama so it can be enjoyed by pedestrians, expanding the relationship and cooperation with our neighbors across the border and so much more,” Mayor Bob Filner wrote in a July 15 op-ed in U-T San Diego.
Analysis: Mayor Bob Filner continues to dig in despite mounting calls for his resignation.
Fact Check: $1 Billion Saved
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