I Guess not Everyone likes Pete Wilson....

As reported in the UT today, yesterday's unveiling of a statue in honor of Pete Wilson here in San Diego was greeted by several hundered protesters. Who were there, to remind the attendees at the ceremony, that San Diego's once "boy mayor" grew up to serve an indistinguished stint in the U.S. Senate, followed by an ignoble tenure as governor during the 1990s.

Friends of Pete

Some interesting names found on the “Friends of Pete” list Honoring the “Governor Pete Wilson, Horton Walk: San Diego’s Walk of Fame.” Along with the typical-Republican establishment, there was your smattering of so-called business Dems, like Murray Galinson, Alan Bersin and George Mitrovich, no big surprise there. But, also listed was our City Attorney –Mike Aguirre and his spokeswoman Maria Velasquez. I didn’t know we had “Friends of Pete Wilson” in the City Attorney’s Office, that’s a little scary. Another interesting name was former (Democratic) Senator Wadie Deddeh. I can’t say I am surprised by the politics of that one. But, how does this affect his nephew, newly-converted Democrat Auday Arabo, who is running in the Democratic primary for the 78th AD? Another indication of the family’s right of center politics?