SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro — San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy resigns
San Diego mayor announces departure mere months into second term
By Jeff Dillon
SIGNONSANDIEGO
12:45 p.m. April 25, 2005
SAN DIEGO – First the quarrelsome city attorney demanded that San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy quit. And last week Time magazine named Murphy one of the three worst big-city mayors in the country. Then came rumblings of a recall movement.
Less than five months after starting his second four-year term, Murphy announced this morning he will resign effective July 15.
“I now believe to be effective the city will need a mayor who was elected by a majority of the people and who has a clear mandate to take this city forward,” Murphy said. “A good leader needs to know when it is time to move on and I believe it is time for me to move on and time to bring a fresh start to our city.”
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One down, so many to go….
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