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Tammy Murga

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South County Reporter at The San Diego Union-Tribune

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  • 6 days ago | modbee.com | Tammy Murga

    Ben Martinez has stepped down as city manager of National City, less than two years into the role and after a week of heated disputes among officials and the public. In a 3-1 vote Friday, the City Council and Ben Martinez agreed to "a mutual separation," City Attorney Barry Schultz announced after a three-hour closed session. Vice Mayor Marcus Bush voted in opposition.

  • 6 days ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Tammy Murga

    Ben Martinez has stepped down as city manager of National City, less than two years into the role and after a week of heated disputes among officials and the public. In a 3-1 vote Friday, the City Council and Ben Martinez agreed to “a mutual separation,” City Attorney Barry Schultz announced after a three-hour closed session. Vice Mayor Marcus Bush voted in opposition.

  • 6 days ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Tammy Murga

    Funcionarios de National City se reunirán el viernes en una sesión especial a puerta cerrada para discutir el empleo del administrador municipal, Ben Martínez, y considerar el nombramiento de un administrador municipal interino, según una agenda publicada por el municipio el jueves.

  • 1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Tammy Murga

    National City officials will meet Friday in a special, closed session to discuss City Manager Ben Martinez’s employment and consider appointing an interim city manager, according to an agenda the municipality released Thursday. The personnel change would come as the City Council confronts a multimillion-dollar budget deficit, multiple lawsuits and major negotiations with the Port of San Diego over public safety services the municipality provides at Port facilities.

  • 1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Tammy Murga

    National City leaders came under fire two years ago for giving themselves $100,000 each to spend annually in their districts. Initially, there were no rules for how the money could be spent. And some of the first expenses raised questions about whether they were a legitimate use of taxpayer money. But officials said a great portion of what they have spent so far has gone toward one of the main reasons they approved district budgets: hiring assistants.

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RT @Jerrwu: Such an important and fascinating article about what oxygen levels in the Tijuana River estuary tell us about the impacts of th…

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RT @BCunninghamN: I wrote a millisecond-by-millisecond account of everything happening on a molecular level when naloxone tries to bring so…