Dick Murphy
Dick Murphy
Richard M.Murphyis a former U.S. politician. He served as the 33rd Mayor of San Diego, California from 2000 to 2005...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 December 1942
CountryUnited States of America
cannot four influenced job rule running second
I'm not going to rule out running for a second term. But, I think you have to be psychologically prepared to walk away from the job after four years. It's the only way that you cannot be influenced by those special interests.
convinced data expand expanding far home program results shown staying suggest
I'm not convinced that we have data that would suggest we need to expand this program. We're expanding a program where the results have so far shown us that staying home may be better.
convince leave people schedule staff time took
It took a long time for me to convince my staff people to leave me unscheduled from 2:00 to 4:00 everyday. And I need to do that as mayor. I need to schedule accessibility time.
At least I make decisions based on what I think is right, not who my friends might be.
cost council discussion front public service sewer talked
I don't think we ever had before the Council discussion of the sewer cost of service study, you know, at a public meeting, ... We talked about it informally, you know, but not in front of the council.