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$1.85 PLUS TAX sandiegouniontribune.com FRIDAY• OCTOBER 9, 2020 PADRES PLAYOFFS BIDEN, TRUMP CLASH OVER DEBATE Format, timing of their remaining encounters in doubt due to COVID BY CHELSEA JANES & JOSH DAWSEY WASHINGTON President Donald Trump pulled out of next week’s second presidential debate on Thursday after organizers said it would be held virtually “to protect the health and safety of all involved” given his coronavirus diagnosis — only to have his campaign request hours later that the event go on as originally planned. The dispute started with a de- cision by the nonpartisan Com- mission on Presidential Debates to try to protect the participants, K.C. ALFRED U-T moderator and guests who would have attended the Oct. 15 event. In response, Trump announced he was “not going to waste my time in a virtual debate.” “That’s not what debating is all about — you sit behind the com- puter and do a debate, it’s ridicu- HEADING FOR HOME lous,” he said on Fox Business in A dejected Padres dugout looks on after losing 12-3 to the Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Globe Life his first interview since announc- Field in Arlington, Texas, on Thursday. The series sweep ends the season for the Padres. Story, D1. ing one week ago that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. “And then they cut you off whenever they want.” In a statement a few hours later, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien said the second debate S.D. COUNCIL SETTLES ASH ST. BUILDING SUIT should be pushed back to Oct. 22, SEE DEBATE • A8 San Diego Union-Tribune has Faucett, Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s landlord and/or lender to reach a Move ensures no more learned. chief of staff and the acting chief op- mutually satisfactory agreement payments until troubled The agreement was narrowly erating officer. so long as it satisfies the above- approved during a closed session of “The city will not make further stated conditions of payment,” the high rise can be used the City Council Tuesday, but has payments under the lease agree- agreement adds. not been publicly announced. It ment or a revision thereof until and Elliott said the settlement will BY JEFF MCDONALD passed 5-4, with council members unless the building can be occupied help reset what has become a vex- 13 PEOPLE Barbara Bry, Jennifer Campbell, as contemplated in the lease agree- ing problem for the city. The city of San Diego has agreed Scott Sherman and Vivian Moreno ment, there is no basis for abate- “Cleaning up the Ash Street to settle a lawsuit over the troubled opposed. ment of rent payments, or the court mess I inherited is a top priority, CHARGED Ash Street property, ensuring that A copy of the stipulation ob- orders otherwise,” it states. and this is an important first step in no more payments will be made on tained by the newspaper shows it “Nothing in this stipulation re- recovering taxpayer funds,” she the vacant downtown high rise un- was signed Thursday by City Attor- stricts the city’s ability to engage in said in a statement. IN PLOT TO til it can be safely occupied, The ney Mara Elliott and by Aimee good faith negotiations with the SEE BUILDING • A11 SEIZE MICH. GOVERNOR RECORDS: $100K IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK, SAN DIEGO Officials say conspiracy UNREPORTED SHIFTS GEARS ON ‘SLOW STREET’ PLANS was effort to violently ON GÓMEZ’S overthrow government Some dedicated segments for cyclists, walkers more successful than others TAXES OVER THE WASHINGTON POST BY DAVID GARRICK LAST 3 YEARS Federal and state officials re- San Diego continues to make vealed Thursday that they had BY ANDREW DYER changes to its “slow streets” pro- thwarted a plot to kidnap Michigan gram in response to positive re- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, unsealing San Diego City Council Presi- views in some areas and backlash charges against 13 people who they dent and congressional candi- from residents and merchants in say were involved in various plans date Georgette Gómez reported others. to attack law enforcement, over- no salary on her federal tax filing Slow streets, where vehicles throw the govern- in 2017 despite earning more than are mostly banned from segment and ignite a $90,000 from her job on the coun- ments of roadway to allow space civil war. cil, according to her personal re- for biking and walking, were es- Officials said turn. tablished in a handful of neigh- the conspiracy — The discrepancy is one of sev- borhoods in late April to allow which was sup- eral errors or omissions noted by more exercise opportunities dur- posed to come to The San Diego Union-Tribune ing the COVID-19 lockdown. fruition before the during a review of the council- City officials continue to review election — seemed Gretchen woman’s tax filings for 2017, 2018 feedback and analyze data on us- to be an ominous Whitmer and 2019 compared to other pub- age so they can add slow streets indication of how licly available information. and adjust or eliminate others. America’s civil unrest has ener- In 2018, for example, Gómez The city took away a segment gized violent extremists. reported she earned $90,386, be- this week on the Adams Avenue SAM HODGSON U-T The plotters, according to an fore expenses, to the IRS. Howev- bridge over Interstate 805 be- In May, cyclists ride along the Adams Avenue bridge over FBI affidavit, seemed to be moti- er, in the financial disclosures she tween Normal Heights and North Interstate 805 when it was a “slow street” that banned most vated at least in part by their belief is required to file with Congress Park. Meanwhile, feedback has vehicles. The city eliminated the designation this week. that state governments, including as a candidate for federal office, been positive for slow streets Michigan’s, were violating the she reported an earned income of added recently in southeastern raised by community leaders. Meanwhile, the county’s re- Constitution. $112,630 — $22,244 above what she San Diego and the College Area. And the segment in Pacific gional planning agency has One of those involved com- disclosed on her tax return. Add- City officials have abandoned Beach was sharply reduced after awarded 11 grants of $5,000 each plained in June that Whitmer, a ed to the income Gómez failed to proposals to add new slow-street residents complained about add- to communities for the segments. Democrat, was controlling the report in 2017, over the last three segments in San Ysidro and Ran- ed traffic congestion on nearby Some have been established, opening of gyms — an apparent SEE TAXES • A11 cho Bernardo based on concerns streets. SEE STREETS • A11 SEE MICHIGAN • A9 W EEKEND U -T INDEX HAVING HER DAY Comics C5 Editorial B6 Lottery A4 Stocks C3 Crossword C7 Horoscope C7 Obituaries B8 Television E4 Justina Machado of “One Day at a Time” seeking to increase Latino representation on network TV. 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