Former Rep. Bob Filner, fiery House liberal, dies at 82

Bob Filner, Former San Diego Mayor, Filipino Veterans Advocate, Dies at 82 - Asian Journal News

Filipino WWII Veterans at the White House, May 2003 Source: Wikimedia Commons License: U.S. government public domain | Photo by Tina Hager Known for championing Filipino WWII veterans’ compensation, Filner's legacy is marked by both achievement and controversy. San Diego, CA - Bob Filner, a former U.S. Congressman and San Diego mayor known for both his progressive record and scandalous…

Michael Smolens: A passionate progressive, Filner could be volatile, sometimes hurtful

It was a conversation Bob Filner probably never thought he’d have. In the early 1990s, he was asked if he could explain why there didn’t appear to be any record of him spending time in a local jail in Jackson, Miss., where he had been arrested more than three decades earlier with other Freedom Riders protesting segregation and discriminatory laws in the South. To say he was angry would be an understatement. Apoplectic might come close. He wasn’t…

Former Rep. Bob Filner, fiery House liberal, dies at 82

Bob Filner, a fiery liberal with a short fuse who served in the House for nearly two decades, died on April 20 at the age of 82.  Filner left Congress in 2012 to become mayor of San Diego, only to leave that post within a year amid allegations of sexual harassment. He was known equally in the halls of Congress for his volatility as he was for his advocacy for veterans.  He saw himself as the guardian of both veterans and the employees of the Dep…