Talk:Roger Hedgecock

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Contents 1 Removed these references 1.1 "Oral History" 1.2 Gay/Lesbian Election Support 2 Added refimprove tag 3 Removed "In popular culture" section

[edit] Removed these references

[edit] "Oral History"

* Oral history interview, San Diego Historical Society

I could find no such interview on the SDHS's website nor its companion site http://www.sandiegohistory.org. Therefore I removed it. If someone has the correct URL, they can add it to the "

[edit] Gay/Lesbian Election Support

I also removed this line from the article:

and won the support of the minority and gay and lesbian communities.

I don't remember this; though I admit I could be wrong.

What I do remember is, about 10 years ago, Hedgecock leading a "Normal People's Parade" in the wake of the annual Gay "Pride" Parade in downtown San Diego. He's also made rhetorical sallies against the Gay Grievance Industry. He also supported the 2004 (date?) ballot initiative in California that limited marriage to one male and one female. So it's hard to see the likes of GLAAD supporting him. Of course, much has changed in 25-30 years.

In the light of the difference between the statement and Hedgecock's later positions, without a reference, I don't think this can be included.

Having been born and raised, and lived for 25 years, in the San Diego, I remember Hedgecock's tenure as mayor quite well. What 's left out of the article is the long running feud between him and former San Diego District Attorney Ed Miller. Many people, at the time, thought Miller was pursuing a vendetta against him. The hung jury and the subsequent reversal of his convictions in the second trial and the slap-on-the-wrist plea deal he made with Miller all appeared to back up the feeling that a personal agenda existed on Miller's part.

PainMan (talk) 10:13, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Added refimprove tag

There are no in-text citations (apart from two informational footnotes I added). Therefore I'm tagging the article until someone, perhaps myself, has the time to fully flesh-out the article.

PainMan (talk) 10:17, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removed "In popular culture" section

--In popular culture-- San Diego band The Locust have a song off their self-titled album entitled "Kill Roger Hedgecock".

Removed the "In popular culture" section for being both too similar to one those dreaded, super-wiki-no-no-no's, a "Trivia Section." Also, the fact that one song by an obscure local band (I grew up there, still family living there and I've never heard of this band, let alone this song) hardly for an impact on pop culture makes. Along with the lack of a citation, I believe I am correct in removing this section.

PainMan (talk) 10:20, 11 March 2008 (UTC)