Let me be clear. I supported Measure C. I voted for it. But it failed.

The job of City Council is to record history, not to re-write it.

On this issue, I agree with former Councilmember Donna Frye who wrote in the U-T:

"Council should admit center measure failed

Re “San Diego’s hotel tax hike measure failed to pass. Or did it?” (April 8): Even though the public is not attending the City Council meetings in person, I hope it will take close notice of what the council did on April 7. With the notable exceptions of Barbara Bry, Vivian Moreno and Monica Montgomery, the council voted to alter reality by removing language that described how Measure C, the convention center tax, failed at the ballot box.

The specific language removed was “Measure C did not receive the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the qualified voters voting on the measure and is hereby declared to have been defeated.”

Measure C required a two-thirds vote to pass as stated in the ballot materials. Trying to pretend otherwise does not make it so and shows disrespect for the voters and our election process."