圣地亚哥因性骚扰绯闻被迫辞职下台的市长鲍伯•费尔纳（Bob Filner）还未正式离开办公室，从上周五起至今，至少已有五人出面申请要当市长。

最快举手要竞选当市长的是参加上一轮市长竞选落选的两位候选人，前州众议员、民主党的尼尔深•弗莱彻（Nathan Fletcher）和共和党的多比雅•佩特斯（Tobiah Pettus）。他们在上周五就递交了市长候选人申请。

目前在高通担任高级总监，同时在加大圣地亚哥分校任兼课教授的弗莱彻还给媒体发邮件，请媒体转发他要竞选市长的消息，他表示他决定在这次市长位子的竞争中再次出手，认为这次东山再起信心倍增之快，是所谓适逢大好时机，他一直不甘心上次的竞选就是败落给费尔纳，表示：“人们不会因此事件失去信念和信心，而是需要有一个能够团结领导人民往正确方向前进的领导。”

其他居民已经申请竞选市长候选人的有出租车业主的大卫•塔森（David Tasem），心理医生和医疗顾问的阿肖克•帕瑞斯瓦然（Ashok Parameswaran），社交媒体业及企业业主的贾里德•米恩斯（Jared MIMMS），和自由意志论者活动家马克•施瓦茨 （Mark Schwartz）。此外，『伊拉克/ 持久自由』团体创始人，资深退伍军人库尔特•施瓦布 （Kurt Schwab）也填写了参加市长竞选的申请。

有人预期还会有更多的人要出来参加竞选。包括托德•凯莱（Todd Gloria），凯文（Kevin Faulconer）、卡尔• 德玛罗（Carl Demaio ）等等，说不定哪天也突然“挺身而出” 参加竞选。上周三的市议会曾考虑可能在11月19日举行特别选举，获胜者将成为费尔纳的市长四年任期的剩余时间里的市长。（圣地亚哥华文网SanDiegoChinesePress.com）

附件：费莱切请媒体转发的一封委托信：

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Nathan
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