I've heard several times in the past two weeks that former Councilman Uvaldo Martinez is considering running for San Diego City Council again. Maybe Martinez hasn't been watching or reading the news over the past few years, but ethics is something that voters are a little concerned with. Why do I bring up ethics? I'll just quote from San Diego Magazine, 1996:

"Booted out of office a decade ago for charging lavish personal lunches and dinners on his city credit card, former San Diego Councilman Uvaldo Martinez keeps a low profile these days. He's president and chief executive officer of TWTel Inc., a local telecommunications firm that just hit the market with prepaid cellular phones. Martinez was appointed to the City Council in 1982 and elected to a full term in 1983. Three years later his promising political career came to an end when he was indicted on 28 felony counts of misappropriation of public funds and falsification of public documents. He resigned in November 1986 and, as part of his plea bargain, reimbursed the city $607."