Last week, the mayor’s race and the Balboa Park water-gun fight crossed paths. Candidate Bob Filner attempted to connect the partner of his opponent, Carl DeMaio, to the incident that damaged the park’s iconic lily pond.

In the latest Fact Check TV, Scott Lewis and Andrew Donohue look at whether Filner’s claim holds any water. Watch the video, produced in partnership with NBC 7 San Diego:

Want more Fact Check TV? Check out these recent editions:

• The Crime Spike Persists?

• The Recent Crime Spike

• Balboa Park Edition

Fact Check TV airs on NBC 7 San Diego every Friday during the 6 p.m. newscast and our website the following Monday.

Dagny Salas is the web editor at Voice of San Diego. You can contact her directly at dagny.salas@voiceofsandiego.org or 619.550.5669.

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Dagny Salas

Dagny Salas was web editor at Voice of San Diego from 2010 to 2013. She was an investigative fellow at VOSD from 2009 to 2010.

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