Lee Burdick, who served as former Mayor Bob Filner’s chief of staff, offers her own account of why she joined the mayor’s team and stuck in the role as things came crashing down. Since Filner’s implosion, Burdick says her career has suffered from guilt by association. “I’m angry that I am no longer being evaluated – or even valued – based on my own merit,” she writes.
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Lee Burdick is a lawyer, political strategist and crisis manager, and served as Bob Filner’s chief of staff. She is author of the book “Bob Filner’s Monster: Inside the Unraveling of an American Mayor and What We Can Learn From It,” set to publish Feb. 8.