“Councilmember Frye then explained that she empathized with Ms. Shipione because she herself asked questions frequently at Council meetings and was often told to take her questions outside of the meetings,” Frye‘s interview summary states.
The other remaining council members still in office — Peters, Madaffer, Toni Atkins and Brian Maienschein — said they found her accusations to be troubling at first blush, but wound up ignoring her anyway. They claimed that the word being spread around City Hall was that Shipione was out for political revenge, was incompetent or mentally ill, and had a confrontational style.
— Voice of San Diego re: Politicians dimissing whistleblower Diann Shipione
