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3 Remaining Members of Cash-Happy San Diego Pride Resigning Amidst Scandal

After initially refusing to do so, Philip Princetta (pictured), Mike Karim, and Carl Worrell are all leaving their posts on the San Diego Pride board after they were exposed in “Pridegate,” for handing a $5,000 cash bonus to Princetta, the board’s president.

Called to a special meeting by State Sen. Christine Kehoe, Councilman Todd Gloria, and former San Diego Deputy Mayor Toni Atkins, the trio were told, in no uncertain terms, their actions had broken the gay community’s trust, and they had to go, and they finally relented. And so it was.

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