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A4 • State voter turnout appears average despitelast-minute surge in registration.

A5 • Election results for presidential, statewide andlocal races.

B1 • Supervisor Dave Roberts to face Encinitas MayorKristin Gaspar in November runoff.

Allison Benton inspects a mail-in ballot at theSacramento County registrar of voters office onMonday.

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but leadership of the Hall ofChampions, which honorsthe legacy of San Diego’ssports legends, announcedWednesday that it has beenin talks the last year withComic-Con Internationalabout locating a museumthere.

So far it’s undecided

Comic-Con’s presence inSan Diego could be morefirmly cemented with a spe-cial comic-centric museumthat is currently being dis-cussed for development inBalboaPark.

Details remain sketchy,

whether such an attractionwould simply share spacewith the Hall of Championsor occupy nearly all of the68,000-square-foot, memo-rabilia-filled venue next totheStarlightBowl.

“I heard theymight be in-terested indoingsomething,so Imadecontactandbegan

a conversation, and it’s beengoing on for awhile,” saidHall of Champions boardmemberDanShea. “Wehaveaspacethatcouldbeconsid-ered under-utilized for whatwe have. Comic-Con is aniconic community group,and we

BALBOA PARK COULD BECOME HOME TO NEW COMIC-CON MUSEUMBY LORI WEISBERG “Comic-Con is an iconiccommunity group ...

wouldn’t it be great tohave a museum forthem?” Dan Shea • Hall of Champions boardSEE COMIC-CON • A10

Republican Mayor KevinFaulconer easily won re-electionTuesday despite a surge in Demo-cratic voters thanks to his inclusivegoverningstyle, likabilityand focusonbolstering neighborhoods wealthyandpoor,hispollster saidWednesday.

“You have this personal likabilityfactor, you have a good job being doneand you have his brand being well-known as an authentic problem solv-er, and that all adds up to not beingyour typical Republican,” said thepollster, JohnNeinstedt. “We call thatinthebusiness ‘crossoverappeal,’ andhe’s got that in spades.”

Faulconer, who got 58 percent ofthe vote even though he faced twocredible rivals, also benefited frommore formidable potential opponentsshying away from challenging thepopular San Diego mayor, Nienstedtsaid.

CriticssayFaulconerowesmuchofhis popularity to the good fortune ofbeing mayor when tax revenues arespiking, which has allowed him to ex-pand library hours, upgrade parks inmanyneighborhoods andboost otherservices to attract votes.

They say San Diego should de-mand better from the city’s topelectedofficial.

“I thinkweinSanDiegocoulddosomuch more,” said Francine Busby,chairwoman of the SanDiego CountyDemocratic Party. “Mayor Faulconeris justmaintaining the statusquoand

FAULCONERBUOYED BYLIKABILITY,MODERATEAPPROACHRe-election reflects supportfor agenda, mayor saysBY DAVID GARRICK

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NowthatSanDiego voters havedirectedall employers topaymanyworkersmoremoney for lesswork,willsomeof the rest of us lose a fewdays ofvacation?

That’s just a starter question, ahintat theunknowable cascadeof conse-quences (presumablyunintended)flowing fromProposition I, themeasure to raise theminimumwageandmandatepaid sick leave,which 63

percent of city voters approvedTues-day.

“WhenCaliforniapassed the lawthat everyonewouldget threedays ofsick leave,wewere thrilled.Myhus-bandhasneverhad sick leave in 45years ofworking,” a reader toldmeviaemailWednesdaymorning. “But thatwasquickly dashedwhen (his employ-er) bypassed the intent of the lawbytakingaway three vacationdays to

cover the sickdays.Nowwehavepasseda law for 40hours, there goesawaymoreof his vacation. Sowrong insomanyways.”

So it goes in the realworld.Thisastute reader’s frustrationmayberightly directedat an employer, yetbusinessdances to government’s fiddleinCalifornia, a jig theSanDiegopublicappears increasinglywilling to join

Cranking up the wage experimentMinimum-wage workers in San Diego, such as Benjamin Guerrero at Filippi’s Pizza Grotto in Little Italy, will soon get an in-crease from $10 to $10.50 an hour, and then to $11.50 on New Year’s Day, as mandated by Proposition I.

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As a bruising primaryseason winds down, Demo-crats worked onWednesdaytounite theparty afterHilla-ry Clinton’s commandingvictories over Sen. BernieSanders, who was headed toVermont to determine thefutureof his candidacy.

Clinton’s primary suc-cesses on Tuesday — shewon big in California and

New Jersey and by lessermargins in New Mexico andSouth Dakota — muted thelingering argument forSanders, her rival for theDemocratic nomination, tostay in therace.

Despite his pledge tocompete in a primary con-test in Washington, D.C.,next week and fight to theconventionJuly25-28 inPhil-adelphia, the deliberationsin Vermont, significant lay-offsofhis staffmembers,anda planned meeting withPresidentBarackObamato-day signaled that the endcouldbeapproaching.

DEMOCRATSFOCUS ONPARTY UNITYPressure mountson Sanders to throwsupport to ClintonBY ALAN RAPPEPORT

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As Donald Trump pre-pares a major speech nextweek attacking Hillary andBill Clinton, a videotapeddeposition from a class-ac-tion lawsuit against him inSanDiego could put the pre-sumptive Republican pres-idential nominee in an awk-wardspot.

The testimony showsTrumptrying toexplainaway

past statements such as “IknowHillary, and I think shewouldmakeagreatpresidentor vice president” and “BillClinton was a greatpresident.”

Thedepositionswere tak-en this past December andJanuaryaspart of theTrumpUniversity case in federalcourt here, in which ex-stu-dents allege they paid thou-sands of dollars for increas-ingly expensive seminars of-fering real estate investmentadvicethatwasn’tworth it.

Lawyers for the plaintiffsdragged up statementsTrumphadmadeyears earli-

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CHEERS!UCSD graduate Steven Tuttle works at his craft andit certainly shows with the quality and innovativedrinks he concocts at the Kettner Exchange.

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Q: What’s your processfor making cocktail lists?A: I don’t like to over-complicatedrinks. We have an experiencedcocktail clientele, and we want to bedoing new stuff, but not going over-board. We want them to be comfort-able, so we use familiar ingredientstoo.

Q: Favorite spirit?A: Rum ... but it changes a lot.

Q: First invented cocktail?A: Ah that’s a hard one to remem-ber! One of my first was the ArtichokeHold. (Link to Artichoke cocktail arti-cle).

Q: Favorite drink?A: I drink beer. Of course, here in SanDiego, IPAs. I really like the fruit kick

going through beers right now. I likeMango Even Keel, all the variations ofSculpin, and Avery Liliko’i Kepolo.

Q: Where do you go fora drink?A: I wish I went out more! I’ve beenvisiting Eric at Juniper and Christian atBracero. Also Ballast Point and ModernTimes.

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Steven Tuttle, SDCMBeverage Director, mixes cocktails at the Kettner Exchange.NANCEE E. LEWIS

Kettner Exchange could beeasily described as an oasison bustling Kettner Boule-vard. Amid the roar of

passing cars, planes, and downtownlife, the stylish andmulti-layeredrestaurant is a beautiful respitefrom the urban jungle outside.

Perched on a rooftop barstool, Ispent cocktail time with StevenTuttle, the charming and engagingmastermind behind a deliciouslycurated drink list.

Tuttle, a SanDiego local, gradu-ated fromUCSD in business ad-ministration and went straight intothe wine business as a salesman.

“It was a great experience ... butI found out I wasn’t a suit-and-tieguy,” he said. “Working in the chaindivision, it felt impersonal.”

He shifted gears and went towork with the well-known Consor-tiumHoldings, starting as a barback and working his way upthrough a 5-year tenure. He was onthe opening team for Craft &Com-merce alongside other In theMixprofile subjects Eric Johnson (our2015Mixologist of the Year) andChristian Siglin (Bracero), andworking at El Dorado. He was onoverdrive pulling eight shifts a weekand then went full time at El Do-rado as general manager.

In 2014, Tuttle was hired to run acocktail program at Kettner Ex-change and is now embarking on arole as beverage director for theSDCM restaurant group, whichincludes Kettner, Firehouse, Devil’sDonuts, Vin de Syrah, and Analog(the latter two are partnered withthe CohnRestaurant Group).

Tuttle whipped up three cock-tails, two from the freshly releasedspring list, and one from the NewBrunch cocktails that premieredJune 4. For the brunch options,Tuttle gathered all of thebartenders, and each developeddrinks over a two-week period. In

true democratic style, theymet,voted on their top five, and thoseselected ended up on the newmenu

I tasted the bright and refresh-ing AfternoonDelight from bar-tender Paulina Konja. A twist on aPisco Collins, it also includes finosherry, Cocchi Americano, freshlemon juice, simple syrup and soda,with a grapefruit zest garnish.

I Go to Rio (named after a PabloCruise song) hit themark too, withmezcal, Amburana Cachaça, house-made Curaçao, lime, house-madeorgeat and a Trinidad rum float.“We lovemezcal and rum here andwe looooove tropical drinks. We areon a rooftop, we should be drinkingthese,” Tuttle said.

The Spicy Gallagher is perfectfor those tried and true heat lovers.Yes, I’m talking to you Colby Chan-dler and those who love BallastPoint’s spicy beers. With Serrano-infused tequila, Aperol, lemon,fresh watermelon syrup and soda,it’s a can’t miss.

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Stay tuned for SDCM’s nextproject with Tuttle, a tiki barthat’s yet to be announced.

In the meantime, make yourcocktail date with the crew atKettner Exchange at 2001 Ket-tner Blvd. in Little Italy. For moreinformation, visit kettnerex-change.com.