independent, we wanted to move this city forward. i'm excited to hit the ground running. >> in your election speech, you talked about being independent. some say you down play your political affiliation. do party labels matter to you. it is not something we stressed, particularly here on the local level on city government. when i talked about independent, i talked about independence to continue the reforms we have started here in san diego. issues like pension reform that not only are san diego facing but other cities and states across the country. particularly we saw in this race here in the last week, in the last couple weeks, the ex troexy amount of money coming in for national government employee unions. it is over $4 million. i talked a lot about being independent. we can continue those reforms to invest back into our neighborhoods, streets and libraries. >> those things you talk about sound very republican. other things you stand for like gay marriage and abortion rights make you sound like a democrat.