The Region - News from Oct. 9, 1986

San Diego’s city manager resigned after just 13 months on the job. Unable to close an expanding political chasm between himself and the City Council, Sylvester Murray gave up his $102,344-a-year position after the council, meeting in closed session, voted no confidence against him. Murray, 45, called it a clash of styles. “I don’t know if I can pinpoint any specific time or to say that something happened on this day or that day that caused things to go wrong. I just cannot pinpoint any specific item,” he said. Murray, a former city manager in Cincinnati, took over the job in San Diego on Sept. 9, 1985. He made it a point to seek out citizens and business groups, which alienated some council members who felt that Murray was stepping into their political arena, while other council members said they felt that he did not share information with them.