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On the Record with Enrique and Ralph [Page 2 of 7] Mike Giorgino phoned in from Coronado. At this point, Michael Burgess had still not been introduced on the show. The ladies from San Diego Museum of Art were overrunning their allotted time and Burgess was standing in the corridor outside the studio. Despite Giorgino's allegations, Filner remains an admirable figure if only because of the part he played in the now-famous Freedom Rides in which groups of people traveled to Alabama and Mississippi attempting to integrate restaurants, restrooms, and bus station waiting rooms. Filner, while an 18-year-old sophomore at Cornell University, was arrested for "disturbing the peace" and "inciting a riot." He refused to post bail and spent two months in the Mississippi State Penitentiary to help keep national attention focused on the issue of integration. He served two months in the Jackson, Mississippi Jail in June, 1961. The Supreme Court overturned Filner’s conviction – and eventually all the Jim Crow laws in the South. "Who is Mike Burgess?" It's funny, the dumb things you hear yourself saying on the radio. Chula Vista Police Department Citizen's Academy class of 2002. "...I discovered San Diego..." "...I discovered San Diego..." Michael C. Burgess Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo? Burgess has been editing community newspapers in San Diego County since 1999. HOME

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