CA: Taking Note of Parade and Suit by Firefighters

By Gary Braun | Sign on San Diego

Mark Tonai arrived for work on Saturday ready to have a good time.

And why not? How tough can it be to drive a fire engine in a parade?

It’s a good question, one that a jury may someday answer.

Recall that the last fire crew to appear in San Diego’s gay pride parade sued the city, seeking $3 million for its suffering. The four men assigned to join the caravan through Hillcrest and Uptown claimed that parade-goers harassed, demeaned and offended them.

That lawsuit is moving slowly, in part because City Attorney Michael Aguirre wants to compel the offended firefighters to answer his questions about selected images from Playboy, something their attorney doesn’t want them to do.

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