Category Archives: San Francisco Politics

Once again, the primal scream lefties show just how ridiculous, and how full of white self-entitlement they are….it seems Matt Gonzalez’s running mate, Ralph Nader, offered some of his oh-so-brilliant insight into the Obama candidiacy:

“He wants to show that he is not a threatening . . . another politically threatening African-American politician. He wants to appeal to white guilt. You appeal to white guilt not by coming on as black is beautiful, black is powerful. Basically he’s coming on as someone who is not going to threaten the white power structure, whether it’s corporate or whether it’s simply oligarchic. And they love it. Whites just eat it up.”

(Obama’s folks served him a dose of STFU good and hard within hours, to their credit.)
Wow. Class act, that Ralphie. Now, if a conservative person said this I’m sure we’d hear all sorts of outrage from the so-called “progressives,” but I guess if a washed-out white liberal guy who isn’t even on the ballot in most (or any) states, I guess it’s ok.
No word on if Magical Matt endorses this Ferraro-like outburst. Funny how local progressives, and local Green elected officials (what few are left) who know Matt and Nader the best are supporting Obama this time around.

While watching Yet Another Viral Marketing Piece for The Dark Knight, I became firmly convinced that when they make “Gavin Newsom, the Movie” they should get Christian Bale to play Our Mayor.
Now that that’s settled, it’s time to cast the rest of our Cast O’ Characters! Who would you have play Supervisor Aaron Peskin? Or Supervisor Chris Daly? Or Any of the Supervisors? Or City Attorney Dennis Herrerra? Kamala Harris? Our many talented and funny bloggers about town? Or the cast of 100s in supporting roles in City Hall?
San Francisco is full of smart, creative people. So post your suggestions in the comments and have fun!

I’ve never been a big fan of ballot measures. Once the last resort for a distressed citizen to get a social ill addressed by government, they’ve now become the first weapon for special interests with money to jam all sorts of bizarro spending and borrowing into government, often with paved Road-To-Hell like results.
Living in San Francisco affords one the benefit (!) of voting on even more of these things, which more often than not are simply “advisory” measures with absolutely no power – a sort of civic primal scream against whatever a few thousand signatures wanna scream against.
In a way, it makes voting that much easier since I pretty much vote “no” on all ballot measures, especially bonds, the leading cause of budget woes, and yet, the most popular of measures. Every year there are pleas to vote for “more money” for worthy causes and the like, and yet no one ever stops and wonders where this “free money” comes from. It ain’t free – it’s borrowed money at high interest rates. If you want to know part of the reason civic budgets are always out of whack – it’s because they have tons of bond debt service to pay.
For June, I’m keeping it easy and simple. I’m voting “Yes” on A and B here in San Francisco, only because they’re trying to fix something. “A” tries to address the problem of paying teachers in one of the most expensive parts of the country in as best a way as possible under current rules, and “B” is a housekeeping measure to fix some problem with pensions and the like. Fine, I’ll vote for ’em.
As for the rest, I’m voting a nice big “NO” on all of ’em. Most of these things are either political grudges gone wild and a waste of the paper they’re printed on, or they’re things that just aren’t that trustworthy. Since I was not part of the dream team that got paid by Lennar to pass Proposition “G” (and because I’m worried a company with so many financial problems would be given a piece of Our City), I’m voting NO.
I’m also voting NO on F, because while the intentions may be honorable, the stream of “Frak You’s” I get from its supporters have convinced me they already have enough votes to win, and don’t need mine. (Odd way to win an election, kids!).
As for the infamous Props. 98/99 – a big NO on both of them too. Classic special interest big bucks buying a way onto the ballot. Unless a state ballot measure really does what it says or revolutionizes our arcane budget process in ways we honestly need, I always vote NO on all state ballot measures.
I don’t care if it’s some Worthy Cause with ads that make you cry like you’re watching a Hallmark ad or a Lifetime TV Movie, I say no! We pay a Legislature and a Governor a lot of money to pass laws – they should be doing that, instead of running around paying for lavish trips with special interest campaign dollars.
Remember, your ballot is taxpayer financed fun. If you find yourself bored with some of the more arcane races, feel free to write in names as you feel appropriate…or for more fun, bullet-vote for your favorite candidates for Democratic Central Committee! Enjoy!

Election Thing

For a while now I’ve been seeing these ink-jetted flyers inserted in newsracks, mostly in Guardian racks, around town.

What’s not immediately obvious is whether these anonymous little missives are pro Pelosi/Sandoval/Migden, or anti Pelosi/Sandoval/Migden? They really could go either way – yet another example of how the Entitled Left in town loves to make noise, but hasn’t quite figured out how to do so in a way that makes sense to Regular Folks.

I’m guessing it’s the latter, but I could be wrong.