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Oh, hooray!!! Clap clap clap hands in excitement! It's only the third Board of Supes meeting for the year and ever-reliable Chris Daly is at it again!
So... well, it doesn't really matter what triggered the meltdown, now, does it? (But for the record, it was tsunami relief). Daly thought his modified 90% off proposal would pass 6-5, but when the actual vote was called, he lost 7-4. And then..... POW!! (We really should get a special stock image for that, like when Bill Bixby turns into Lou Ferrigno) ...Daly smash!!!
More details after the jump -- or if you want, watch the kerfuffle online.
Daly then turned to McGoldrick and started arguing with him about changing his vote. (Seems like someone else must have changed their vote too but Daly didn't go after them -- kind of like getting upset about Ohio when the Democrats lost Florida too.) The debate got so heated that adorable sprite and board president Aaron Peskin had to bang the gavel to get their attention. McGoldrick and Daly then took it outside to the "antechamber," where, as Bay City News reports, "occasional cursing escaped into the public chamber." Ammiano and Dufty went in after to try and mediate, to little response. (Ammiano said later, "All you can do is try.")
According to those who were there, McGoldrick was then heard saying from the antechamber, "How come you gotta act like a baby?" and Daly muttered as he walked back into the room, "F*** you, Jake, I might be a baby but you're two-faced." Ooooooh. McGoldrick rejoindered from the hall, "You know where you can kiss, don't you, Chris?" and Chris said, "Yeah, I'll kiss your ass, after I kick it." (The sexual/scatological imagery! It burns our eyes!)
Peskin then banged the gavel, said something about calling the sheriff, told Daly, "Get in here and sit down," and then as he called a 10-minute break, got in Daly's face and told him to "shut up." Quoth Peskin, "I don't need this." Daly then briefly left the meeting (but says he wasn't angry, just looking after his son).
The Chron hypothesizes that this indicates that Peskin will be taking a harder line on Daly antics than Gonzalez did. If so, could someone in North Beach please write Mr. Peskin and tell him that the best defense is a good offense, please? We live for this!
Denouement: McGoldrick conceded that he had changed his mind, because they'd had an emergency funding request for a homeless shelter in Daly's Tenderloin district that used the money he was going to award to the tsunami victims. Other supervisors expressed interest in possibly sponsoring a village that had been hit by the tsunami in the future. And Alioto-Pier, the new head of the Supes Rules Committee and the woman who spearheaded the Daly censure motion, will be proposing a code of conduct in the future. This is the best f***in' city ever.
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And the "Best use of 'Kerfuffle' Ever Award" goes to Rita.
Which video bit in the link you included features the famed kerfuffle? Please don't make me watch them all!
well, for some reason, I can never download Real Player stuff on my computer, but I think the kerfuff. should be at the end of item no. 33 (not entirely sure if that link will work -- if not, here's the general link). Someone let me know if it's as good as it sounds! (I'm going to have to watch it on public access this weekend.)
Yeah, I've been watching item #33 for what seems like my entire freaking life, and there hasn't been a fight yet.
OK...as far as I can tell, most of the ruckus occurs in the background while other people are voting on other resolutions. That'a what you get when you don't have reality show cameramen covering these supervisor meetings.
So disappointing! I wonder if I could get the Board of Supes to pass a resolution that they all need to wear body mics during debates on Daly-proposed legislation. Hey, maybe that's what my 17 cent grocery bag tax could go to.
Okay, I am going to have to start going to City Council meetings. But they are mostly in the middle of the day, right?