May 5, 2006
Political JunkiEE
If you think the Ma v. Ja race is content-free, you should try the State Senate District 8 race between Leland Yee and Mike Nevin. Yawn, unless you like trying to figure out the byzantine nature of state politics personal relationships. (i.e., why didn't Gavin Newsom endorse San Franciscan Yee over San Mateo County's Nevin? Does it have something to do with the mysterious feud between Fiona and Leland?)
However, it looks like Yee's got some enemies -- maybe from his sponsoring of that law preventing the sale of violent video games to minors? A tipster passed along a hilarious anti-Yee website, called "Are You Kidding Mee??" (Okay, take away our Asian-American card, but c'mon! The "mee" is kind of funny.)
Richard Silver, the former clerk of the San Mateo County Board of Supes, has diligently compiled all the negative stories he could find about Leland, and put them all in one spot. Read about how the cops thought Leland was trolling for prostitutes on South Van Ness in 1999! Read about Leland Yee's arrest in Hawaii for shoplifting!
And enter a contest to come up with a snide nickname for Leland! Okay, folks, get us back our Asian-American card and don't come up with any racist-sounding names, okay? No panda jokes, nothing mixing up l's and r's, we don't want any of that. Make fun of Leland in a color-blind way!
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Wait - he endorsed a Republican in the Sunset's supervisor race?
Gosh, the only thing I can come up with is Lowell-land, in reference to the preppie yet public Lowell high school in his hood that also appears to have similar straight-laced values in re the violent video game issue.
Newsom endorsed San Mateo County Democrat Mike Nevin over SF County's Yee in the state Senate race. I don't even know if any Republicans are even running for the Senate seat! (or the SF Sunset District 4 race, for that matter -- and I'm too lazy right now to go and look it up. Republicans, please enlighten.)
oh, duh, sorry, Richmond Dem, I just figured out you were talking about Yee's endorsement of Republican Ed Jew over Fiona! (I still don't know if any Republicans are running in District 4 or in the State Senate race, though.)
This is priceless Yee-ism:
"Plants and trees without the proper pre-Mayflower lineage are called `invasive exotics' and are wrenched from the soil to die. How many of us are `invasive exotics' who have taken root in the San Francisco soil, have thrived and flourished here, and now contribute to the diversity of the wonderful mix that constitutes present-day San Francisco?"
Leland Yee, politician or plant?
Rita ---> In this vastly Democratic District, even if there was a Republican running, they don't have a chance. The real show is the Primary where the Democrats go at it.
If one is running, you probably wont know until after the Primary, and even then, they are probably a crazy person and will get minimal press as Yee or Nevin will be surfing along to the November Election.