SFist: Political Junkie: Hair Of The Mayor That Bit You

rita

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:17:10 -0800

Hey, Commenter Larry from the original post got in the Chron today! Yay Larry. Also -- obviously the next thing for us to do is to get a picture of Matt Gonzalez, with his hair slicked back.

rita

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:30:33 -0800

Dude, a picture of a three-headed Chris Daly would be awesome.

Adam

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:23:04 -0800

Oh come on now! You are using photos from the San Francisco Sentinel as evidence! Given the direction of Pat Murphy's recent turn, we could be seeing three headed Chris Daly photos tomorrow. Just because the Sentinel publishes it doesn't make it fact, possibly, quite the contrary. That's PR News, press release journalism at its worst.

SF Party Party

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:47:31 -0800

For years, we have said that Mayor Gavin "Nimby" Newsom looks ridiculous with all that hair gel, like some kind of a cheesy frat boy. Funny, though, it never occured to us that he IS a cheesy frat boy and he would look even worse without the hairgel. We were embarrassed for Newsom yesterday, even if we are disgusted with his continuing efforts to suburbanize San Francisco. Hopefully, this experiment ended when the hair gel went back in. Next thing you know, he'll be leaving the Marina/Pac Heights to party.... and the VERY last thing we want to see is Nimby Newsom hanging out at the Zeitgeist with his latest soap opera girlfriend. Gag us with a (silver) spoon!

Sasha

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:35:44 -0800

If it's true that his bangs were in the way, he should've just, uh, gotten a haircut, not relapsed into Dep Styling Sport Gel hell. I wonder if anyone has left comments about his hair on his blog? (Heads over.)

Mary

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:25:06 -0800

Rita, I think you are correct that the bangs probably just got in the way. Also, the ladies probably respond better to the crunchy gelled versus crunchy granola look.

Sarah L

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:44:43 -0800

We think the return to product will work in the favor of the progressives in the upcoming election. As far as a tactical manoeuver, we feel the resumption of the hair gel solidifies Gavin's image as aligned with corporate downtown business interests. Were we advising the mayor, we would have encouraged the product-less look, much in the same way Arnie has taken up signing environment-friendly bills so coincidentally close to the election. Forget the ter'rists, think of Alix Rosenthal.

Kevin

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:31:24 -0800

Rita, Sometimes we all fall back down to where we were before. Relapse is to be expected, especially from so many years of hitting the bottle (of L.A. Looks). It's important for us to non-judgementally be there for Gavin at this moment, encouraging him to come back to the meetings and re-work the steps. Gavin: Today is the first day for the rest of your life. It's all about the wisdom to know the difference.