October 12, 2006
Everybody Hates Chris: The District 6 Election
Who's that man -- in the District 6 election? This week's episode: Everybody Hates A Missed Connection.
There's something so poignant about Craigslist Missed Connections -- "I saw you on the MUNI. You had a sad smile and a book about Camus. Call me?" So we're happy to say we've managed to make a match between two people trying to find each other!
The anti-Chris Daly website The Daly Show (nice title!), which features photographs of unsavory spots in District 6 that the supervisor hasn't fixed, reports the following missed encounter on its comments page, about the posting of the flyer you see to your left.
Hah! A buddy and I were putting those up last night after the debates at the library. I was taping a flyer onto a tree by the front door and 1 of Daly's toadies came up and said "you can't do that! It's illegal! It hurts the tree!" He looked like Richard Simmons and was wearing 2 green bead necklaces. I pointed out that it was no more illegal than Daly's campaign littering the district with 1000s of flyers stuck on their doors and that it wouldn't be on the tree long enough to hurt it. He tried to tear the flyer down, but his little hands were too feeble. The power of the green beads failed him! But he did manage to take a picture of the back of my head, for some nefarious purpose. Beware the Daly Gestapo! They're taking names and pulling down fliers!
Who was that Richard Simmons, two-strand green bead-wearing man? Find out after the jump!
Picture from The Daly Show blog, by Mr. Tender Nob.
So who was that guy? Will Mr. Tender Nob ever find his mysterious tree-loving friend?
Later today, we're on the blog Left in SF, a staunchly pro-Daly place to hang out on the web. They're decrying the very same poster that The Daly Show was promoting!
And look what we've got in the comments!
I confronted a tall thin well dressed alternative young man posting one of these right outside the library after the debate. He didn’t look stupid like the quality of the sign.he was posting one on the tree and i told him that was illegal. i was wearing daly beads and he started to cuss me out with every word in the book even though that was not how I addressed him. I asked him his name and he refused to give it and he said there were plenty of more trees if i took his sign down - which was hard because the tape was packing tape. I then took out my cell phone camera phone and told him I was going to take his picture because we were outside and then he became shy and kept turning his back to me to prevent getting a shot of his face and he then walked quickly away.
I’m all for expression of alternative view points but it’s hard to see how this abject hate is helpful.
The person you're looking for, The Daly Show? Famed city hall gadfly, sunshine law advocate and bon vivant Kimo Crossman!
We're happy we could facilitate the resolution of this.... Missed Connection.
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Lord, Lord, Rita,
What has happened to your values? No, I don't think these posts have anything to do with money. You people are deeply disturbed. So, the Wall has recruited Matt's ex partner? Nice little coup before the election.
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How DARE Kimo Crossman call me "alternative"?! Oh, "alternative" to Chris Daly! That's OK, then.
I'm afraid Mr. Crossman shows a faulty memory of our little argument when he claims that I started to "cuss (him) out with every word in the book". In fact, I told him "go fuck yourself" when he asked me to tell him my name, and I told him again "go fuck yourself" when he asked me the very same thing, a few seconds later. Other than those two instances, I used no profanity.
I probably should thank him for suggesting that I don't look to be as stupid as the flyers. I can take no credit for their appearance; they were made by a cohort with meager graphic arts skills, and were just a collection of clip-art images of bad aspects of inner-city life (i.e., litter, criminals, etc.) I reckon I could do better, and I just might.
Now suppose Mr. Crossman explains what he intended to do with a photograph of me.