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Ah, the Aliotos -- they run this town! Patriarch Joseph Alioto was the mayor of San Francisco from 1968-1976, in office not only during the building of the Transamerica Pyramid but also through the Zodiac murders -- while daughter Angela Alioto is a former Board of Supervisors president (and chicken-suit renter), while granddaughter Michela Alioto-Pier is a current Board of Supes member (and Hottest Supervisor emerita -- hm, maybe it's time for us to do another Hottest Supervisor poll!), and the rest of them are all lawyers.
Well, there's now two more vying for elective office -- and hey, check this out. According to Fog City Journal, Joe Alioto is running in District 3, and Joe Alioto is running in District 3. Whaaa? It's like a Doublemint ad!
No, seriously: so Angela Alioto's son and current Police Commissioner Joe Alioto-Veronese (at whose wedding you may remember Gavin met the second of his four bad choices of the heart, Sofia Milos) is running for the State Senate District 3 seat that Carole Migden and Mark Leno are currently pushing and shoving each other for -- while Joseph Michael Alioto, Michela Alioto-Pier's brother, is thinking seriously about running in San Francisco District 3, for Supervisor after current rep Aaron Peskin terms out.
Next up for us: convincing Boutros Boutros Ghali to run for both seats too!
Picture of Alioto's Restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf, started by Joseph Alioto's uncle.
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Can we please have someone who is NOT a scion of an Old San Francisco Family run for office for once?
I hope the Joes remember to file their papers file their papers.
"the second of his four bad choices of the heart"!! Oh Rita, thank you. Though, in fairness, you should've counted Kelley Phleger, which would make Sofia the third of Gav's five bad choices.
I think I sat across the table from him at dinner tonight. Looks more like Aunt Angela than Sis Michaela.