Everybody Hates Chris: No. Really. Everyone Hates Chris.
We thought that Chris Daly's Board of Supervisor life might be looking up with his new committee assignment. But it's budget season and everyone is just a little bit testy right now, as there is a 6 billion dollars pie to be cut up among a three quarters of a million people. So I guess we shouldn't be that surprised that something would happen during today's Board of Supervisor meeting. And it did.
Basically Daly asked for a "simple motion" and received no second. (We are having some difficulty with sfgtv and can't seem to go back and watch exactly what happened and are going forward based on our memory until the full meeting comes online.) Without the ability to get a motion seconded, Supervisors lose an important legislative tool and Daly was, at least partially, locked out of the budget process. So he left.
For those who don't follow the Board of Supes as much as we do, not being seconded is pretty much a slap in the face. Not only can we not remember the last time a motion failed to receive a second, but also the budget meeting is probably the single most important Board of Supervisors meeting.
When Daly returned, he voted against the budget and took the floor to gave speech. While we don't agree with everything that Chris Daly has ever said, the speech he gave, with topics ranging from the history and changes within the city, affordable housing and diversity was eloquent. After stating that this budget was a "Monty Hall Budget" when the city needs a "Robin Hood Budget" he spoke on the loss of diversity and the need for affordable housing (and only strayed into attacks on the other committee members a little bit). We highly recommend, assuming that you can get sfgtv to work, to listen to this speech.
On an aside, you should complain to your Supervisor if you feel like you aren't getting your eight thousand dollars worth.
On another aside, if someone is able to get sfgtv to work, can they check to see how the supervisors voted on Item 38 (Mayor's Question Time). We may have misheard, but we think we heard that Ed Jew voted against it...UPDATE: It seems that others voted against it too
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