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The Chronicle Looks at the Gavin Years
With Gavin's re-election "campaign" about to get under way, the Chron took a look at four years of the Gavster. Since Sunday was beautiful and the sports on TV plentiful, we'll give you the recap.
The story is actually a pretty good account of the last four years. Sure, it won't please the Bay Guardian types who are pissed that Gavin has yet to overthrow capitalism, but it's a far cry from earlier stories which the Chron wrote while on their knees. In it, the Chron explains Gavin's still massive popularity ratings due to the still warm-glow of the Gay marriage thing and his occasional feint to progressive issues. He's unpredictable! They give him props for his technocratic leanings, an open mind, being green, and for scrubbing down City Hall after Willie's reign. In the negative column are that he's too nice, over-promises, has a tendency to passivity, and has a thin skin. As for Gavin, he says that he's doing a good job, made some (nudge..nudge..wink..wink) mistakes, and thinks his second term will be his bestest term ever.
The story then breaks down all of the issues concerning the city and describes what's been done, what's being worked on, and what hasn't happened. After the jump, we'll sum it all up for ya.
Schools- Where did all the children go?
Economy- Things are so bright, you have to wear shades. Unless you're poor or have kids
Homelessness- Gavin's been as busy as a bee, as are all his worker bees, but strangely, the numbers of homeless haven't quite gone anywhere close to down.
Housing- Look! Up in the sky! It's another condo! Too bad a whole bunch of people can’t afford them.
Homicide- Oy vey.
Muni- Do we even need to say anything?
Parks- If wishes were fishes, we'd have a lot of fishes in the park's ponds. Unfortunately, those fishes don't have money attached to them. And those homeless people keep on coming back.
Streets- The Lorax would be happy with all the new trees and flowers planted. He wouldn't be happy, however, over the inability to clean the streets. We, however, are thrilled that some of the streets are being paved. Actually, we are big fans of this part as several streets (16th Street, we're looking at you) that bordered on third world are now as smooth as a baby's bottom.
Social Services- Yay, health care plan! Boo, Golden Gate Restaurant Association! But while the 311 phone line doesn’t suck as nearly as much as the band, the wi-fi plan ain't going nowhere. As is his plan to clean up some of the worst projects in the city.