March 11, 2008
Newsom Must Still Must Attend Detention Board of Supervisor Meetings
Much to our surprise, the motion that almost allowed our fair Mayor Gavin Newsom to eschew his monthly cameos Board of Supervisor meeting was tabled. That is to say, it was killed. Dead. According to Sweet Melissa recounts today's nail-biting Board of Supes meeting thusly:
Supervisor Daly spoke twice against the motion, at one point reading off a list of donors to the Let's Really Work Together coalition which opposed Prop E. Supervisor Mirkarimi also spoke against the measure, as did Supervisor Dufty who suggested the tabling of the motion (rather than voting it down) because tabling would be the "nicest thing." (Yes, he did.) The motion's sponsor, Supervisor Alioto-Pier, bewildered at the length and intensity of debate on the issue, agreed to table the motion. So, at the Board meeting every third Tuesday of the month there will continue to be an agenda item calling for the Mayor to appear. "Bueller? Bueller?..."
We feel your pain, Gavin. Still, once a month isn't all that bad, is it? Of course not.
And on a more positive, Broadway-ish note? It seems the singing guy made a return to the meetings, crooning a parody of the Flipper theme song to Supervisor Aaron Peskin. For the love of God, someone tell us they have footage of it. Please.
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If this was a genuine back and forth of ideas, suggestions, policy etc it would not be a bad thing, but all it will end up being is grandstanding and rants from Chris Daly, that will acheive nothing.
Is Supervisor Dufty already back from spending our tax dollars on junkets to Australia??
As they said in The Family Guy; "4 more years of Douchebag!"
Seriously, whatever about Dufty et al going to Sydney, a visible SF tourism presence at sydney mardi gras would generate beacoup tourist dollars. The same folks that flock from all over the world with lots of cash to spend are the same folks who will come here for Pride, folsom, castro fair etc, spend a little to make a lot. It works..
And they call him Peskin, Peskin
King of the Ocean...
Dufty at Sydney... why do I smell a conspiracy between the supervisor and that Australian sponsor on KPIX doing "Aussie Week?"
Daithi, why should Gavin be so afraid of Chris Daly (or any other supervisor)?
I'm sick of hearing the argument that Gavin does not have to comply with the will of the voters merely because Chris Daly will grandstand and rant. If the mayor is proud of his accomplishments, let him stand on his record. Let him use his monthly visits to the Board to help launch his gubenatorial campaign. From the sounds of it just three months into his new term, his mind is already in Sacramento. (Wow. Didn't see that one coming, did we SF?)
The problem isn't Chris Daly, who actually works for a living and spends his time in San Francisco fighting for poor people. The problem is our ineffectual and absent mayor who runs off every week to Iowa and Texas to hang out with the Clintons and to NYC and LA to raise money to pay off his exorbitant campaign expenditures and Switzerland and Hawaii for vacations and on and on and on.
Our mayor sucks and he's getting away with it because most folks in this town get their news from lame corporate television news and newspapers and have no idea what's going on in their city or anywhere else in the world for that matter.
If our Mayor were actually held accountable it would be a VERY GOOD thing for this city indeed. He'd actually have to worry about what's going on here instead of just using our town as a stepping stone for his future political career.
Can we have Supervisor meetings in the evenings once or twice a month so that working folks can attend without using up precious vacation days? If they really want to represent the people, they'd give more people a chance to show up and tell them to shove these stupid ideas up their collective asses.
Brock, can we curb comment spam???
Tim... you have your own website and your own TV show... don't spam Sfist!!!
F***ing obnoxious.
Wow. Did catch that one, rachdiggs. Thanks for letting me know. Very frustrating.
Thanks Brock... also, do they make you stay overnight there at SFist? Like my kindergarten teacher. I don't think she ever went home.
Singing Guy is named Walter and he is amazing... you guys should do an interview with him... he lives in a group home and clearly has some type of developmental disability but is just the sweetest guy ever and loves the SHIT out of the board of supervisors.
I don't think "Flipper" is from a Broadway show. Although, the thought of the Board singing "I Am What I Am" from "La Cage" would be worth it.
I don't think "Flipper" is from a Broadway show. Although, the thought of the Board singing "I Am What I Am" from "La Cage" would be worth it.