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Ripe with cigar smoke-filled rooms of tension and drama -- because all the board members hate each other, etc. -- the Board of Supervisors will soon vote for their new president. The drama this time around is that Daly sorta, kinda wants it, but no one will vote for him. Or so we assume. So Daly's trying to get John Avalos to take the lead. Which isn't a bad idea at all.
The more conservatives members of the board, however, don't want a progressive to be the president again, so they might try championing Sophie Maxwell. But Ross Mirkarimi could, and very well might, take the swing vote, and call it a day come Thursday when the vote is scheduled. (He's calling it "part beauty pageant and part power struggle.") What's more, SFBG has endorsed Mirkarimi for pres, more or less giving him their prog seal of approval.
Further complicating things, though, is anyone who's the president cannot win further elective office in San Francisco. Those who want to run for mayor after Gavin leaves office probably won't want the position. But that's merely speculation.
Also, City Hall wonks are gathering at SoMa's Temple Bar on Thursday night "for a roast of the four newbies" on the board. And it's going to be called "Roasted Supe." Hee!
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Aw come on. You CANNOT do the graffit-esque facial hair (soul patch, thingy) without doing the evil eyebrows, too. It just isn't right to have one without the other.
Brock, we HAVE to go...
If Ross wants to run for Mayor, which should be a "shoe-in", I would have to agree with Sup. Daly and have John Avalos be our next Board President.
Hey, we already had Peskin........how much worse can Ross do????
What are you? Perez Hilton? Don't draw a bad fake goatee on my boyfriend! There are plenty of sexy photos on the interwebs showing Dreamy Mirkarimi with the real thing!
I want a BOS President who can balance their checkbook ... Carmen Chu or Sean Elsbernd are pretty much it, as far as I can tell. The rest are still clueless about fiscal responsibility ... CLUELESS
Ross has done a great job and is very popular in his district - I see no reason why he wouldn't be a great BoS pres.
You're the boss and I'm Ross?
I assume most people don’t go to the BOS meetings or watches them on public access? If you have you would see that Ross not only is the obvious choice but is one of the few people on the board that has insightful and intelligent discussion. He is slightly more conservative compared to the Avalos/Daly contingent but at least gives those policies a fair shake. Maxwell, well if you have ever seen her head a committee and see the discourse between the public, the experts and the proponents everything needs to be explained like the annoying person that asked too many stupid, obvious questions when you were in high school (Land use development). Sean Elsberd is a bit of a slim. He is ultra conservative and thinks like his district. He doesn’t understand the complexities of urban neighborhoods and the diversity they require. He happens to live in one of the least populated sectors of the city with one of the most space. His area is more reminiscent of a suburb than of a metropolis. He lacks experience in locating, maintaining large scale development, understanding land use planning and transportation priorities. Dufty, wouldn’t be a bad person he is a coalition based leader. His polices are not progressive but they aren’t oppressive either. He is a good person with a commitment to listening to the public, understanding public input and works hard to make sure that it has a place in public policy.
Sorry to bust you, Burrito, but you really don't know anything about Elsbernd, do you? I'm not his biggest fan, but come on, you know "ultra conservative" is bs and you probably also know how ridiculous "the complexities of urban neighborhoods and the diversity they require" sounds, right? And I hate (actually love) to point out that, in one sentence, you promote "diversity", but then in another, slam a neighborhood because it's different that yours. Oh, well, all in good fun.
PS, FWIW I agree with you that Ross should be Boss.
You see the reason I do both in my statement is that my district is pretty diverse.I live in district 3(thanks ONLY to rent control). I agree maybe my criticism of Sean might be a bit over the top. He is conservative if the measurement is the board itself, i agree with you if the we compared him to the country or the state at large he is not a conservative. An arguement can also be made about the voting of his district as well. His district is an outlier in voting records and if you read,study or know about politics here its conservative for SF. But I would say he is a Moderate-Democrat in general politics terms (see how he had to beg to get the support of the local DNC for reelection).
Some reasons i dont like him:
1.His support for DPT to insert metered parking on Junipero Serra. Which would have directly negatively affected SFSU students.It would have caused great finacial burdon if a petition wasnt written by students in 2006. Instead 2 hour parking is now enforced, students can deal with that.
2. His appointment by Gavin came after tony hall left (asked to leave because of suspected misconduct.) and yet his aides still tend to send him a check. See Olivia Scanlon, she worked for sean.
What i do like about him is he is a standup guy and is good with finance. I mean who else would be good for that district? At leas Sean rebuilt that pool on 19th finally, some investment into our parks.
But should you start making the t-shirts about ross since he is really going to run for mayor now after the board news today. Ross is the Boss... I dont even live in that district and i like the guy.