By now, hearing something referred to as "only in San Francisco" has been thrown around so much that it's almost not worth saying anymore. Every once in awhile, though, we come across a story that could only be described as "only in San Francisco." According to Matier & Ross in Wednesday's Chronicle, a big protest rally that was supposed to take place this weekend involving some of the twenty-two (!) candidates running to replace Matt Gonzalez on the Board of Supervisors (District 5) was cancelled. The reason? Burning Man. Turns out that there's nobody around to attend the rally because all the usual suspects are at the Playa. As are four of the candidates. Does this mean we should expect to see ads from "Burning Man Veterans for Truth"? ("Candidate Smith said he painted himself blue and danced to rave music all night but Candidate Smith is lying! I have proof that instead, Candidate Smith drank Corona's and listened to the Eagles with his ex-frat buddies the entire weekend.")

EssEfist thinks we have a way around this problem. Considering that most of that District 5, a district that includes most of the Haight, is at Burning Man, maybe they should just hold the rally there? And yes, only in San Francisco....

SFist Jon, Contributing