As SFist Rita mentioned, Gavin has figured out that the best way to not have there being any sort of impropriety regarding Alex Tourk's severance using city coffers is by agreeing to pay Alex out of his own wallet. For those who are curious what the going rate of a cuckolded campaign worker is, it's about $15,000 a month. And yeah, we wish we had enough money to pay somebody that much money per month.

Next up, the re-election bid. The Chron checked in with Gavin's big supporters in the business lobby and the society set and found that they're still bullish on Gavin. Throw in a pretty big war chest and still no credible opponent, he's still considered the favorite to win. Well, there is one hold out, that being Wade Randlett and SFSOS who jumped ship, mainly because of quality of life issues. The Chron also notes that usually, the second term for politicians kind of sucks and it sucks even more when you're tarred by scandal. Says Gary South, an advisor to Gray Davis (good job there too, bud) says: "as we found out, sometimes the highlight of your second term is your re-election victory party.''

Now onto Ken Garcia who appears to have taken his meds today and did the columnist equivalent of putting and arm on Gavin's shoulder and told him to buck up, little camper. Garcia writes that Gavin was crippled with self-doubt, even when he was up, and thinks that might have sowed the seeds of Gavin's self-destruction. And at the core of his self-date was that he was unhappy and not quite into all the confines and constraints of being Mayor.

One last little thing, on everyone's favorite other scandal, SFist Gate. Beyond Chron today called on Gavin to firere Peter Ragone because his recent actions has made it such nobody believes what he says. You know, we never quite understood all the hullabaloo about Byorn's lying about SFist Gate-- he's the Press Secretary to a politician, he's supposed to lie. It's in the job Press Secretary Rule Book.