The rumblings from a week ago have been confirmed: Josh Wolf, on his blog, has declared his intent to run for mayor. [Thank you to the reader that posted this in the Tips Section!].

In this announcement, he gives some details of a 10-point plan. For full details, please visit his blog, but, in brief, the issues he intends to address are:

1) Open Government (he'll wear a streaming camera while working on official business)
2) Crime (reduce homicide rate; adopt the board’s plan for neighborhood policing)
3) Homelessness
4) Public Transportation
5) Federal Funding (sever the city's need for it, and thus the Fed. gov't's control over us)
6) Gay Marriage (re-establish as we're able in the City & County of San Francisco)
7) Medicinal Marijuana (make it so the Feds quit interfering)
8) Biking (bike lanes on all major traffic thoroughfares).
9) Halloween (safe alternatives to the annual Castro celebration)
10) Independence (sovereignty for the city)

It all sounds great on paper (er, on screen). But great ideas do not a great government make -- most candidates start out with a bunch of swell ideas; it's all in the execution. Sorry to be pessimistic, but we're guessing Mr. Wolf has little chance of actually being voted to the office. However, as an active member of the community, his candidacy may well bring important issues to the forefront of voter conciousness. For that we applaud him. So far as we're concerned, the more voices that are out there, the better (speaking of those voices: so far Chicken John, plus rumblings of a certain Mr. brown?).