Gore Jinx Beat

In a fit of pessimism yesterday, I predicted Al Gore's endorsement of San Francisco mayoral candidate Gavin Newsom would guarantee a win for the far-more-evil of the two evils—Green Party firebrand Matt Gonzalez. As it turns out, my prediction of doom was mercifully overstated; Gonzalez is right now giving his (not very gentlemanly) concession speech. While Newsom is a ridiculously blowdried, mock-Kennedyesque schmo, Gonzalez's campaign boast that he'd "read The Communist Manifesto and liked it," his vision of forcing cars out of San Francisco, his wacky ideas about striking a balance "between tenant and property owner rights," his housing is healthcare solution to homelessness, and an obnoxious personal style I observed at length during his rise through the board of supes all made even his comedy value as a mayor questionable. In this case, I'm glad to see the Gore jinx may have ended. Howard Dean, the race is yours to lose!

Comments

[Lonewacko: I'm Still Blogging]

A Gonzalez win would have a) shown how stupid his ideology is, perhaps teaching a lesson few would forget, and b) driven down housing prices and provided opportunities for redevelopment. I hope he runs again.

[JDM]

"Actually, I was hoping that calling Gonzalez a shoo-in would cause him to lose, on the principle that whatever I choose is the exact opposite of what I should choose."

"Howard Dean, the race is yours to lose!"

How are we to take this?

[Douglas Fletcher]

Stay away from the horse track, man, you'll get killed every time with your handicapping instincts.

[Tim Cavanaugh]

Actually, I was hoping that calling Gonzalez a shoo-in would cause him to lose, on the principle that whatever I choose is the exact opposite of what I should choose. I'm like George Costanza that way.

[Mo]

JB,
Figures you would like the Paris of America. Actually, I just moved from there 6 months ago. Loved the city, but ironically, living there made my political views shift right. And yes, the pyramid is still there.

Why the shift back from the Merovingnian?

[joe]

Letting a spouse move into an apartment when the renter gets married is a wacky idea?

[burghboy]

Reading news on San Francisco politics reminds me of a quote by Frank Lloyd Wright when he was asked what he thought of that city's newest buildings many years ago: "Only a city as beautiful as yours could survive what you're doing to it."

[Jean Bart]

I think San Francisco is one the coolest cities in the world; is the Transamerica building still there? 🙂

[Citizen]

joe - yes.
It's a generally accepted practice for landlords to bar or limit subleasing or to exceed a set number of tenants without express consent. I suppose if you landlord was an ass that would include spouses, domestic partners or even children. One would find it justifiable to prohibit a couple from raising a dozen children in a single apartment room without some sort of authorization. Remember, mean is not the same as unethical is not the same as illegal.

[Lieber Katherine]

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