Eisenberg for city attorney (a bull dog
among poodles)
Carlos Petroni for treasurer (no machine
connections)
YES!! On EVERY proposition (Power to the
people!!)
MUD directors
Jim Reid: No one on this ballot
deserves your support more. Willie hates him most. Need
I say anything else? Jim, a builder, designed a shelter
module for homeless, ran the Recall Willie Petition
Drive …
Garrett Jenkins: He’s been wrestling
with the bear in our backyard for many years. Give the
guy a little help.
Joel Ventresca: “In the beginning
was the word” … and Joel Ventresca.
Alioto: This particular family
dynasty, like the Kennedys, works for the people.
Your own name: Just to practice your
voting skills, enter your own name as a write-in. You
could end up in a run-off with 30,000 people. It would
give me something to write about.
OK, now you have my choices. Gleaned from
literally thousands of hours glued to the tube watching the
bastards work. Or trying to stop the work, as the mayor’s
folks usually do.
Speaking of which, did ya see the Finance
Committee last Wednesday? 6th District supervisor
Chris Daly, who challenged the Bechtel contract ’cause he
doesn’t think it’s a good idea to give away our water
system like we did our power generation, sat voteless while
Aaron (“Let’s make a deal!”) Peskin & Finance
chair Count Mark Leno gave away the farm. How valid was the
Bechtel bill? Those old boys did a SELF-audit of their
performance and thought they were doing just swell. Board
cash-flow analyst Harvey Rose noted that the Bechtel audit
“fails to meet professional standards for independence.”
Bechtel nodded and replied that in the future, “we will
provide some quantifiable benefit to the PUC”. Uh huh, I
told my last wife that about my contributions to our
marriage. Bechtel forever!!!
Some call it work
Peskin & Leno voted in favor of
grabbing the unattended possessions of the homeless without
warning. Well, I live in the Tenderloin & clean the
street daily in front of my dwelling & here’s how the
homeless are dealing with that one.
Overheard beneath my window: An old hand
on the streets was telling a new shopping cart dweller how
to keep the cops away from his cart: “Tell em you’re an
addict & there are dirty needles in there. … Put big
jars of piss on the sides of the cart where they can see
them.”
Another free-range camper showed how to
store your things in a pinch. As I watched through my
window, the guy stripped down to his underwear (he was a
transvestite, which made it more interesting) & then
proceeded to put on a fresh set of duds & toss the
soiled garments (one piece at a time) into a tree across the
street. Amazing. Down on the corner, the homeless use
newspaper racks to stuff bedrolls & pillows. Trying to
avoid this kind of spectacle, Board President Ammiano,
supported by supes Daly & Gonzalez tried to get the
board to force the city to provide more storage. The
remainder of the board listened sympathetically & gave
their answer: “Pack this away, boys!”
Can you do better? sobone@juno.com
