Ed Jew -- the $40,000 man -- is out on $135,000 bail and headed for arraignment on 9 felony counts. Know as "Supervisor No" for his record, it appears "no" was also the answer to whether he lived in San Francisco and was honest with investigators.
With a good chance of a special election being combined with the November recall, it is important to consider how this -- taken with the recall campaign against Jake McGoldrick in the district to the north -- could change the strategic dynamics for ballot measures in San Francisco in the next 12 months.
These two conservative westside districts (the Sunset and Richmond), along with Gavin Newsom's expensive GOTV effort could make this fall an awful time for progressive initiatives. Pretty much the opposite of next June. San Francisco has always played an important role as an incubator lab for progressive policy that can then be exported across the state and nation. But will this be a year for defense instead?
And what cool ideas would you suggest to take advantage of the overwhelming progressive potential next June?
At this point, even Chris Daly has admitted Gavin Newsom will be re-elected. It is too late to mount a credible campaign. So the question becomes who would be best to throw themselves on the sword. I agree with Mr. Brown on Sheriff Mike Hennessey:
Mike was my first choice for Mayor and I stand by that. The guy's an unpretentious giant.
I agree, any Sheriff who starts his speech by saying he wants everyone to know he agrees with everything the Public Defender said rocks, yet he'd never do it. But what about....
Ouch. Talk about anti-climatic. Speech after speech on how it is critical to challenge Gavin Newsom and elected after elected unwilling to run. It was surreal.
