San Francisco Mayoral Race

The runoff election for mayor of San Francisco is three weeks away and the candidates are heating up their rhetoric. This race is interesting because the population of San Francisco is so overwhelmingly ultra-liberal that all candidates must, therefore, also be ultra-liberal. So the question is, how does one ultra-liberal distinguish himself from another ultra-liberal?

In the race, one ultra-liberal, Democrat Gavin Newsome, has decided to adopt some conservatism to distinguish himself from the other ultra-liberal, Greenie Matt Gonzalez.

Historically, San Francisco has had a large homeless population and the prevailing philosophy has been that the homeless problem is somehow alleviated if they are paid. Democrat Newsome wants to cut their pay. Greenie Gonzalez thinks it is an attack on the poor and the pay to the homeless should not change.

Newsome also wants to put more restrictions on panhandling. Response from the Gonzalez camp is that they are going to expand their proposals. [Whatever that means?]

My interest in the Dec. 9th election will not diminish. It's like watching kids play "Who's the bigger dummy?"