Fisher and his powerful friends
Why does Republican billionaire Don Fisher have such influence in San Francisco? Why does Mayor Gavin Newsom subvert good planning simply because Fisher tells him to, then sit on the sidelines while Fisher tries to fool voters into creating gridlock in our downtown? Why would Senator Carole Migden want Fisher -- who wants to subvert the public education system with vouchers and charter schools -- to serve on the State Board of Education, let alone sing his praises in public while appointing him? Why does anyone still listen to the Fisher-sponsored SFSOS, which still draws elected officials to its luncheons? Is our political system so thoroughly corrupted by money that self-proclaimed liberal Democrats are willing to crawl in bed with such an ideological Neanderthal?
At the Yes on A, No on H rally in front of the Gap yesterday, near where they had parked the rented white Hummer (which H deems a "low-emission vehicle," exempt from parking restrictions), Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin framed the issue for those of us who don't want or need Fisher's money: "San Franciscans have a clear choice. We can either pursue the Republican policies of the last century and continue to clog our roads and pollute our cities and poison our air, or we can move into the 21st Century."
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Comments (2)
Unfortunately, we are all not so innocent when we continue to unnecessarily drive our cars. All cars are guilty not just Hummners.
Posted by Denise D'Anne | October 21, 2007 08:32 AM
While i might not agree Don Fisher and his republican posse stand for, I also think it's important to look at a person's character as a whole and not just by the car he happens to be driving. We all have our guilty pleasures and can't expect politicians to be any different
Posted by san francicso team building | October 21, 2007 01:05 PM