Election roundup
I was on KPFA talking about the election this morning, along with Beyond Chron's Randy Shaw, and he put out there his prediction that Prop. H is going down, a point he repeated in a column today. Last I heard, this heinous measure was still too close to call, so I've been checking with people on the campaign and otherwise in the know this morning and they're all still worried. In particular, they say polls show Election Day voters evenly split on the issue. So don't put too much credence in the punditry and political prognostication -- get out there and vote No on H and Yes on A (the latter measure, by all accounts, really could go either way).
I got another robo-call this morning urging me to oppose Prop. E, this time from Sup. Michela Alioto-Pier, who is by far the worst member of the Board of Supervisors (and, yes, I'm even counting suspended Sup. Ed Jew). "We need to get our own house in order before we invite in guests," she argues. In her case, that's probably true: she lets developers their own development rules, rarely shows up for work (because, like Jew, she spends most of her time at her real house outside the city), wages ill-informed crusades against her progressive adversaries, and generally carries water for downtown and Newsom...badly. In fact, maybe Alioto-Pier's opposition to E is just what's needed to get it passed.
I got an e-mail on behalf of official mayoral write-in candidate Patrick Monette-Shaw reminding everyone of the other other mayoral candidates beyond the dozen that appear on the ballot. Officially registered write-in candidates include Monette-Shaw and Rodney Hauge, Kenneth Kahn, Lea Sherman, Robert McCullough, and Robert Kully.
Where will the progressives be on election night? Well, the Guardian is hosting a party at Doc's Clock on Mission Street, which is right next door to mayoral candidate Chicken John Rinaldi "Loser's Ball," so that seems like the block to be. But either before or after, you may want to hit leading progressive mayoral challenger Quintin Mecke's party at the Peacock Lounge, 552 Haight Street. We'll post a more complete list tomorrow.
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Comments (2)
The Yes on A/No on H party is at El Rio. Bring your ballot stub for cheap drinks.
Posted by no one in particular | November 5, 2007 07:30 PM
the progressives got their asses kicked...and their failures will kill measure a...enjoy your pal chicken john's party, and continue to delude yourselves into thinking pretty boy quintin was a force to be reckoned with.
newsom's people kicked your asses good and you deserve it. after all that happened, you STILL got your asses kicked by a pretty boy who can't read. YOU LOSERS!
Posted by quintin mucky | November 6, 2007 09:48 PM