Gavin's long honeymoon is way overGavin Newsom’s long, long political honeymoon is crashing -- and his recent secret escape to Hawaii hasn’t helped him a bit. Even the Chron is now getting a little snippy with the mayor, who showed up back at work today but wouldn’t talk to the press.
Heather Knight goes so far as to bring up the issue Sup. Ross Mirkarimi has been pushing for months:
Ballard wouldn't say whether the SFPD's mayoral security detail accompanied the Newsoms to Hawaii. The cost of guarding the mayor and his family has been a dispute at City Hall recently because the mayor's office and police department won't say how much taxpayer money is used on it.But we've got to say, if the choice is going to gubernatorial fundraisers or lounging on the beach in Hawaii, we bet his security staff was pleased with the latter.
Think about that sort of press: The public gets the image of the mayor ducking comment, ducking his responsibilities, ducking the whole damn city -- while his bodyguards lounge on the beach on the taxpayer dime.
It probably didn’t go down that way, but still: Lookin’ bad, Gav.
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Comments (2)
WO!. A whole ZERO comments on BOTH your concern trolling articles before mine.
Who cares?
Posted by Lucretia the Troll | November 6, 2009 08:41 PM
Huh? Concern troll? A mayor of a major city leaving without informing his staff where he was going? What if there was an emergency?
Over here in NYC, Bloomberg would have been pilloried had he tried a petulant stunt like that.
San Francisco needs an adult man, not a spoiled baby who pouts and runs away every time he can't get something he wants.
On the East Coast, no one can believe Newsom pulled a stunt like that.
His career is over.
Posted by Victoria | November 7, 2009 05:42 AM