Some of my opponents have stated what they would do on Day 1 of their term in office. Here’s what my Day 1 looks like (so far): 6:30 AM – arrive at City Hall 7:30 AM – deliver coffee/cocoa to the staff at the security checkpoint 8:00 AM – meet with the management of the […]
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$14.6 BILLION dollars a year? Honestly, that sounds like a lot. Dividing that number by the number of residents and you get roughly $18,000 per citizen. Per year. Compare that to what other American cities spend per citizen, and the comparison is – uh, well, I dunno – astounding? Amazing? Impressive? Ridiculous? Recently I did
Allowing people to live on city streets, especially people who are drug-addicted or suffering from mental health problems (or both), is just plain wrong. In so many ways. I will expound on the details of my approach to homelessness elsewhere. But it starts with this – when I am mayor, the city will cease to
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Yet another example of the utterly ridiculous situation with non-profit organizations in San Francisco. From the San Francisco Standard, Feb 27, 2024: Cigars, booze and motorcycles: Nonprofit accused of swindling city in $100K scheme. Click here to view my recent post discussing this sort of … stuff.
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SUPERVISION OF NON-PROFITS A recent article in the San Francisco Standard was titled “After reports of botched homeless count, city ordered a redo—and then backtracked”. Sigh. Could San Francisco’s situation with non-profit organizations (NPOs) be any more ridiculous? I believe that the voters recently created yet another bureaucracy to provide some kind of oversight to
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Recently, as I watched more and more candidates take the field in the contest to replace the mayor, generally speaking I wasn’t too worried. I didn’t really see anyone step forward that I didn’t think I couldn’t outshine when the time came. Except for one candidate – this Mark Farrell guy. I was a bit
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POSITIONS AND GOALS If this is your first time visiting my website I want you to know that my plan is to expand and update it on an ongoing and regular basis. In other words, it’s a work in progress. But to allow you to glean a general and quick overview of what my positions
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SUPPORT LOCAL NEWS MEDIA Whether or not I get anywhere in my somewhat Quixotic campaign for mayor, I intend to do my best to have at least some positive influence on the city along the way. One of the most important things I’d like to communicate to the citizens of San Francisco is that it
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If you are, then let’s work together to get this city back on track. Obviously I’m not going to win this election solely by typing on a keyboard in my basement office. In the end it will be a real world struggle, with real world requirements. So right now I am in need of three
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Well, what do you think? I think there is. And I think most voters think there is too. This is a biiiig subject, and I will have a lot to say about it in the coming days and weeks. But for now, to get things started, I think the best way to launch this conversation
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