― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 1 February 2007 08:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― timmy tannin (pompous), Thursday, 1 February 2007 08:07 (seventeen years ago) link
"Ruby, what's on the schedule for noon?" (cue porn music)
― timmy tannin (pompous), Thursday, 1 February 2007 08:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― timmy tannin (pompous), Thursday, 1 February 2007 08:17 (seventeen years ago) link
Matt Gonzalez's favorite album is Crooked Rain Crooked Rain, whereas Newsom's is Kind of Blue. Also, Gonzalez used to write a monthly column for my friend's zine. I think there's a pretty strong possibility that Gonzalez owns a few Drag City releases, regardless of whether or not he's related to the musicians.
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 1 February 2007 08:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 1 February 2007 08:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 1 February 2007 08:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― emsk ( emsk), Thursday, 1 February 2007 11:11 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.meshsf.com/blogs/876528081_l.jpg
and Hairwatch (Also -- today's Gavin hair report: gelled. ???) says she's on the right here:
http://www.sfist.com/attachments/sfist_rita/1114272602_m.jpg
― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 1 February 2007 11:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 1 February 2007 11:21 (seventeen years ago) link
At the time, Mountz had a MySpace page that said she was 19. It now says she's 26.
But according to the Sonoma County registrar of voters, the Rohnert Park resident turned 20 on Sept. 17 -- three weeks and two days before Newsom turned 39.
― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 1 February 2007 11:27 (seventeen years ago) link
I categorically refuse to believe this name is real. It is too perfect.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 1 February 2007 13:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Thursday, 1 February 2007 14:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― bobby bedelia (van dover), Thursday, 1 February 2007 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Thursday, 1 February 2007 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link
Sorry, I had to see it in black and white.
― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 1 February 2007 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 1 February 2007 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Thursday, 1 February 2007 20:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 1 February 2007 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― bobby bedelia (van dover), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link
First the scientologist c-list actressThen the 19 year old Aqua hostessThen this Marin-realtress looking MILF...
Dude should be getting 1st class prime cuts, not this slop.
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link
I don't recall that any of Willie's skanks worked in his office, or at least not on the City payroll.
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:35 (seventeen years ago) link
lol
― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 1 February 2007 23:04 (seventeen years ago) link
I just finished watching San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom apologize for having a sexual relationship with the wife of his former campaign manager, Alex Tourk."I'm deeply sorry," he said during a brief City Hall news conference.The TV described this as "Breaking News." By what definition? I mean, really, why is this anybody's business -- except for Mr.Newsom, Mr. Tourk, Mr. Tourk's wife (the evocatively named Ruby Rippey-Tourk), and Mr. Newsom's ex-wife.Why is this a public matter? Despite my less-than-stellar opinion of much of the media, I am still shocked that with Iraq continuing to implode (with January setting a deadly record for Iraqi civilian deaths, and another 61 killed today), and all the other problems facing the world, the media are willing to use up their precious air-time oxygen with pointless crap like this.Our political and media culture clearly regards sex and scandal the same way Vince Lombardi felt about winning: it isn't everything -- it's the only thing.This media fixation on personal peccadilloes is a perfect example of what G.K. Chesterton warned about: "If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals."I've been writing about the need for a thick line to be drawn between public matters and private lives for years (see here, here, and here). But that hasn't stopped the never-ending cycle of public voyeurism, titillation, admission, contrition, and inevitable prime-time absolution. There was Wolf Blitzer, following up Newsom's news conference by promising: "We're going to have a lot more on this story." I bet they will. And I can already hear any number of TV news personalities clearing their throats and getting ready to usher Newsom into their broadcast confessional.Spare me. Please.Unless Newsom misused public funds in the course of his affair or broke some law, this isn't a matter for CNN, it's a matter for Newsom, his friends, and his therapist (if he has one).I've said it before and I'll say it again: Unless a politician has broken the law, there is only one legitimate answer to the illegitimate probing of private lives: "It's none of your business." (If the pol in question is really popular, "Go to Hell!" is an acceptable substitute.)I am utterly uninterested in the marital fidelity of our politicians. "Does not stray" might be a wonderful attribute in a husband -- or a dog -- but history has clearly shown that it says nothing about what kind of leader a person will be.Our politicians need to keep their private lives private, and the media need to keep their focus on what does -- and what surely does not -- constitute news. "Breaking" or otherwise.
― timmy tannin (pompous), Friday, 2 February 2007 03:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 2 February 2007 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Really.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link
State. Gavin ain't going to win any elections nationally anyway.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 2 February 2007 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 February 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― timmy tannin (pompous), Sunday, 4 February 2007 22:48 (seventeen years ago) link
guess who just checked into "alcohol abuse" rehab:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/05/BAG4ENV8B514.DTL
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― mucho (mucho), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link
xp Shakey: Gavin has accomplished things, but a lot of those things are lame, i.e. Banning tobacco sales at Walgreens.
― photoshop your disgusting ass partner into passive-aggressive notes (sarahel), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I had hopes he could actually mediate between the loonier aspects of the progressives and downtown. Instead, he's accomplished almost nothing. As a man, he's a heck of a lot nicer to meet than Willie - he's actually pretty personable - though Agnos was even nicer in ways.
― Le présent se dégrade, d'abord en histoire, puis en (Michael White), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Didn't he accomplish universal health insurance and wireless for everyone in SF?
― Eazy, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
lolz
― shit was shocking as fuck back then (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't want to google and disillusion that.
― Eazy, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
xp Eazy: No. He did raise the city minimum wage, which led to a lawsuit by the Restaurant Association, because it didn't allow for a lower amount for tipped employees, as the federal and state minimum wages do. As far as the health insurance thing goes, employers are supposed to offer health insurance or pay into a fund for insurance to adminstered by the City. Not sure how that's actually panning out, as no one at my organization works in SF enough days to qualify. Newsom did ban tobacco sales at Walgreens - just Walgreens. He also refused to participate in "Question Time," as mandated by the voters.
― photoshop your disgusting ass partner into passive-aggressive notes (sarahel), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm all for smoking bans in public places and stuff like that but the Walgreen's thing is so weird - why punish that particular retailer?
― shit was shocking as fuck back then (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
xp Shakey: It always gets me when people in SF complain about smoking because of the smell, when a significant portion of the streets of the city smells like urine. People complain about Oakland's problems, but Oakland actually smells better than SF.
― photoshop your disgusting ass partner into passive-aggressive notes (sarahel), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I propose that the mayor ban urinating on Walgreens
― shit was shocking as fuck back then (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
(but you probably don't wanna get me started on the tobacco industry - I don't really care about the smell, its just a public health issue for me)
― shit was shocking as fuck back then (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:56 (fifteen years ago) link
xp Shakey: fair enough.
― photoshop your disgusting ass partner into passive-aggressive notes (sarahel), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
campaign strategy?http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=39093
― velko, Monday, 27 April 2009 10:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I live in LA, so I'm unfamiliar with this "Northern Villaraigosa" reputation; maybe I should have looked into him and his history before becoming a supporter-of-sorts who signed up for campaign emails.
I'm still waiting for that immediate input opportunity his campaign manager spoke of.
― litcofsky, Monday, 27 April 2009 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Newsom+Villaraigosa are polling at the same level as Jerry Brown
― loaded forbear (gabbneb), Monday, 27 April 2009 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link
that's a 'plus', not an 'and'
xp gabbneb: you might get to vote on what color tie he should wear
― giving a shit when it isn't your turn to give a shit (sarahel), Monday, 27 April 2009 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
or i might get to vote in the primary
― loaded forbear (gabbneb), Monday, 27 April 2009 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
The end of the dream, blah blah blah.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 October 2009 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Well that's one less jerk I won't have to think about not voting for.
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Friday, 30 October 2009 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
such a slimeball
― one less mouth to feed is one less mouth to feed (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 30 October 2009 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Is this cause virtually none of the unions backed him and were holding out for Jerry Brown?
― some random sauce like lentils jalapenos and donkey milk (Whitey on the Moon), Friday, 30 October 2009 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Interesting that comes out the day after the Brown recorded phone coversations...
― l'homme moderne: il forniquait et lisait des journaux (Michael White), Friday, 30 October 2009 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link
"who has been seen as a leading contender to be the next governor of California"
lulz
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 30 October 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't believe Jerry Brown's our nominee. (Not that I would prefer Gavin.)
At least old people will vote for him, right?
― iatee, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i kinda regret voting for him for mayor
― sarahel, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Jerry Brown that is, not Gavin
Time for the suede denim secret police?
― smashing aspirant (milo z), Friday, 30 October 2009 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
thing is, a lot of Newsom's mayoral policies remind me of that song
― sarahel, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
sort of rocking a christian bale-type self-serious face in the picture at that link
― amateurist, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
He'll hack up some woman while listening to Phil Collins tonight, no doubt about it.
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Friday, 30 October 2009 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
that's what Project Homeless Connect is really about
― sarahel, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:19 (fourteen years ago) link
fwiw, in case anyone hasn't noticed there are still tons of crazy homeless people pissing all over the city
way to go mister mayor!
― one less mouth to feed is one less mouth to feed (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 30 October 2009 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
he can't hack them all up at once
― sarahel, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Well done Gavin.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
someone please intercut this with the Christian Bale meltdown.
― sarahel, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
this movie doesn't have a happy ending
― the butt is like a wailin' guitar solo (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 November 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
by which I mean, this dude is ripe for a very messy, public, career and life-destroying meltdown
― the butt is like a wailin' guitar solo (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 November 2009 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe he'll end being a serial killer.
― sarahel, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
So slimy.
― smashing aspirant (milo z), Monday, 23 November 2009 20:55 (fourteen years ago) link
http://images.artistdirect.com/Images/nad/video/tribune/74686/74686_bg.jpg
― smashing aspirant (milo z), Monday, 23 November 2009 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
and that's just his hair gel!
― sarahel, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Didn't he already have one?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 November 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean an even worse one! Probably involving public nudity, crying, violence, or some combo thereof
― the butt is like a wailin' guitar solo (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 November 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't say I've been following him too closely, but wow is he a class 'A' douche.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 23 November 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Gavin's class "A" all the way!
― sarahel, Monday, 23 November 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
http://sfist.com/attachments/SFist_AndrewD/newsom_skates.jpg
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
no meltdown, but his star has certainly fizzled out completely. the once-and-future governor seems to be barely a politician now.
― akm, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 06:06 (twelve years ago) link