Joanna Newsom's cousin is a shit (allegedly)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/08/MNGN5O12RP1.DTL

""Because the campaign laws on this are so unclear, the mayor decided the simplest and most appropriate thing to do was for him to personally pay any remaining salary to Alex Tourk until he gets a job," said Sutton."

yo, sf ilxors, how's gavin's lovelife these days??

i heard joanna's g-diddy founded welch's grape juice

lol @ g-diddy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has made it official—he's running to become California's next governor.
The 41-year-old mayor used the social networking sites Twitter and Facebook to announce on Tuesday that he was seeking the Democratic nomination to succeed Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Newsom could face 71-year-old Attorney General Jerry Brown and 64-year-old Lt. Gov. John Garamendi in next year's Democratic primary. Brown was governor from 1975 to 1983.

Other Democrats mentioned as possible contenders include 56-year-old Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and 75-year-old U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

http://www.nathanscripps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/gavin_newsom_oggling1.jpg

http://www.fogcityjournal.com/images/photos/new_years_eve_061231/mw2w5902_std.jpg

I'll probably vote for this guy in the primary, not gonna lie.

Gavin Newsom has always reminded me of Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho

I'll probably vote for this guy in the primary, not gonna lie.

Over Jerry Brown????

this guy is gonna fail so hard.

American Psycho resemblance has been widely discussed

I'm not voting for him.

he will hook u up w chix & drinx

yeah I am so not voting for this jackass. guy has accomplished nothing

really hope villaraigosa runs too for maximum lolz

I would probably vote for Gary Coleman if he chose to run again.

villaraigosa vs. newsom would be a great matchup of foot-in-mouth narcissist lols

coupla bros just chasing tail

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9f8lGPn6xEc/SZsEOaDe-pI/AAAAAAAAAk4/7GfAVuwtruI/s320/Villaraigosa+and+Newsome.jpg

I believe the technical term is "cooze-hound"

this picture is fucking awesome

http://www.nathanscripps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/gavin_newsom_oggling1.jpg

"the mayor at work"

xp Shakey: Gavin has accomplished things, but a lot of those things are lame, i.e. Banning tobacco sales at Walgreens.

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.

Didn't he accomplish universal health insurance and wireless for everyone in SF?

lolz

I don't want to google and disillusion that.

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.

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?

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.

I propose that the mayor ban urinating on Walgreens

(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)

xp Shakey: fair enough.

campaign strategy?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=39093

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.

Newsom+Villaraigosa are polling at the same level as Jerry Brown

that's a 'plus', not an 'and'

xp gabbneb: you might get to vote on what color tie he should wear

or i might get to vote in the primary

The end of the dream, blah blah blah.

Well that's one less jerk I won't have to think about not voting for.

such a slimeball

Can't say I've been following him too closely, but wow is he a class 'A' douche.

Gavin's class "A" all the way!

http://sfist.com/attachments/SFist_AndrewD/newsom_skates.jpg

no meltdown, but his star has certainly fizzled out completely. the once-and-future governor seems to be barely a politician now.