Joanna Newsom's cousin is a shit (allegedly)

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

Is this cause virtually none of the unions backed him and were holding out for Jerry Brown?

Interesting that comes out the day after the Brown recorded phone coversations...

"who has been seen as a leading contender to be the next governor of California"

lulz

I can't believe Jerry Brown's our nominee. (Not that I would prefer Gavin.)

At least old people will vote for him, right?

i kinda regret voting for him for mayor

Jerry Brown that is, not Gavin

Time for the suede denim secret police?

thing is, a lot of Newsom's mayoral policies remind me of that song

sort of rocking a christian bale-type self-serious face in the picture at that link

He'll hack up some woman while listening to Phil Collins tonight, no doubt about it.

that's what Project Homeless Connect is really about

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!

he can't hack them all up at once

Well done Gavin.

someone please intercut this with the Christian Bale meltdown.