California: S.F. mayor quickly stirs things up [Says, "prepare for possible tax increases"]

Sacramento Bee ^ | February 17, 2004 | Herbert A. Sample

[John Jorsett]

SAN FRANCISCO - Gavin Newsom may have narrowly prevailed after one of this city's most tumultuous mayoral elections late last year, but in the month since he took office, he has appeared unafraid to shake up the town a bit more.

[freeangel]

Newsom needs to be in jail for encouraging illegal marriages. Apparently, a little power has gone to his head and he feels empowered to rewrite law.

[finnman69]

SF's death spiral into hell continues at a quicker pace.

[eastsider]

In a controversial move last week, he instructed the county clerk to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Hundreds of gay couples have lined up in City Hall to obtain the licenses and conduct ceremonies, while gay-marriage foes sought to block the action in court.

Has the Governor or the state attorney general officially acknowledged that the Mayor of San Francisco is in open violation of state law?

[2banana]

A multimillionaire restaurateur whose candidacy business leaders here rallied behind, Newsom recently told a chamber of commerce luncheon to prepare for possible tax increases.

Businesses in SF should just refuse to pay it. After all, if the mayor can pick and choose which laws he wants to follow, everyone ele should have the same option...

[martin_fierro]

He almost said, "bend over for possible tax increases," but then he remembered where he was.

[ProudGOP]

Wonderful.

San Francisco has just pulled into the passing lane on the highway to hell.

[Puppage]

Has the Governor or the state attorney general officially acknowledged that the Mayor of San Francisco is in open violation of state law?

Don't you understand that the law is just wrong? These people should know...they're smarter & more caring the we are.</sarcasm

[Puppage]

In a controversial move last week, he instructed the county clerk to issue same-sex marriage licenses

No, he instructed him to break the law.

In a controversal move, Charles Mason murdered 5 people.

[goldstategop]

The rich liberals in The Bay Area should welcome being good citizens and helping out their fellow Leftists. After all, government works!

[an amused spectator]

Businesses in SF should just refuse to pay it. After all, if the mayor can pick and choose which laws he wants to follow, everyone ele should have the same option...

LOL! Petards, hoisting and all that. :-)

[RepublicansForDean]

Lex Luther may have been onto something.

How's that San Andreas Fault holding up, anyway?

[madprof98]

He tapped campaign spokeswoman, Heather Hiles, to be the first African American lesbian to sit on the school board, and Alioto-Pier, a twice-defeated candidate for statewide office who is disabled and uses a wheelchair, to his supervisorial seat.

The first African-American lesbian to sit on the school board??? Where San Francisco is concerned, you can't make this stuff up! And this was the "conservative" candidate in the race.