For 49ers, supervisor would make a fine tackling dummy

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1/25/6 | Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross

[SmithL]

Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval's board resolution calling for San Francisco to adopt the Seattle Seahawks as its official team for the Super Bowl set off a charge among the 49ers Faithful -- but as you might guess, there's a bit of a back story to this little football play.

For starters, there's no love lost between the Niners and Sandoval. The chill dates back to when Sandoval co-sponsored a resolution urging the city's Recreation and Park Commission to ban the sale of naming rights for Candlestick Park -- a move that could have cost the team (and the city) millions.

When the resolution failed, Sandoval got behind Proposition H, a 2004 ballot measure that again would have blocked any stadium name sale.

Prop. H passed by a healthy margin -- but by then, it was too late to block the 49ers deal renaming the stadium Monster Park.

Sandoval said 49ers owner John York had called and "expressed his displeasure'' at the time. Team insiders say York was more than steamed, believing the supervisor had double-crossed the team after pledging to support the name sale.

Sandoval insists otherwise.

"But I don't waste any sleep over it,'' he said Tuesday. "You have to ask (the 49ers) if it's still troubling them.''

As for his pro-Seahawks resolution, Sandoval said he was just trying to drum up some interest in football for San Francisco's restaurants and bars -- which he says have been hurting for business and could "use a few fans to come in and buy some beers.''

[SmithL]

heh heh heh

[Niteranger68]

Isn't Seattle in southwest Canada?

[geezerwheezer]

Aha, the San Francisco sissy strikes again!! This clown is a jerk of the first order, and anything normal, he is against! What a twit. Hope he stays there and doesn't move to my area.