TREASURE ISLAND: Hall demands his old seat as supervisor

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 10/14/5 | Cecilia M. Vega and Rachel Gordon

[SmithL]

A day after being fired as the man in charge of Treasure Island, Tony Hall showed up at Mayor Gavin Newsom's office Thursday with one demand: to be given his old job back on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

The former representative of District 7, which includes neighborhoods such as upscale Twin Peaks and St. Francis Wood, didn't get very far. A receptionist told him Newsom was busy and later Newsom's spokesman responded by calling the demand "laughable."

Hall left his post on the Board of Supervisors last year when Newsom appointed him to be executive director of the Treasure Island Development Authority. The tactical move allowed the new mayor to then name his political ally Sean Elsbernd, a former aide to both Newsom and Hall, to the District 7 seat on the board.

But less than 24 hours after Hall was fired without cause by the island's seven-member board of directors, four of whom work in Newsom's administration and all of whom were appointed by him to the board or serve at his pleasure, Hall delivered a letter to the mayor's office in which he minced no words.

"I hereby demand to be reinstated as the supervisor representing District 7," he wrote.

After delivering the letter to City Hall, a move in which Hall was trailed by television news cameras and newspaper reporters who were tipped off beforehand, he continued to publicly vent his frustrations about Newsom.

"The mayor took advantage of a situation, and he needs to make it right," Hall said. "He asked me to do a job, and I was very excited. I did not get his full support.

[SmithL]

If you got fired from YOUR job, could you go back to a previous employer and DEMAND your old job back? Only if you're a San Francisco politician, I guess.

OBTW, the Supervisor post that he gave up was filled at the last election., He is showing the contempt that SF politicians have for the voters.

[SmithL]

Thank you.

[rellimpank]

--Gavin baby better remember Dan White---

[SmithL]

When twinkies are outlawed, . . .

[GSWarrior]

I know Tony Hall. He is an extremely nice person. He was the most conservative voice on the Board and he should have never agreed to give up his seat on the Board for the TI gig.

He has about as much chance to be elected mayor as I do.

[JimSEA]

Hall was fired without cause by the island's seven-member board of directors, four of whom work in Newsom's administration and all of whom were appointed by him to the board or serve at his pleasure

Did the words, "YOU HAVE BEEN HAD, SUCKER", figure prominently on his discharge notice?