S.F. crime cameras to stay up for now {and Alex Tourk goes to work for Jerry Brown }

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 7/14/8 | Phillip Matier,Andrew Ross

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. . . Palace plots: No sooner did San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announce he was forming an exploratory committee for governor than state Attorney General Jerry Brown made a move of his own - one that's likely to get under Newsom's skin.

Reliable sources tell us that Brown has approached San Francisco PR consultant Alex Tourk to help launch his own campaign for governor, and the two were in serious talks this past week.

Tourk, who once headed Newsom's Project Homeless Connect program, had a falling-out with his boss when he found out the mayor had slept with Tourk's wife. He was not available for comment Friday on whether he would be going to work for Brown.

Brown's job offer is all the more interesting given that Tourk has remained a good buddy of Newsom's chief political consultant, Eric Jaye, who is busy these days plotting how to get the mayor - and not the AG - elected governor.

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- Alex Tourk

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For a reminder of the Tourk Affair, click on Keyword: Tourk.

[rockinqsranch]

“...found out the mayor had slept with Tourk’s wife.”

Wasn’t that long ago this sort of “As The Stomach Turns” soap would have disqualified a potential political careerist before he even opened his mouth about running for office.

Times have certainly changed, and for the worst.

[Ben Mugged]

We need to get a Republican on the ticket.

[Bernard Marx]

We need to get a Republican on the ticket.

Considering all the great enthusiasm around here for "Republican" Schwarzen-Kennedy (despite dire warnings from people like me), how will we recognize a real Republican if one emerges? The only one I can think of is McClintock.