Posted on 11/13/2019 6:13:46 AM PST by karpov
The deterioration of the City by the Bay has been tragic to watch. From the Tenderloin to Mid-Market to the Mission, open use of narcotics is commonplace, homeless encampments dominate public spaces, and human feces dot the sidewalks. The middle class has fled punishing housing costs, and neighborhoods are increasingly plagued with burglaries and property crimes.
Last week San Francisco voters said, “more, please.” Weekend ballot counts clinched the election by a thin margin of far-left public defender Chesa Boudin as district attorney. Mr. Boudin has been described as part of a wave of “progressive prosecutors,” like Philadelphia’s Larry Krasner, who are winning elections in liberal cities. These prosecutors lecture the public about racism, take an adversarial tone toward police, and often oversee a spike in crime, especially in poor and minority neighborhoods.
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His parents were members of the left-wing terrorist group Weather Underground [imprisoned for murdering a cop]. ...
Mr. Boudin says rightly that he shouldn’t be judged by his parents’ actions. Yet he made their incarceration a centerpiece of his campaign, explaining that it showed him the injustice of the criminal-justice system. He rarely if ever expressed sympathy for the murdered officers, and San Francisco’s police force was a major target of his campaign. At his election party last week supporters erupted in profane chants about the Police Officers Association.
After college Mr. Boudin moved to Venezuela to work for Hugo Chávez’s dictatorship and in 2009 wrote an article hailing Chávez’s successful elimination of term limits. A Marxist can in theory faithfully enforce the laws of California, yet Mr. Boudin says he won’t. “Crimes such as public camping, offering or soliciting sex, public urination, blocking a sidewalk, etc should not and will not be prosecuted,” he said in an ACLU candidate questionnaire.
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Uhhhhh, you mean up till now they haven’t?
So in 5 years the city will officially rename itself, San Trashsico?
Just don’t ask for a plastic straw, and be sure to use the “right” pronouns.
So...no quality of life then?
Sounds like a Nationwide Travel Warning from the President is in order.
u·to·pi·a
/yo͞oˈtōpēə/
noun
an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
"When you can't walk down the street without stepping in human feces, just remind yourself that the weather is beautiful."
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And that, children, is how it's done.
As HL Mencken said “Democracy is about giving the people what they want...good and hard”.
Except for eating a sandwich on a BART platform. If one does that, 4-6 police officers will quickly show up to haul you off to jail....but it’s ok to pee or poop on the platform. Where do those “officers” think the poop come from? Sandwiches!!! I guess they gotta start somewhere. /S
Just the opposite of how Giuliani dealt with NYC.
When he’s done with SF, NYC of the 70s will be a step up.
The slide into depravity, debauchery, deviancy, degeneracy, degradation, disease, pestilence, deteriorating public health, disrespect for authority, criminality, and disgust continues in the home of Nancy Pelosi.
Sadly there no longer exists a reasonable social consensus or common values in America. What decent person would want to live or be governed in places like San Francisco. The proud son of unrepentant cop killers now enforces what passes for the “law” in San Francisco.
There is nothing wrong with San Francisco that can’t be solved by a 9.6 earth quake
Yea, I saw that thread. What was eye opening was the number of folks here who supported the cops......
No wonder there is no respect for the police in San Francisco.
Perhaps it would be appropriate to have a sh**-in on the steps of city hall.
Well, that’s one way to help bring down housing costs.
> So in 5 years the city will officially rename itself, San Trashsico? <
I’m guessing they’ll eventually drop the “San” part. “San” has a Christian connotation, and we can’t have that. So it’ll be just Trashsico.
You gotta admit this is pretty funny.
I mean, does the bible not say things are gonna get worse than at any time in history just before the Lord returns?
And it’s been on a hyperbolic curve the last couple of decades.
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