[PoisedWoman]

Harvey Milk was a jerk, and the best thing that ever happened to him was getting killed. He relentlessly provoked the straight council members -

I doubt there are any straight members of that august body today... WE moved to SF jut a couple of months prior to the City Hall shootings and knew nothing of the background. We did benefit in a small way, however, by getting Mayor Mosconi's table in the bar at North BEach Restaurant, where we frequently went for lunch. I guess none of the regulars wanted it. As crazed as SF is, I wish I'd never left. Other places are just as crazy without all that scenery and charm to balance it.

Didn't Dan White commit suicide after he left jail? Or was that a rumor?

[livius]

He killed himself by attaching a hose to his car exhaust pipe in his garage, if I remember correctly - it would have been mid-'80s.

Yes, SF is pretty. Much of my family still lives there or in the vicinity, so I go out to visit fairly often.

On the down side, every time I go out there, the only thing I notice is how grey, cold and windy it is. Maybe Dan White was just depressed. It's unfortunate that he blamed the Mayor and a crazed political-queen councilman for his problems, though.