S.F.'s Hero of the Moment

Los Angeles Times ^ | 17 February 2004 | Rone Tempest, Times Staff Writer

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SAN FRANCISCO — In a bar here in the largely gay Castro District, Tara O'Neill sat shaking her head.

"I didn't vote for him," the 24-year-old law student said of Mayor Gavin Newsom. "And I regret that now. I feel like calling him up and saying, 'I'm sorry.'" Beside her at Harvey's, a lively corner bar in the heart of the Castro, partner Sarah Richmond, also 24, nodded in agreement.

Only two months after a divisive mayoral election, Newsom's bold, meticulously choreographed move to grant marriage licenses for same-sex couples has won him many converts in the gay community and gone a long way toward healing post-election wounds.

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"I didn't vote for him," the 24-year-old law student said of Mayor Gavin Newsom. "And I regret that now. I feel like calling him up and saying, 'I'm sorry.'"

"I didn't vote for him," the 24-year-old Republican law student said of defeated mayoral candidate Matt Gonzales. "And I regret that now. I feel like calling him up and saying, 'I'm sorry.' "

[John Jorsett]

governor@governor.ca.gov
bill.lockyer@doj.ca.gov

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-445-2841
Fax: 916-445-4633

Attorney General Bill Lockyer
1300 I St., Ste. 1740
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-445-9555
Fax: Can't find a number

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Here is an interesting post on this subject. I don't know if it's true or not.