And Another Question For The Mayor
You know, it can reasonably be said that San Francisco operates more as a small village that a metropolitan city and county. But sometimes they try to be much more than that.
Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisory are trying again to force the mayor of San Francisco to appear before them once a month for "Question Time". This would be very similar to what is done in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom when the Prime Minister must answer questions from members of that house on a regular basis.
If you have never seen Prime Minister Question Time at the British House of Commons, here is a sample below between David Cameron, then opposition leader, and Gordon Brown, then Prime Minister:
We ask you San Francisco -- do you really want to see this type of havoc at a Board of Supervisors meeting. We would think not.
Supervisor Chris Daly originally put this on the ballot in San Francisco to force Mayor Gavin Newsom to answer questions once a month that he was supposedly elusive of. Newsom counteracted by holding a series of town hall meetings across San Francisco after a nonbinding law was passed that "suggested" that he appear before the board. To this day, Newsom has never appeared before the board for this silly question time.
The Board of Supervisor has recently voted to put this issue back before San Francisco voters again in November -- this time the law would compel the mayor to appear once a month to answer questions.
[Also keep in mind that Newsom is currently the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in California. Should he win in November, he would still not be subject to the law which would defeat Supervisor Daly's purpose of putting it back on the ballot.]
The Shadow would very strongly urge San Franciscans to reject this ballot measure in November. You do not need a government that acts like children once a month. You need a government that acts in your best interest.
Good night and good luck.
Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisory are trying again to force the mayor of San Francisco to appear before them once a month for "Question Time". This would be very similar to what is done in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom when the Prime Minister must answer questions from members of that house on a regular basis.
If you have never seen Prime Minister Question Time at the British House of Commons, here is a sample below between David Cameron, then opposition leader, and Gordon Brown, then Prime Minister:
We ask you San Francisco -- do you really want to see this type of havoc at a Board of Supervisors meeting. We would think not.
Supervisor Chris Daly originally put this on the ballot in San Francisco to force Mayor Gavin Newsom to answer questions once a month that he was supposedly elusive of. Newsom counteracted by holding a series of town hall meetings across San Francisco after a nonbinding law was passed that "suggested" that he appear before the board. To this day, Newsom has never appeared before the board for this silly question time.
The Board of Supervisor has recently voted to put this issue back before San Francisco voters again in November -- this time the law would compel the mayor to appear once a month to answer questions.
[Also keep in mind that Newsom is currently the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in California. Should he win in November, he would still not be subject to the law which would defeat Supervisor Daly's purpose of putting it back on the ballot.]
The Shadow would very strongly urge San Franciscans to reject this ballot measure in November. You do not need a government that acts like children once a month. You need a government that acts in your best interest.
Good night and good luck.
posted by The Shadow at 9:08 PM
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