[Sosfbay-discuss] San Francisco endorsements

[Larry Cafiero_Liaison]

What's of further interest (and of a degree personal annoyance) is that 
they also didn't endorse me, an unopposed candidate for Insurance 
Commissioner. In addition, I think I may have been ambushed during the 
forum they held in March at which I was asked "You're a member of GDI 
(this is true). Do you condone their behavior?"

[Their behavior? What am I, GDI's Mom?]

In retrospect, I could have handled the answer better than I did, and 
will in the future. Rather than saying that I am more interested in 
getting things done for people than wasting time on an internal debate 
(another truth), I said I didn't know what was meant by "their behavior" 
-- an explanation of what "their behavior" was not forthcoming 
(surprise!) --  and that my involvement in GDI did not span too much 
further than advocating their principles (which I do).

Further, the SFGP asked me in an e-mail recently that they were making 
their final decision on endorsement, and would I forward them my 
position on SB840 (the single-payer health care). In my original 
questionnaire answers (which I had to send them twice, since one 
apparently got lost) I had stated very clearly that I was for SB840 and 
in their later "request," I explained further that a Green Insurance 
Commissioner unfettered by insurance campaign contributions would be 
best to administer and oversee this law once it's on the books. I stated 
my support for SB840 twice -- twice -- in the questionnaire, and I 
stated it once at the forum. Yet, I had to answer that question a third 
time.

Bitter? Not really, but I'm just hugely disappointed that San Francisco 
prefers to play petty games with its endorsement, and that should be 
known. I would have thought that the SFGP would conduct its process 
better than this, but personally I'll just take the chalk and mark one 
up to experience.

Larry Cafiero


Wes Rolley wrote:
> The GP of San Francisco is sending out their endorsement list today.  It 
> is interesting in that (1) it does not convey endorsements for Peter 
> Camjo or anyone of the Senate Candidates and (2) that they do endorse 
> Carol Brouillet, even though her district does not include San Francisco.
>