Daly molested by firefighter?

(WTF’s he mad at em?)

(1-28-10)

Today’s Rules Committee (10am)

Chair: D-9’s David Campos

Vice Chair: D-2’s Michela Alioto-Pier

Member: D-1’s Eric Marc

Last time I saw Chris Daly on sfgtv he was trying to put a measure on the ballot that would make any firefighter testing positive for alchohol … have them fired outright for a first offense.

That’s just stupid shit. Especially for a supposedly Prog politician. What the fuck ever happened to redemption? The way things are going it looks like Daly would rather free a murderer than pass up a chance to take a hack at the SFFD. That’s strange at least. Or, as Supervisor John Avalos put it: “Are you fucking nuts!?! Did you see them out on flat bed trucks in my district when I screwed around with them?”*

OK, Avalos didn’t say that but it happened and Prog supes want no part of Chris’ weird ass vendetta.

It’s Item #5 on today’s agenda. Daly wants to have the firefighters work an extra 4 hours a week for the same pay. That works out to nearly a 10% cut in pay if my math serves me. And, he’s not suggesting it for anyone but SFFD.

Disclaimer. Long ago I spent 5 years as a firefighter and believe me, they’d rather take all of the bunks out of the houses and work a normal 40 hour shift like everyone else.

Items #1 and #2 Elsbernd leaps on horses of runaway money coach

This one takes a pair. The real battle here is one I wudda never thunk could happen. It’s the one between Sean and the Examiner’s, Melissa Griffin who proves that she doesn’t just have a great ass but also is smart. What a combination.

In this morning’s Ex Griffin runs the first of a 3 part column in which she compares the relative stability of the SF pension system as opposed to other major California cities. By far the best thing she’s written. Lady did her homework and it turns out that while: “Last year employer contribution was the equivalent of 9.5 percent of the total city payroll. This year, it will be 13.5 percent. But back in the ’80s, there were times when it ws more than 100 percent for safety personnel and almost 20 percent for miscellaneous employees. The fund was established in 1889. It survived the Great Depression and it’ll survive the current crisis.”.

Nice fight. Two sharp lawyers. I’m glad to see that Griffin is getting away from snarky cheap shots as a basis for her columns and is starting to do some serious journalism. She got this perspective the old fashioned way. She talked to major players and then used deductive reasoning. She just might make a decent blogger yet. And, fore I forgets, congrats to retiring SFERS Executive Director Clare Murphy. I’ve never heard anything but good things about the lady.

“Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink.”

(’Rhyme of Ancient Mariner’)

SF gets its water from three sources. The sky (it falls on porous earth and flows through the sand which filters it back into our natural water table). Piped in from Hetch-Hetchy and other sources (see attachment). And, from our sub-surface creeks and watersheds (about to be polluted - see Bonnie Sherk’s research).

The Fisher family has utilized the fortune they made from child slave labor (da Gap) and used it to level ancient redwood forests and, most recently, to destroying every blade of living grass possible in SF parks. Kudos to Karen Babbitt for staying on top of the Fishers’ City Field scam. Kamala Kelkar of the Examiner did a blurb today picking up on the efforts of Babbitt and other environmentalists who want an EIR on the family’s paving of their largest SF target yet. Which would be the Western end of Golden Gate Park. Can you believe that Planning didn’t think of looking at the effects of such a project on our water table and Lake Merced?

One minute till hearing starts.

Go Giants!

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