Julian Davis. Photo by Grace Kao.
By Julian Davis
January 6, 2011
Even as Supervisor Daly intoned how much things had improved since progressives opened the doors of City Hall ten years ago, the institutional actors they had come to challenge had the last laugh Tuesday evening with characters old and new playing their roles to perfection at the final regularly scheduled meeting of the termed out Board of Supervisors. The mayoral succession drama lasted well into the night breaking finally after 10pm with a continuance until a special meeting on Friday.
Somehow, to the surprise of many baffled on-lookers, City Administrator Ed Lee is now poised to be San Francisco’s next mayor. How and why did this transpire? What are the consequences for San Francisco politics?
City Administrator Ed Lee
Perhaps the most profound aspect of the outcome of the board’s mayoral succession vote is that, despite all the talk and intentions about an open and transparent process, back room dealing is still the primary modus operandi at City Hall in San Francisco. This couldn’t have been more apparent than when Supervisor Bevan Dufty announced his support for Sherriff Michael Hennessy but abstained from voting for a few rounds to see how the votes were landing and then promptly absconded to the Mayor’s office.
Dufty, a declared mayoral candidate actually said “I may not be the smartest Supervisor…” before requesting to recess the meeting while he literally walked into the backroom for 20 minutes and emerged converted to the cause of Ed Lee. If Supervisor John Avalos had not requested a second recess after the board reconvened, Ed Lee might be Mayor already. During the second recess, Avalos and Supervisor David Campos negotiated a continuance until Friday.
Supervisor Bevan Dufty
While Dufty can pretend that his brain is no more powerful than that of Forest Gump, it is this kind of political wheeling and dealing that makes most common people sick to their stomach and uninterested in actively participating in the political process. Earlier in the evening, while the four outgoing Supervisors said their goodbyes and received a combination of sincere and half-hearted honors from their colleagues, Bevan Dufty admitted what everybody already knows, that he has been a constant swing vote. But with the way the voting process had been laid out and in the fast moving political eddies of the successor mayor tidal pool there simply wasn’t enough time to “hold out” effectively, so Dufty was forced to unceremoniously flip-flop instead.
So who was in the backroom Tuesday night? There were a number of power brokers who were not literally in room 200 during the fateful vote but who were in the proverbial “backroom.” To start with, it’s pretty clear that the Newsom regime has no intention of losing its grip on local power.
The Board meeting ensued in the public shadow of Newsom’s delay of his swearing in as Lieutenant Governor. In a stunning act of political irresponsibility and blatant admission of the irrelevancy of his new office, Newsom has decided to let Republican Abel Maldonado remain Lieutenant Governor for the time being while he broodingly remains in the Mayor’s office, hatching schemes about who can be found to replace him despite an ostensible progressive majority on the Board of Supervisors.
Dufty’s delay was in fact a well-orchestrated mechanism to flush out who among the potential successor mayors had progressive support so that any objectionable results could be nipped in the bud before they came to fruition. Unfortunately, most of the progressives took the bait by putting the bulk of their support behind Sherriff Michael Hennessy. Mayor Newsom tagged Sherriff Hennessy as an acceptable interim caretaker pick along with Ed Lee and PUC general manager Ed Harrington.
By nomination time, Sheriff Hennessy was the flavor of the month because he has solid relationships with progressives and the progressive Supervisors felt that by selecting someone on Newsom’s in list they could disarm the effect of Newsom’s unseemly delay and give him a good reason to skip town.
The issue is that by accommodating Newsom’s conditions ,the progressives let the hard-core Newsom accommodationists control the dialogue and shape the ultimate outcome. Ed Lee seemingly also fits the bill of someone on Newsom’s in-list with progressive contacts. By accepting this paradigm it became impossible to marshal any resistance to the treachery of Bevan Dufty that delivered Ed Lee’s votes. So the progressives were left pleading for a chance to talk to Ed Lee, conservative Supervisor Sean Elsbernd’s nominee whom they have not yet vetted, before he presumably gets confirmed on Friday. Sheriff Hennessy would make a fine mayor, but sadly he was used by the Newsom Camp to lure progressives into a dire trap.
In the final analysis however, Bevan Dufty would not be able to work his sinister machinations without the ultimate enabler and progressive turncoat Supervisor David Chiu’s complicity. A man of extraordinary ambition, David Chiu’s unpopularity must stem from his haughty assumption that he is entitled to be Mayor or D.A. after just two years as Board President, a post he almost accidentally achieved when the internal ire of progressive Supervisors Chris Daly and Ross Mirkarimi reached unbridgeable heights in 2008.
Board President David Chiu and Supervisor Bevan Dufty.
Instead of patiently serving the constituency that elected him, David Chiu is now vying for his political future by making a Faustian pact with the Newsom administration. How far the Harvard-trained attorney is willing to descend is not yet clear, but he has already gone far enough for most progressives. By the end of the week Chiu could be D.A. and Joe Alioto, his foe in 2008, could be District 3 Supervisor, undoubtedly tipping the political scales of the Board of Supervisors decidedly to the right.
David Chiu’s evolving deal with Newsom is now getting teased out of the shadows. Installing Ed Lee as Mayor is the first piece. David Chiu has been angling for Mayor and D.A. for months. As his chances for the interim appointment faded, he turned his attention to a run for Mayor in the fall or a D.A. appointment now. If Ed Lee is selected on Friday, do not be surprised if he endorses David Chiu for Mayor in the fall. Chiu would run with a glut of campaign cash from Rose Pak and Willie Brown (the other players bunkered in the proverbial backroom).
Or, Mr. Chiu can give up his Mayoral ambition for now and angle for D.A., the full Faustian bargain that may prove once and for all that the man has no shame. From the tea leaves, it is clear that Ed Lee will preserve the status quo in the Mayor’s office and likely retain Newsom Chief of Staff Steve Kawa, the scourge of progressive policy makers. For the deal, David Chiu’s future political career is bank-rolled by the Brown-Pak cash machine ,and potentially attached to the coattails of Lieutenant Governor-elect Newsom.
Newsom Chief of Staff Steve Kawa, a holdover from the Willie Brown administration.
Sadly, it was the influence of Rose Pak that prevented David Chiu from joining his progressive colleagues in supporting former Mayor Art Agnos for interim caretaker Mayor. Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi is decidedly vindicated by his steadfast support for Agnos whom the other progressives at varying degrees failed to realize was their best shot at challenging the paradigm Newsom had established for his successor.
When Agnos was Mayor he made the wise planning decision not to rebuild the Embarcadero freeway thus opening up the Ferry Building and the eastern waterfront to Market Street, South Beach and Downtown. The area is now a gem of San Francisco’s attractive atmosphere and aesthetic charm. But the decision was not one that sat well with Rose Pak and the merchants of Chinatown who wished to see the vehicular artery rebuilt to maintain a direct freeway connection to their shops and institutions. Though Chinatown’s business did not ultimately suffer, the episode unleashed an ugly vendetta that was a major factor in Agnos’ failed re-election attempt and has not withered with the passage of two decades.
Art Agnos was San Francisco’s last progressive Mayor. He led the city through the crisis of the Loma Prieta earthquake. His compassion for the homeless was another major factor that cost him his re-election and he was succeeded by a series of elitists (Jordon, Brown, and Newsom) who regularly put the interest of the rich and well-healed above those of the poor and of everyday people. That he was unable to garner enough support from the progressives to pressure Chiu into going along with his colleagues on the board is more a testament to the fractious nature of the progressive bloc than his foreshortened tenure as Mayor.
Former Mayor Art Agnos.
Inexplicably, progressive stalwart John Avalos voted no on Art Agnos on multiple rounds of voting after representing to people that Agnos would have his support. The reasons for this are still unclear. Once Hennessy did not have 6 votes, Avalos was free to vote for Agnos on the same round but failed to do so. Others, like Supervisors David Campos and Eric Mar, were more astute.
Ultimately though Agnos could not get 6 votes without the support of David Chiu. So, instead of backing Agnos, Avalos and Campos decided to back Hennessy and were unfortunately left requesting face time with Sean Elsbernd’s nominee Ed Lee before David Chiu orchestrates his ascension on Friday. They would have been denied even this minor courtesy but for the mercy of Supervisor Maxwell who joined the progressive bloc and graciously stayed the execution for a few days. Were it not for this last minute continuance that passed 6-5, Ed Lee would have been approved without being vetted by the progressives on the board at all. They will now presumably have a chance to court Lee despite his utter lack of need for their support.
This is how a small slice of the “progressive” Asian-American community lined up in coalition with the Newsom regime and the board’s conservatives to hand the keys of the city over to our personable City Administrator who, despite some progressive history, has absolutely no accountability to the broader progressive movement at this time and can be counted on to preserve the status quo in Room 200 for the next year.
David Chiu’s failed bid to quash the continuance until Friday is what has progressives acknowledging his hypocrisy and betrayal. Why would a man who had preached prudence, patience, restraint and fidelity to the law for the last month suddenly turn around and try to ram an unvetted nominee through the selection process at the 11th hour unless he had made an unsavory deal with the other side?
In fact, little is remembered or known about Ed Lee among many progressives outside of the Asian-American community. This is largely because his potential nomination was kept under the radar so effectively that progressives did not have a chance to vet Lee before declaring on Tuesday that they would probably support him if they had a chance to talk to him first.
In fact some of the most blatant ethical violations of the Brown era occurred in Ed Lee’s DPW where he allowed the unbridled electioneering and corrupt political practices of his No. 2, Willie Brown protégé Mohammed Nuru, to persist without regulation. Nuru was infamous for misappropriating city funds and for simply ignoring rules for the proper use of public resources. Nuru’s “clean up” crews ran rough shod over the homeless but were popular with merchants and homeowners who could be counted on to rally to his defense. Nuru was Ed Lee’s top aide but many believed that in fact Nuru held the real power in DPW because of his unchecked abuses.
Apparently, this history was enough to convince Supervisor Eric Mar to hold off on Lee on the first round of voting despite his long relationship with him born of progressive Asian-American political circles. Ultimately though, sensing a shift to Lee in the wake of Dufty’s chicanery, Mar followed David Chiu into the abyss. But this should not be a fait accompli. In a world in which Faustian bargains reach the light of day in enough time for the demos to react it should be possible for David Chiu to resurrect himself and reverse the potential disaster that awaits if he signs the final contract on Friday.
The smell of sulfur made Daly's eyes water.
Supervisor Mar is unlikely to reverse his support for Lee if Chiu does not. As conservative Carmen Chu has already pledged her support for Ed Lee, Mar would then be the only Chinese-American on the board to oppose the rise of the first Chinese-American Mayor of San Francisco – not a likely scenario. So, David Chiu is critical.
But the consequences are too dire and the outcomes too foreboding for the board’s progressives to accept the fate of Ed Lee’s mayoralty without an effort before Friday to reverse the tide. There is a reason that long time progressive stalwart Chris Daly became apoplectic at the end of Tuesday’s board meeting and stormed off stage in frustration only to return to the audience section of the board chamber for the final act.
An apoplectic Supervisor Chris Daly.
After accusing David Chiu of the biggest fumble in the history of progressive politics, Daly’s voice could be heard interrupting the cheerful comments of conservative Supervisor Alioto-Pier who seemed delighted at the prospect of the City’s chief bureaucrat getting the appointment over the objections of her long-time nemesis. As Daly hollered “you represent the rich,” Sherriff Hennessy, hardly the Sheriff of Nottingham, looked on ignoring Alioto-Pier’s anxious attempts to silence Daly with the threat of arrest.
Robin Hood must leave the board after 10 years representing District 6, but he won’t be leaving San Francisco. And while we can all acknowledge that his protestations may at times employ means both ineffective and self-destructive, there can be no questioning the righteous content of his convictions.
The appointment of Ed Lee without a doubt preserves the status quo grip of the City’s power elites on the office of San Francisco Mayor. At this time, in 2011, the progressives should be realizing our dream of capturing the Mayor’s office after 7 years of King John under the gilded dome. We are far from that goal and have already compromised tremendously after it was clear that we would be unable to appoint anyone with ambition to remain in office. However, there is a limit to how much we can compromise. The nominee of the conservatives should not be allowed to get the interim mayor appointment.
Rather than acquiesce, Supervisors John Avalos, David Campos, and Ross Mirkarimi ought to have a sincere intervention with David Chiu – one that is more sophisticated than the chest pounding and haunting of Mr. Daly and yet obviously stronger than the mere requests for courtesy that ensued before the clock was paused on Tuesday night.
The Supervisors should seriously consider pressuring Chiu into making an about face and rejoining his brethren before he jumps off the deep end. There is still time for David Chiu to save his soul, and if he were to step away from the brink, many of us would be willing to forgive his improprieties.
Agnos is still the best pick for progressives because he is not the choice of the power-elite, he has not been stamped and approved by the Newsom regime and he has proven over many years that he cares about we care about, shares our sense of justice and equity, and has the experience to lead us through the wreckage of the financial earthquake we are now experiencing.
The Hunger Site
January 12, 2011 at 10:29 am
@Greg, I remember this and it sounds right to me, though Chris Daly now seems to deny it, citing his votes in various rounds:
“Then Chris Daly and John Avalos sabotaged Ross Mirkarimi’s bid for BOS president. They must be really proud of themselves now.”
Rightly or wrongly, that was generally perceived to be an alpha male pissing match between Chris and Ross, and yes, it deeply depressed everyone who’d invested political capital in both of them. This many years later Chris was suggesting Ross for the mayoral succession, but not very effectively.
I remember this too:
“And Ross… everyone had such high hopes for Ross. He could have united the progressive movement and run against Newsom in 2007. He might have lost, but he would have scored in the 40s, and he’d be the undisputed progressive standard bearer going forward. Instead, he chose to be an overly cautious politician unwilling to risk even an ounce of political capital. That’s gotten him real far, huh?”
Yeah, remember the disappointment about that too, followed by the disappointment about Chris Daly’s decision not to run that year either.
Malia Cohen is a Lennar shill? I didn’t know that. She came so totally out of nowhere that all I’ve known about her is that David Chiu–or so I’m told–raised more money for her than for any other candidate. Re that in-your-face Lennar corruption, see my little Indybay rant, http://goo.gl/mWkr0, more of what I’ve been reporting in the Bay View for years.
January 9, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Ann,
The really sad thing is that a lot could have been done. Progressives snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, at the exact moment when they could have finally achieved power. This took a LOT of colossal blunders, and no one is immune.
You have Peskin going around whining that the monster he created has now turned against him (and progressives in general). But Peskin created him, and he didn’t want to listen when people told him that David Chiu was out for David Chiu, and only David Chiu.
Then Chris Daly and John Avalos sabotaged Ross Mirkarimi’s bid for BOS president. They must be really proud of themselves now.
And Ross… everyone had such high hopes for Ross. He could have united the progressive movement and run against Newsom in 2007. He might have lost, but he would have scored in the 40s, and he’d be the undisputed progressive standard bearer going forward. Instead, he chose to be an overly cautious politician unwilling to risk even an ounce of political capital. That’s gotten him real far, huh?
And then there was the D10 fiasco at the DCCC, where progressives just collectively blew it. Had they united behind Chris Jackson, or even gone with Jackson 1, Kelly 2, and left out that Lennar shill Malia, then it wouldn’t have given her that slight little boost that she needed to go over the top. Tony Kelly would have probably won, and it would be a whole different dynamic now on the BOS.
None of this is 20/20 hindsight. The consequences of all of the above could be seen from miles away.
Downtown doesn’t want to pay their fair share of taxes. They want to balance the budget on the backs of the poor, as usual. And Newsom and Willie want their hacks to stay in their jobs, when there’s an army of those hacks in City Hall that need to be out on their asses, with their glib smiles and greasy hair and stylish suits, looking for real jobs -like yesterday. And now they won’t. Newsom, Brown, and their friends at the Chamber get everything they want, and frankly the progressive establishment has no one to blame but themselves.
That’s what makes me so disgusted right now. We desperately need someone who has their SH** together.
January 7, 2011 at 4:05 pm
@Hope: All excellent points, though I don’t know what else could have been done, except perhaps not endorsing Newsom’s Lt. Gov. bid.
January 7, 2011 at 9:21 am
This article is the longest excuse for poor planning I have read since the government issued its report on the 9/11 attacks. David Chiu has repeatedly voted against the “progressive” supes and openly supported different candidates than they did in the last two elections. Eric Mar has shown a tendency to hand control to the wealthy (e.g., Recurrent Energy deal, large gym to rich kids). The progressives’ lack of planning for all the obvious by repetition excuses in this article does not rest at the feet of David Chiu or moderates. And just an fyi – pressuring (or should that read bullying?) Chiu hasn’t worked before and has just made him appear “reasonable” to non-insider eyes.
January 7, 2011 at 9:04 am
Welcome Robert Frances,
Great offering. You from around these parts, sailor? I agree with pretty much everything you and Annie said and I’ve been trying to get both Gonzalez and Campos (Matt being #1 choice – the changes he could make in the landscape just with Charter amendments would be amazing) … trying to get them to get into the mix soon as possible. Progs need some big dogs in the fight early on and we haven’t had that happen since Ammiano in 2003.
Think IRV and a slate of Progs who respect one another and will cohabit many of the same physical platforms for the next 11 months.
Giants open Spring Training in 49 days.
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January 7, 2011 at 6:25 am
And I’ve just got one more question, since my news friends keep asking me about the process: Does the New Board have to approve the Old Board’s choice?
January 7, 2011 at 5:31 am
San Francisco’s political royals treat the City like a general partnership, aka, “public private partnership,” http://anngarrison.blogspot.com/2011/01/san-franciscos-political-royals-treat.html.
January 7, 2011 at 5:04 am
The “Intelligent revenue plan” came up short after the Commission which Chiu formerly chaired could not muster the votes to put it over the top.
My understanding is that an absent Board of Supervisors appointment to the SBC was the stickler.
I don’t see many young enthusiastic supporters for much of anything in politics these days who are not being paid to be enthusiastic, the climate is just not conducive to hope and change these days.
David Chiu’s decision to keep his D3 seat is reassuring. Now if he could demonstrate how important identity politics to are other communities in addition to the Chinese American community and sacriice of himself the way that he would have progressive sacrifice room 200 again in order to put David Campos over the top as the first gay Latino Board President, then maybe we can talk.
-marc
January 6, 2011 at 7:49 pm
It will be a great honor for the Chinese community to have Ed Lee as mayor. I’m sure the community ceremony in Chinatown will be spectacular and joyous.
Notwithstanding the reactionary and predictable vitriol from the stale stable of progressive pundits, one of the best things that ever happened to David Chiu’s political career is that he is now Chris Daly’s Enemy #1. Wow. Chris’ two-minute speech probably netted Chiu 35,000 new first place votes for mayor. It’s hard to buy advertising that effective!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Z1i8dbZcI
Even “worse” for Chiu, Daly will be haunting him – I mean he will really haunt him – for the rest of his political career! That’s probably good for another 10,000 first place votes over the next few months.
From what I observe sitting in nose-bleed seats, Chiu has assembled an excellent staff, managed the committee assignments well, and has been the only supervisor in the past 10 years to put forward an intelligent revenue plan. I have no reason to think a mayor Chiu wouldn’t honestly consider outstanding choices to help mange city planning, develop affordable housing initiatives and implement progressive revenue measures.
I’m sure looking forward to seeing who the progressives are going to rally around for mayor. The race officially begins Saturday after the new positions are in place.
There are many smart, fun, and socially and politically committed people who like and respect David Chiu. If he’s serious about running, his supporters should plan their 2011 time commitments accordingly. Starting out with a strong, upbeat campaign has many merits.
If Gonzalez enters the race, drawing some enthusiasm and good people who might otherwise volunteer for Chiu, there are still plenty of young, enthusiastic volunteers and supporters for both candidates, perhaps with some crossover.
It’s hard to imagine many voters who identify as “progressive” will have three solid mayor picks they can support and will exclude David Chiu from their ballots. If three solid progressives don’t enter the mayor’s race, do progressive voters add Leland Yee as their second or third choice instead of Chiu? or Dufty? or Herrera?
One of my main concerns as a voter is, “who can move the ball down the field more than a few inches and who isn’t going to lose any yardage?” Right now, my ballot reads Chiu, blank (or maybe Herrera), blank. I’ll be curious to see what other names make it onto my ballot as the “true progressive” candidates emerge.
What’s really hilarious about this whole progressive debacle – the failure to agree on a progressive candidate for interim mayor – is that even though the difference in a one-year adminstration between Ed Lee or Sheriff Hennessey would be likely miniscule, the way it played out makes it look like the progressives suffered this huge defeat because Lee won. It really does make you wonder if progressive politicians have enough sense to actually manage effectively or if they’re mostly about the drama and soundbites.
January 6, 2011 at 4:48 pm
P.S. I just suggested a show ASAP about this to KPFA’s New Morning Show, adding that Avalos and Daly probably won’t cross what they perceive as a picket line for Aimee Allison, but the New Morning Show can invite them nevertheless.
I recommended a Julian and Tommi Avicolli Mecca team and said Tommi really deserved the time for dragging his cute butt down there every week from November to January, to make his best case first for Ammiano, then Campos, all to, as he’s said he realizes now, no effect.
I’d love to go sound off about how disgusted I’m going to be watching the City’s reigning political families continue to treat San Francisco as their own general partnership, a.k.a., “public private partnership,” but I gotta stop procrastinating and go write up some scripts re the Sudan Referendum.
January 6, 2011 at 4:25 pm
@David Waggoner, who is sure to show up here sooner or later:
Julian Davis wrote:
“Supervisor Mar is unlikely to reverse his support for Lee if Chiu does not. As conservative Carmen Chu has already pledged her support for Ed Lee, Mar would then be the only Chinese-American on the board to oppose the rise of the first Chinese-American Mayor of San Francisco – not a likely scenario. So, David Chiu is critical.”
Remember when I was predicting this a month or so ago and you got upset with me? I said the Asian vote for the next mayor was the elephant in the room that no one wanted to talk about, but explained that it wasn’t racist, just realistic.
We might as well be as honest as Julian was here about it. There were Asian Americans on Eric Mar’s Facebook page yesterday saying things like “Oh, he’s my relative, my neighbor. . .this is exciting.”
And Eric said he’d known Ed Lee for 20 years and would talk to him about Tommi Avicolli Mecca’s concerns re where he stands on SIT/LIE and tenants’ rights.
The Asian American community wanted an Asian American mayor just like the gay community wanted a gay mayor and the Latino community wanted a Latino.
Too bad they couldn’t join forces to get David Campos elected, but there are three Asians on the Board now, soon to be 4, and two Latinos, one of whom couldn’t vote for himself. And two gay men, one of whom couldn’t vote for himself.
Plus Bevan Dufty seemed unlikely to support David Campos anyway, no matter how much gay solidarity they share.
So Campos had only one identity politics vote–Avalos, and at best 2, if he were to get Dufty’s, no matter how many people were willing to pee off time down there pleading his case.
Newsom and the imperial Board would’ve done anything to stop Campos anyway, and even if Dufty had supported him, Chiu wouldn’t have.
But, by bringing in Ed Lee, an Asian who doesn’t cost an Asian Board vote, Newsom got Chu from the imperial Board, Mar from the progressive, and Chiu from the let’s-make-a-deal center. Plus the rest of the imperial board, Elsbernd and Alioto-Pier, and a few more let’s-make-a-dealers, Dufty and Maxwell.
Whether Eric Mar really wants to support Ed Lee or not, he’s going to have his Asian D#1 constituents to answer to. That’s just reality. I wish it were a more appealing Asian candidate, even Eric himself, but I don’t think Eric ever wanted to be mayor. He could’ve been Board Prez when Chiu was elected, but declined and told me at the time that he didn’t want to be Board Prez, or mayor.
But, once again, WTF is with Jerry Brown? Why’s he collaborating by keeping the seat warm for Newsom while he brokers the new mayor’s election and names the next DA? Seems pretty obvious that, despite his humble monk’s airs, and his 2008 friction with Newsom, Brown stands with imperial San Francisco.
January 6, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Hitch your wagons Democrats!
Agnos for mayor!
(Or else we may well see Daly running to rewrite some rules?)
How does Jane Kim play in this?
January 6, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Nicely written,
Of course, it won’t influence Chiu. Nor, Mar. But, lost in the mop-up of Progressive blood and broken bones is what could become Daly’s greatest contribution to the community. And, it’s something you’d have never thunk.
For the last couple of weeks Chris’ new bar (‘Buck’ – soon to be ‘Daly’s Dive’) has hosted a broad mix of politicos and their hangers-on and staff and the press. Even CW Nevius (pied at the Daly roast – “The thrower was a Progressive,” noted Nevius, “so the pie missed well to the Left.”) … yeah, Chris has been bringing people together.
The Roast of Daly last evening by friends (‘Moderate’ friends, I might add) Michael O’Connor and Alex Clemens also brought out the wide range of opposing viewpoints we’ve been seeing at Daly’s Dive.
Chris Daly as ‘The Great Uniter’?
Who’d uh thunk it?
Go Warriors!
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