Tom Ammiano: The Man, the Myth, the Living Legend from fogcityjournal on Vimeo.
By Luke Thomas and Elaine Santore
December 4, 2008
A legend in his own time, Assemblymember-elect Tom Ammiano ended his record breaking 14-year term on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 11/25/08. His accomplishments are too numerous to list, but everyone who came to know Tom’s spirit, his love, kindness, and his unmatched sense of humor, will miss his presence on the board greatly.
As Supervisor Sean Elsbernd poignantly said while Tom was being showered with accolades by his former colleagues on the board: “The Board of Supervisors without Tom Ammiano is like the Vatican without the Pope.” We couldn’t agree more.
Come back to San Francisco soon, Tom. The mayoralty is all yours in 2011.
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is a former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, have published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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December 6, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Nice video