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Daly Goes After Weisel
SF Budget Committee was stunned by request from Mayor's Office for fourth straight year of subsidies for the T-Mobile San Francisco Grand Prix.
Daly, McGoldrick and Ammiano made their displeasure and disbelief with the request quite clear, with Daly repeatedly calling the request a piece of "corporate welfare" in the middle of a budget crisis. He got angry enough I thought he was going to explode at one point as he glowered at the Mayor Office's representative, telling him he "should be ashamed of himself." Supervisor Elsbernd was the only person to vote for the waiver which he defended with the possibility that the event would immediately move somewhere else. My thought was that maybe it should be replaced with a Grand Prix for Bicycling Amateurs a la "Bay to Breakers." It would probably bring in much more revenue to the city and also be heckof a lot more fun.
By the way, in case you've never been there, the Board of Supervisors Chamber in City Hall is huge and ornate, looking like it belongs in the Opera House. Quite amazing.
By the way, in case you've never been there, the Board of Supervisors Chamber in City Hall is huge and ornate, looking like it belongs in the Opera House. Quite amazing.
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Supervisors Tom Ammiano and Chris Daly rejected a proposal yesterday by Mayor Gavin Newsom to offer a massive financial giveaway to San Francisco Cylcing, a corporation owned by Republican Party maganate Thomas Weisel. The proposed giveaway consists of an offer to waive the cost of police services for the T-Mobile Grand Prix bike race this year, costing the City $245,000. If approved, the offer would be extended for the next three years, which could cost San Francisco’s general fund over $1 million.
Daly has spearheaded the effort to fight the waiver, pointing out that with the General Fund currently bone dry and likely to be in worse shape by next year, Newsom’s proposal comes at a bizarre time. The $245,000 could be used this year for a variety of important needs, including lower Muni fares, AIDS counseling, a senior escort service, and maintaining the city’s parks.
The waiver now goes to the full Board of Supervisors, where it will likely require eight votes against it to be defeated. The request for rejection from the Budget Committee certainly helps things, as dose early signs the Supervisor Jake McGoldrick will oppose the waiver. The Board will be taking up the issue April 5.
Daly has spearheaded the effort to fight the waiver, pointing out that with the General Fund currently bone dry and likely to be in worse shape by next year, Newsom’s proposal comes at a bizarre time. The $245,000 could be used this year for a variety of important needs, including lower Muni fares, AIDS counseling, a senior escort service, and maintaining the city’s parks.
The waiver now goes to the full Board of Supervisors, where it will likely require eight votes against it to be defeated. The request for rejection from the Budget Committee certainly helps things, as dose early signs the Supervisor Jake McGoldrick will oppose the waiver. The Board will be taking up the issue April 5.
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