This was the scene the other day at the Eastside West gastropub, 3154 Fillmore where San Francisco Assessor-Recorder and City Bright Phil Ting celebrated his birthday.
But Phil’s daughter Isabella ended up being the center of attention:
The Three Amigos: San Francisco Community College Board Trustee Steve Ngo, PT, and California State Controller John Chiang
The mise-en-scene:
Happy Birthday, Phil!
This was the scene yesterday on the steps of San Francisco City Hall yesterday. What did people make of this Assemblymember Dave Jones for State Insurance Commissioner rally? Read on.
A friendly knuckle knock (“or a fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?“) from Supervisor Chris Daly amuses both Dave Jones and Julian Davis. Click to expand:
Luke Thomas interrogates Candidate Jones as Aaron Peskin and the Chronicle’s Marisa Lagos listen in:
First of all, who showed up? San Francisco Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, Supervisors Chris Daly, Ross Mirkarimi, John Avalos, David Campos, and Eric Mar, City Attorney Dennis Herrera, Assessor Phil Ting, Board of Education President Kim-Shree Maufas, Democratic County Central Committee Chairman Aaron Peskin, as well representatives from the offices of Senator Mark Leno and Assemblymembers Fiona Ma and Tom Ammiano. Add those people to the list of endorsers, which also includes State Senate President Darrell Steinberg and State Controller John Chiang.
And what did the media have to say?
San Francisco Chronicle - Marisa Lagos, Heather Knight - 11 hours ago
San Francisco Bay Guardian - Nellie Nelson, Steven T. Jones - 16 hours ago
San Francisco Chronicle - 19 hours ago
The San Francisco Examiner - Joshua Sabatini - 19 hours ago
It’s not often you find such unanimity.
State Controller John Chiang, California’s independent fiscal watchdog, is having a thing with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger these days over how much salary to pay state workers during the budget crisis. See Hank Plante’s interview with “heroic” John here.
Our Controller was welcomed like a rock star. Click to expand:
There were a few “Chiang for Governor” signs here and there, but if you ask him if he’s running, he’ll say he’s not:
This crowd of mostly state workers was large and intense. “We can’t survive on $6.55 [an hour].”
Columnist Dan Walters thinks he sees the “fuzzy outline” of a solution.
Let’s hope.
