Obviously as a foreigner (Brit in France) I may be missing some nuances but the USA seems to be sliding back to its early 20th century condition as a nation run by criminal wealth. I feel especially sorry for the poor working and middle classes who are buying the Kool Aid. Not that we in Europe have anything to be superior about…

In reply to Nick.

Preach!

Enjoyed all the mail criticizing the term “moderate” to describe Garry Tan and the candidates he is contributing to and touting. Hopefully at least Mission Local will stop using that term to describe a movement that is viciously attacking our government institutions with recalls, misleading messages, and now, even personal attacks calling for violence against our legislators!

In reply to Gary.

What???
The guy wasn’t exactly calling for a jihad against the Bored of Stupidvisors. It was a silly overreaction, similar to what overzealous lefties do all the time. (But because they’re leftists it’s ok?) The perceived “power” of the individual has nothing to do with it.

Sorry Ms Chan, but you can’t “waive rent” for living in someone else’s head. That’s a nonsensical misconstruction. You may live rent-free in someone else’s head, but that’s because the person lets you, not because you “waive” it. Just my pedantic $0.02.

In reply to Shizuka.

Except that it’s an oft-repeated lie that Preston votes down every housing project. 730 Stanyan, 650 Divisadero, Hayes-Octavia, and the DMV site are just four he’s promoted.

Death threats that SFPD takes seriously—now that’s a real problem!

In reply to Marina.

She went toe-to-toe with Doggtown Dro, I’ll give her that. Dude is like a freight train.

In reply to Shizuka.

Ha! How in the world does driving down property values drive yours up? Do you own property? I’m guessing you and another YIMBY that never worked in real estate?

In reply to Greeny.

He is a manbaby.

In reply to RL E.

Agreed! Love Supervisor Chan. I don’t agree with her on every issue, but she will tolerate differences of opinion with class and integrity. She’s answered every single query I’ve sent and done so much in-person with her constituents. She’s in public service because she loves this city. I wish she would run for mayor.

Garry Tan is hereby banned from my business. Course I doubt someone like that has enough bandwidth for a pet.

In reply to SFrentier.

You are comparing “overzealous lefties” to a wealthy CEO with a lot of political clout in San Francisco and a major donor to GrowSF?

I guess we can excuse everything that Donald Trump ever said because of what you think that overzealous lefties have said too.

Yeah but no.

“Tan is heavily involved in local moderate campaign giving”

Stop it please. There is nothing “moderate” about an alt right libertarian tech baron who’s blocked half of the City on social media and are trying to buy local government.

In reply to Hates_Do_Nothings.

Those yimbys from Fremont go hard. Whenever I think of a real muthaphuckkin’ G, I think of G Tan.

It’s really a shame that instead of booty calling his pal
Elon so the two could have a special drunken Ketamine induced hate orgy, toxic and unhinged Garry Tan decided (yet again) to spew on social media. It’s more than a tad ironic that the Tanwad cannot fathom the distinct difference between what democratically elected public servants do and what ahole, bubble living Balvenie swilling Techbro billionaires do, which is not a lot. I don’t see creepy Garry Tan running for elected office and trying to solve our city’s problems. What a coward. What a baby.

There is nothing ‘moderate’ about this bozo. why are you going out of your way to soften this story?

These people are so un self aware, they wouldn’t even think to admit their wealth is from direct gov’t subsidies. Over $12 trillion loaned out at near zero interest to the big finance corps…..since the crash…..and at least another trillion during covid. Much of that hot money has flowed for over ten years to the VC sector. Imagine his outrage, if just $1 trillion was loaned at 1% to all cities and states to build off market affordable housing. SOCIALISM!!! they would cry…..

I mean, to be fair, some of the folks he ranted about also have a reputation for getting a bit spicy when you put some whiskey in them.

In reply to two beers.

@two beers… moderate means not agreeing to the woke agenda that the progressives serve, while also not agreeing with the hate language from the right. Neither are right, moderates want common sense agenda. Policing, moving homeless off the streets, prosecuting crimes… ya know, the things Preston and others don’t agree with. Tan is right, delivery is wrong.

He seems awful, but why is this news?

In reply to two beers.

What does it mean that the professional progledytes have repeatedly reinforced the alt right framing that the right wing is “moderate?”

Do they not know that you can’t win if you self conceptualize in terms favorable to your opponents which grants them power to set your agenda?

I think that they do and are being paid to intercept and neutralize demands for change from below and to the left. They’ve done so much of this that they’ve participated in the framing of progressives out of political relevance. Now all the progressive nonprofiteers do is rage against residents.

Is this really news?

I would rather read coverage about how Dean Preston profits by voting down every housing project, because it makes the value of his family’s portfolio of rental housing more valuable. That seems like a more important story.

This is a drunk guy cursing on Twitter. He’s not a public official.

In reply to Stephen.

He’s a real human being, using art references from my age demographic, and has helped San Francisco tremendously. If anything, I love him more now.

Good luck, hopefully, maybe, but probably not really, you’ll do something to help your community one day!

In reply to two beers.

two beers,

I read once that the word ‘run’ had over twenty meanings in english.

‘Liberal’ used to have positive connotations.

It used to be unacceptable to write “Fuck you !!!” in a class pub like ML.

Shit changes.

Here’s some masterful use of alliteration …

See how the words literally echo the sounds of the ocen …

“A fair breez blew

the white foam flew

the furrow followed free

we were the first

that ever burst

into that silent see ”

ID poet and poem for a nickel ..

Go Niners !!

In reply to two beers.

Luv your either/or thinking. no middle ground indeed./s

While I won’t be wishing anyone dead, I do agree with Tan on not liking Peskin, Preston, Walton, and Chan.

This guy is not a moderate. He’s a deeply right-wing oligarch.

Much ado about nothing. It’s not as if plenty of overzealous lefties haven’t used coarse language and veiled threats to push their agendas. And calling him “right wing” is akin to someone calling lefties commie nut jobs.
Good going with this lame hit piece.

I doubt that the cop bootlicker rap poseur will quote NWA’s “Fuck Tha Police” next?

It takes VCs with billions to hold us back.

Alcohol and social media are a horrible mix. Avoid at all costs.

Tan is a rich jackass who has been very successful in tech. Yet like many who exhibit Dunning-Kruger behaviors, he assumes his success in business will translate to government. His self-importance and grand narcissism should be a glaring red flag for anyone involved in city politics, and I say this as someone who isn’t even a huge fan of the progressives.

Regardless of how serious his intent (or non-serious), there are enough whackjobs out there who take people like him at face value. The same people who sneak into the home of the former Speaker of the House and attack their husband with a hammer.

I think we need to move on from the idea someone who is wealthy should automatically have outsized political influence.

Tan is a classic case of someone who got lucky being in the right place at the right time and then brown nosed his way to becoming a VC/tech influencer type.