I'm still working on this, but here's what I have so far:
The Board of Supervisors tried to sneak this modification of the
city charter past voters in 2004, and nearly 58% of San Francisco
voters rejected it.It’s amazing that they have the arrogance to try yet again to hire
more aides for themselves in the middle of a recession. Perhaps they
have a case of selective amnesia, and forgot that the city budget
had a $300 million deficit this year.According to the San Francisco Examiner’s Melissa Griffin (July 30,
2009), the measure was put on this year’s ballot “Because there are
no supervisor races this year. Supervisors didn’t want candidates
for the board to have to answer icky questions about this
historically unpopular issue.”According to Controller Ben Rosenfield, Supervisorial aides are paid
as much as $93,100 a year, and the total cost of the 22 existing
aides with benefits is approximately $2.3 million a year. We should
be cutting this budget item, not adding to it!The Supervisors make nearly $100,000 a year themselves. If they want
more warm bodies around the office to do their bidding, let their
generous salaries cover the expense instead of sticking it to the
taxpayers.Libertarian Party of San Francisco
Starchild (2010 candidate for Supervisor, District 8)
I don't know whether they will let me sign as a future candidate for
Supervisor or not. If not, I will sign as a past candidate. But I
think signing as a future candidate would give me slightly more
credibility on the issue. Right now the length stands at about 205
words, with 300 being allowed.
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))