Adriel Hampton - SF Examiner / Independent
Dear Adriel,
Thanks for mentioning me in your story about the Veterans' Mayoral event
in the Independent. However, you neglected to mention the issues I
represent. This letter is to make them clear so you can write about them
with confidence next time.
I represent the position that City Hall is the main cause of our
problems and not the solution. There three candidates in the race who
share this position, Jim Reid, Kent Clarke and I. While Jim and Kent
focus on specific issues, I bring this approach to all aspects of City
governance.
Look at the things we like most about San Francisco...our diversity,
tolerance, friendliness, our "heart" and more. These are the results of
an environment with a high level of personal freedom. While all
Libertarians campaign aggressively for personal freedom, San Francisco
has more than most places so I'm not as worried about this as I am about
other issues in the campaign.
Now look at the things we don't like about San Francisco....expensive
housing, the cost of doing business, loss of jobs and more. These are
the results of an environment with a low level of economic freedom. This
is the most important issue in the campaign despite the fact that no one
is talking about it. All the leading candidates want the power of City
Hall to advance special interests that own their campaigns and expect to
improve their position at the public trough. Only Jim Reid, Kent Clark
and I are campaigning for the economic freedom and property rights of
San Franciscans. We want City Hall to do us all a favor and get out of
the way. The other candidates want to ruin San Francisco by either
maintaining or expanding the role of City Hall in these choices. See the
difference?
If San Franciscan's could only realize how much they would benefit by
applying the same freedom to economic choices that they do with personal
choices. If they did, we would flourish economically the same way we do
personally. And San Francisco would be a much better place to live. Who
better than a regular person who built his business with his own hands
to represent this much needed perspective in the campaign?
Articulating the issues I'm campaigning for would also help San
Franciscans understand the dynamics of this mayoral race and make better
choices in November. Presenting the race as the ideological battle it
really is would make it more interesting for the voters to read too.
Let's face it; watching four career Democrats pander to the
establishment is pretty dull. Put Jim, Kent and I, the "Davids" into an
ideological struggle with the four "Goliaths". Now that would be fun and
expand public interest in the race at the same time. And it might
actually do some good for the people of San Francisco along the way.
Best personal regards...please feel free to contact me at any time.
Sincerely,
Michael F. Denny
Libertarian Candidate for San Francisco Mayor
Ph: (415) 986-7677 x123
Fax: (415) 986-4004
Mike@...