By Randy Shaw : beyondchron – excerpt
“Anybody telling you to vote for a single mayoral candidate just wants Aaron Peskin to win.”— @sbuss, April 1
Aaron Peskin’s entry into the San Francisco mayor’s race has led to a lot of talk about moderates uniting to stop him. This won’t be easy.
Here’s why.
Breed and Farrell Fundamentally Disagree
Mark Farrell’s mayoral campaign is premised on his view that incumbent Mayor Breed has failed. From his website:
“Over the past five years, I have watched our City crumble. People don’t feel safe, the conditions of our streets have never been worse, downtown has collapsed, and we’re the butt of jokes across America. We have a crisis of confidence in City government that needs to be fixed, and it starts and stops with the Mayor.”
Can Farrell retain credibility if he starts telling voters, “Make the candidate who has caused our city to crumble your second choice.”?
I don’t see it…(more)
Why would Mark want to support Breed? In my opinion he is not that desperate to win. He wants to return San Francisco to a city he wants to live in. He thinks he can do it or he would not run. Peskin gave him the job the last time. They are probably not that far apart. We think the goals are similar. Methodology may be what is different. Financing schemes may differ as well.