By Savannah Dewberry : 48hills – excerpt
Art by sfbluecomics
On national podcast, she says she missed the pandemic days when she emergency authority and calls for limits on what supes can do.
Jon Lovett, a former Obama speechwriter who hosts “Lovett or Leave It,” one of the most popular political podcasts in the country, parachuted into San Francisco last week to do a live show that featured Mayor London Breed demanding even more power for one of the strongest mayors in California.
Lovett demonstrated at total lack of understanding of the state’s housing crisis, and gave Breed a platform to send a mangled political message to the liberals who listen to the podcast.
Some of the material is comedy, and it’s funny, and Lovett is a great communicator. But the central focus of the discussion was housing, and while what Breed said isn’t surprising, really, it fit into a dangerous narrative for DC insiders…(more)
Power to do what? There is not a whole lot more that the Mayor could control. She should know that control comes with consequences. The higher you get, the further you fall when the blame hits you.