By : sfstandard – excerpt
The upcoming recall election of District Attorney Chesa Boudin presents a fork in the road for San Francisco as two camps of voters envision different paths forward for the city.
On one side, some San Francisco voters report satisfaction with their experience living in the city and remain staunchly faithful to progressive ideologies. On the other, people express fears of crime and dissatisfaction with aspects of city life and point to Boudin’s recall as a stepping stone to solving its many issues…(more)
I appreciated the even-handed approach the media is taking on this and other controversial issues lately. Investigative reporters are digging deep and finding a lot of flaws in the systems at City Hall. We need to fix those systems that perpetuate the problems and that will take new leadership with management skills that seem to be lacking. For the time being we will have to rely on the media to keep digging and exposing what has remained hidden for too long and hope for some new heroes to appear on the horizon with some fresh ideas to pull us out of the morass we are in and end the fighting over lifestyles that is sapping all our energies.