If I ever saw anyone actual acting on they’re beliefs and rants as much as enjoying their personal diatribe it would have a little more weight.

Shut up and go to the meeting. or have someone go in your place or call in sick to your job or whatever it takes. Just do something…. the hot air is killing me.

also, here’s a longer list of the people to contact if you’re particularly ambitious.

this is courtesy of mother teresa, i mean, stephen elliott. i don’t really understand why bevan dufty’s on there (i figure this is closer to D6 than D8, and more daly’s area of insanity..uh…interest), but i just did a copy paste. maybe dufty’s on a committee or something.

and of course, the mayor.

Pilar LaValley
San Francisco Planning Department
Pilar.Lavalley@sfgov.org

Bevan Dufty
District 8 Supervisor
Bevan.Dufty@sfgov.org

David Campos
District 9 Supervisor
David.Campos@sfgov.org

Christina Olague
President of the SF Planning Commission
c_olague@yahoo.com

Lawrence B. Badiner
Zoning Administrator
San Francisco Planning Department
Larry.Badiner@sfgov.org

Gavin Newsom
Mayor of San Francisco
Gavin.Newsom@sfgov.org

I too would rather see a small clothing store than an empty storefront. And while I don’t like their clothes, it’s better than nothing (or another overpriced douche bar.)

and it doesnt make them, like, imperialist corporate taskamsters, making their filthy living on the backs of, like, the struggle of the working man, who obviously wants to have as many derelict, garbage attracting storefronts as possible in the hood, or anything. i mean, they’re not, like, destroyers of neighborhoods. eaters of worlds.

and they’re not lying blow-hard “progressive” wannabe activists using spin tactics to turn something potentially good, and something certainly neutral, into a political shenanigan, a forum for personal advancement and spotlight grabbing, either. like, at the EXPENSE of the people they’re purporting to support, and duping into following their sham of a banner. (yes, i am talking to you, Stephen Elliott).

SAY IT AGAIN!

the number on the poster is: 575-9084. The planner’s name is apparently Melissa Pilar LaValley. Her email is melissa.lavalley@sfgov.org. call her, email her and tell her what you think.

if you can’t go to the meeting because you, like, you know, have to go to work (you capitalist pigdog)… PLEASE do one of the above. jsut one click and 3 lines of typing.

Thank you for speaking on behalf of the level headed.

Janet

AA often feels like it’s trying to spoonfeed a manufactured culture back to the consumer. Nobody likes that, especially here in San Francisco, where we are all beautiful, delicate, completely unique flowers. And many odious things have been reported about the stores themselves and the clientele they attract.

But the clothes are made by people in Los Angeles who, by most accounts, get paid decently for the work they do, and this is a cause that people in San Francisco — especially people in “our” Mission — claim to support. But for some reason, it is more important to try to hold an impossible line on retail chains and leave a modest storefront empty. I don’t understand the wisdom of this..

even if i disagree with you and you’re crazy.

Zinzin, thanks for your spaced repetition message of: the number on the poster is: 575-9084. The planner’s name is apparently Melissa Pilar LaValley. Her email is melissa.lavalley@sfgov.org. call her, email her and tell her what you think.

I shall contact Ms. Pilar LaValley and let her know my thoughts.

“The People for Glamorizing Filth, Crime & Poverty in the Mission District”.

and more

“The COTTAGE INDUSTRY BUILT ON THE BACKS OF Filth, Crime & Poverty in the Mission District”.

there are over 75 “service” oriented NGOs in the Mission. Over 75! who do you think attends the BoS & Planning meetings? Government subsidized employees of these orgs….

as for the rank & file, i think Nibbly hits it on the head. except that most of them will buy a house OUTSIDE the mission, likely in some white enclave somewhere if they are able, and leave their irresponsible mess behind in a cloud of plaid pants and handlebar mustaches.

- don’t shop there

When a business isn’t patronized and can’t sustain itself, they go. And if the business sticks around and prospers, guess what: you do not represent the people majority.

- – -

This is exactly what’s wrong w/ Mission Street right now… belly-achers wanting to control the likes of mall stores, such as what you see over on Chestnut St in the Marina, from setting up shop. Why?

Oh I know why… because they’re from the organization known as “The People for Glamorizing Filth, Crime & Poverty in the Mission District”. What’s amazing is how quickly they’d defect from that organization the day they buy a house in the Mission and start paying city taxes. And until they do, I say STFU.

- Chuck

if you can’t go to the meeting, please do one of the above.

a big part of this issue – of every over-politicized issue, especially in SF and ESPECIALLY in the mission – is that no one accepts that there’s gray areas. nuance. something other than rabid adherence to ideological dogma.

Stephen Elliot is calling this “the struggle”. he’s calling it “the cause”. he’s turning it into a political shenanigan, and he’s dogmatically adhering to the notion of “no formula retail” WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION FOR WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTUALLY NEEDS.

like any good “progressive” blow-hard, all he’s interested in is his own narrow, selfish views, and – mark my words – his own political advancement.

fact is, mom & pop can’t open stores in this economy. so what should we do? just deal with closure after closure in the hood? till all we have left is boarded up storefronts and the associated garbage, graffiti and crime? (i know everyone here likes graffiti).

is THAT the Mission we want?

i dont think so. my view….ask yourself “what would Stephen Elliot do there?” and then, fight with all your might for the opposite, because he doesnt give a FUCK about you…all he’s thinking about is himself and how to become a public figure.