tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post171195334473736423..comments2024-03-11T16:52:26.540-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: Garbage and other election mattersjaninsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-40461404464126213232012-05-12T19:05:38.841-07:002012-05-12T19:05:38.841-07:00The San Francisco garbage company is/was local org...The San Francisco garbage company is/was local organized crime from a specific region in Italy when the original lifetime contracts were signed and sealed with the city. They continue to be so to this day, but as you point out, they give good service and it's probably better than larger, national interests out of Texas taking over.<br /><br />Quentin Kopp was always the reactionary right-winger to all that was good and leftist back in the day, but he also had/has a lot of integrity and discomfort with gay people was never one of his problems. I remember when Harvey Milk was running for something and the entire Democratic machine establishment, including the gay ones, were opposing him, and Quentin Kopp was one of his few public supporters from the establishment. I remember running into Kopp in gay bars in the Castro during campaigns, and he was cool.<br /><br />As far as the Coit Tower thing, definitely yes. More local control of money and not the general maw of Rec & Park is a good thing.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com