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Newsom "can't wait" for Republicans

By: Brent Begin

07/01/09 3:00 PM PDT

The budget battles in San Francisco are getting a bit old for Mayor Gavin Newsom. He said Wednesday that he hankers for the mess in Sacramento instead, where Republicans would offer a fresher challenge than The City's progressive bloc.

“I feel like a broken record,” Newsom told reporters, saying that he has been dealing with the city and county budget since 1996 when he was appointed to San Francisco's Parking and Traffic Commission.

Every year, Newsom said, the same programs are cut and then added back by the Board of Supervisors during the budget process. And during the process, the same people come back to fight for their programs.

So, won’t the process be even more grueling in Sacramento if Newsom becomes governor? It may be grueling, but it will be different, he said, throwing out a joke he sometimes tells.

"I can't wait to deal with some Republicans.”
 




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C.J. Roses

Jul 1, 2009

Does Newsom mean those Sacramento Republicans who are trying to stop the type of runaway spending he has championed in San Francisco...??

 

Commonsense

Jul 1, 2009

Either cut expenses or raise taxes. Seems like a clearcut choice to me.

 

Commonsense

Jul 1, 2009

Either cut expenses or raise taxes. Seems like a clearcut choice to me.

 

Missiondweller

Jul 1, 2009

He's never had to work with non-liberals. Conservative republicans might be a little bit more difficult to deal with than progressive sheep in SF.

 

No Chance Newsom

Jul 2, 2009

Gavin has surrounded himself with (young white) Yes men because be can't handle confrontation. Newsom is the joke that killed SF.

 

Why the euphemisms?

Jul 3, 2009

Of COURSE he can't wait to work with his handlers, the Repugnicans. It's always been Gavin and the GOPs. The only thing that makes him seem open-minded is his pro-Gay stance. But he's all about the bottom line and nothing more.

 


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