ChronWatch founder, retired executive of Kaiser Aluminum, and Bay Area resident. You gotta give it to these guys. If you are going to fiddle while Rome burns, the San Francisco Supes take the cake. Or do they? ChronWatch has noticed a few interesting ideas adopted by other cities. The list indicates that our beloved Supes may be losing their edge in the search for irrelevant, “far-out” thinking.
The S.F. Board of S[t]upes is famous for passing far-reaching resolutions. A ground-breaking “Dog Bill of Rights” comes to mind. And, don’t forget forcing the chain restaurants to show the calorie count of menu items. Oh, yes, their latest brainwave is to place a statue at each spot where a homeless person died. You gotta give it to these guys, if you are going to fiddle while Rome burns this group takes the cake. Or do they?
ChronWatch has noticed a few interesting ideas adopted by other cities. The list indicates that our beloved Supes may be losing their edge in the search for irrelevant, “far-out” thinking.
· It seems the Florida legislature is considering a law mandating that all eating establishments must have enough toilet paper in their bathrooms. The bill has cleared the state senate. I don’t know what your priorities are, but that issue seems much more critical than knowing the calorie count for a Big Mac. An added benefit would be that our beloved Supes could argue endlessly over how much toilet paper is “enough.“
· Riviera Beach, Florida, has become the first large city to pass a “saggy pants” law. Under the new law, anyone with droopy pants that show skin or underwear face legal action, including a first offense fine of $150. Now, why didn’t our guys think of that before Riviera Beach so they could proclaim they are on the fore-front of progressive thought? Knowing this group, they probably endorse the baggy style.
· Knowing how our B. of S. love to tell us how to live, here is another idea that should be right down their alley. In New Haven, Connecticut, an eighth grade honors student has been suspended for buying a bag of candy from a classmate. True! It seems the New Haven school system banned the sale of candy as part of school-wellness program. Our S[t]upes had better wise up. This New Haven group may be getting farther out in left field that our guys, and I didn’t think that was possible.
It is a bit disappointing for ChronWatch to have to report these suggestions. Up to now we were sure our guys were way out in front of others in their attempt to manage our lives for us. It seems the Supes need to sharpen their pencils if they want to remain as pace-setters.
From the above examples one can conclude that there are a lot of governing groups competing for the title of “least relevant.” All of the above could be categorized as “tackling the mundane.” But, what about the flip side? How do these groups perform when dealing with the “real issues?” I would guess that none of these competing groups can begin to compare to the S.F. Supes when it comes to ignoring the very real, and huge, problems of the city by the Bay.
ChronWatch assumes that the S.F. Supes deliberately embark on their course of action. After all, no one could accidentally be this incompetent. It has to be planned, and it goes to prove the ChronWatch premise:
Liberals just can’t govern!