"I recommend Roundup for all your gardening needs."
I love a good a policy idea without details and a budget.
It’s called a press release.
During a major fiscal crisis in San Francisco, Gavin thinks now is a good time to legislate “healthy eating.”
The Chronicle writes that many of the details for his eating idea have yet to be worked out including how much it will cost.
This is classic Gavin. Get a great idea! Write a press release. Issue press release. Tweet about it! But never a plan, never money and never accountability.
Turns out that the man-child mayor’s idea may take some getting used to.
Michael Summers, who operates a hot dog stand in Civic Center Plaza that contracts with the city, said the dogs made of tofu don’t sell nearly as well as the old-fashioned meat kind. Â That was evidenced by the line of people ordering hot dogs just after noon – and not a tofu order among them.
Gavin Newsom just loves to govern by press releases.
Mmmm… delicious, tasy government!
For a ‘progressive’ website I’m surprised that this article has such a problem with Newsom’s ideas for a change in food policy. Yeah we’re fucked budget wise, but we can hardly blame him for the fact that our entire country is going through a major recession right now, and although it can be a little hard to see that San Francisco is not the entire fucking country, we aren’t. And coming up with a plan to help us sustain ourselves as a city better, through food production that will result in people eating better, therefore going to the hospital maybe just a little bit less, potentially making other healthier decisions; i.e. walking/riding a bike, skateboard, whatever more…AND growing food in the city would provide a new avenue for the local economy that San Francisco has not seen since it became a financial center…..So why not think before you open you mouth on this one?
Sara: Read Chris Carlsson’s blog post: http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/07/13/farming-park-parking-and-empty-promises/
The problem with Newsom is that he rarely follows through on his pronouncements. And he ignored almost all the efforts already underway to create a more sustainable food production environment within San Francisco. Carlsson writes:
“Did Newsom think to salute these efforts or offer city support for them? Is he proposing to use City resources to support the dozens of community gardens and thousands of gardeners, who are the obvious backbone of any move towards urban agriculture? Did he even throw his support behind the Victory Gardens program launched a year ago with much fanfare during the Slow Food Nation gathering? You all know the pathetic answers…”