#mayordictator — Public Fediverse posts
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@MLNow I agree with Moritz on one thing: Prop D will "be more important in the long run than whoever becomes mayor." It would be a disaster, enabling corruption, favoritism, and mismanagement for whoever the next mayor is, and the one after that, and the one after that. #NoOnD #MayorDictator #sfpol
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My mini crusade: when a journalist writes about Prop D (for Dictator) and doesn't mention that the whole commission-streamlining thing is nothing but a pretext to centralize power in the mayor's office (the better for billionaires to buy policy), I email them and ask them to include that context
Several have updated their pieces so far!
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Not only is Mark Farrell using Prop D to skirt campaign finance law, but also Prop D would give the next mayor—possibly him—2/3 of appointments on Ethics Commission and ability to pull an appointee at will.
Say goodbye to accountability for any mayor if D (for #mayorDictator?) passes. I’d call it ironic but that’s probably the plan. 🎁🔗:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/emilyhoeven/article/mark-farrell-campaign-finance-19654509.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL29waW5pb24vZW1pbHlob2V2ZW4vYXJ0aWNsZS9tYXJrLWZhcnJlbGwtY2FtcGFpZ24tZmluYW5jZS0xOTY1NDUwOS5waHA%3D&time=MTcyMzg0Njk1MDYzNg%3D%3D&rid=MzBiMWE5ZjAtOWY5Yi00ZmY4LTk0ZDAtMTkxYTE5NmYyNTlj&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D -
Deceptive description of #MayorDictator measure Prop D in the SF Standard.
No mention that Prop D vastly expands the power of the mayor's office, making it a unitary executive that appoints 2/3 of all commissions and boards and removes appointees at will.
No disclosure that the Standard's owner and funder Michael Moritz is the biggest donor to Prop D. #sfPol
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Comparing the donations to the @sftransitact with donations to the Farrell/TogetherSF #mayorDictator charter amendment. Wow. VCs really want to convince you to make the mayor’s office a one-stop shop for bribery. https://missionlocal.org/2024/08/explore-5-data-takeaways-from-new-2024-election-filings/
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Mahmood supports TogetherSF's cynical #MayorDictator measure, which claims to be about reforming commissions but really gives the mayor 2/3 appointing power with no confirmation to the powerful commissions it retains, making them a puppet show.
Probably a good idea to vote for @deanpreston instead, who correctly points out: "We have many problems in SF — lack of mayoral power isn’t one of them."
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Mission Local covers the TogetherSF/Moritz #MayorDictator charter amendment (cynically disguised as commission reform) https://missionlocal.org/2024/05/togethersf-yanked-its-strong-mayor-ballot-measure-but-its-other-measure-is-also-a-strong-mayor-ballot-measure/
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Here’s a more accurate story about the #MayorDictator measures, by St. John Barned-Smith at the Chron. 🎁🔗:
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If you see the Examiner story about Together SF supposedly pulling its measure to centralize power in the mayor's office because they're worried someone they don't like might become mayor and have reconsidered... Do not celebrate. They're lying. They have another measure that does the exact same thing that they're still collecting for. It just also eliminates commissions so they can call it commission reform. They're still trying to make the mayor a dictator. #sfPol #MayorDictator
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Here's what the Moritz #MayorDictator measure does, straight from its official summary.
Keep in mind: Removing appointees at will would make them complete puppets of the mayor. It was a scandal when Mayor Breed used undated resignation letters to do this: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f-mayor-london-breed-s-resignation-letter-17769925.php
The mayor would also have sole power over Police Chief who in turn has sole power over regulating police. And removing stipends would ensure only the independently wealthy can serve on commissions. #sfPol
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Moritz's #MayorDictator ballot measure has raised $1.5 million, $1m of it from Michael Moritz himself.
This would give whoever our next mayor is complete unitary control over all city departments, appointing 2/3 of all city boards and commissions without confirmation and removing them at will. A one-stop shop for (legal or otherwise) bribery.
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/politics/togethersf-donors-want-to-empower-mayor-cut-commissions/article_5a108516-eb00-11ee-b303-4b939252db35.html #sfPol
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"Mark Farrell last week established a candidate-controlled committee to push the mayoral-strengthening ballot measures from Michael Moritz’s TogetherSF"
So Farrell's running for dictator, not mayor. We have to stop the Moritz #MayorDictator measure (lets mayor appoint 2/3 of all commissions and boards, with no confirmation, and remove appointees at will turning them into puppets). #SFPol
https://missionlocal.org/2024/03/moderate-on-moderate-violence-sf-mayoral-races-next-act/