Sometimes more telling than what the candidates say is the chatter overheard.
Thursday, November 3, Afternoon
I saw members of Dennis Herrera’s team handing out flyers at the 24th Street Mission BART station. I stopped to say hi and mentioned that I haven’t seen the Herrera crew in the Mission much.
Yes, they could have done a better job coming to the Mission, said a campaign volunteer, but Herrera was here two days ago (and Mission Local will have coverage from that up soon).
Then he went on.
“Dennis is bartending in the Marina tonight if you’re interested, and he was bartending on Market a few nights ago. You would think he was an alcoholic, but he’s not.”
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Thursday, November 3, Morning
On my way to Mission Local this morning, I ran into district attorney candidate Sharmin Bock at the 24th Street Mission BART station.
Someone walked up to her waving “The Ed Lee Story: An Unexpected Mayor.”
“That’s Ed Lee,” Bock said. “I’m not running against Ed Lee. I’m running against District Attorney George Gascon, and I’m going to kick his butt back to LA.”
She then crossed the street, got into a blue car, and drove away.
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Tuesday, October 25
Earlier in the week, we wrote about no tents and no fires at Occupy SF, but by Saturday tents were everywhere.
Police surveyed the camp and then went to the Ferry Building for a break. I asked how long it would be before they moved in to disassemble the camp. “We get our orders from on high,” one said, “and with so many people running for mayor, that’s unlikely to happen soon.” lc
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Thursday, October 20
I called the Dennis Herrera for Mayor headquarters to find out why no upcoming events were listed on Herrera’s website.
In the background I could hear one campaign volunteer speaking to another.
“I know there are weird people out there, but sometimes people just need to know where to find out about events so they can go.”
Yes, so true.
If you hear anything interesting, please tweet it to #mlchatter or send it to missionlocal@gmail.com, with CHATTER in the subject line.
We’ll post it at the top of our list and update as frequently as we get good chatter.