Daly talks the progressive talk, but he walks the monied walk
In today’s Examiner, Ken Garcia digs into where Chris Daly is getting his money for the November election, and why his progressive ideals and his campaign finance ledger don’t line up…
Chris Daly, San Francisco’s most incendiary supervisor, has portrayed himself over the years as one of the forces fighting on behalf of the common man, ready to leap tall buildings to take on corporations, lobbyists, special interests and greedy developers everywhere.And Daly, who is up for re-election in November, must really like his job, because it appears he’s willing to do to just about anything to keep it — even if it means taking gobs of money from corporations, lobbyists, special interests and developers, especially those plying their trade in his district.
Do progressive values now carry dollar signs? That’s what a lot of people are wondering after the self-styled populist filed his latest campaign finance disclosure forms, which show that Daly has made a slew of wealthy new friends while in office.
In the filing period that ended June 30, Daly’s disclosure forms show that big-money developers, land-use attorneys, lobbyists and their clients gave nearly $17,000 to his re-election campaign — 30 percent of the $55,501 he’s received in contributions so far. Have developers discovered that if they want to get a green light on their projects they need to deal with the new power broker in town, or have they just decided to be good neighbors?
The November fight to throw Daly out on his ass will not be an easy one, but there are too many pissed off people in District 6 now (whom Daly has ignored during his entire term), including thousands of new homeowners…
“One might think he’s sold out his progressive roots and the machine politics he promised to fight,” said Rob Black, probably the best known of the dozen or so candidates challenging Daly in November.
Have I mentioned that I think you should get to know Rob Black instead?
And best of all, here’s the full list (PDF) of Chris Daly’s campaign contributors… Thanks to another D6 candidate, Matt Drake for the link.
Some interesting names I picked out of Daly’s contribution list…
Aaron Peskin
Jeff Adachi
Ross Mirkarimi
Carole Migden
Robert Haaland
Medea Benjamin
Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21
CR Construction Company
Channelside Development
SF Late Night Coalition
And while we’re at it, SFSOS has put a 22-page guide together (PDF), called The Case Against Chris Daly, on why Daly should be your enemy, too. (thanks to the San Francisco Sentinel for the link)
Daly talks the progressive talk, but he walks the monied walk [Examiner]
The Case Against Chris Daly [SFSOS]
Newsom endorses Rob Black for District 6 [SFHomeBlog]
SFist interviews Rob Black, candidate for D6 Supervisor [SFHomeBlog]
Rob Black for Supervisor [official site]
