Magajin gari Willie Brown kwanan nan ya ba da ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun fedoras ɗinsa na ɗan lokaci
capsule wanda zai nuna makomar San Franciscan yadda garinsu ya kasance
a shekara ta 2000. Mai yiwuwa karimcin magajin gari ya haifar da jin haka
ba shi da irin wannan bukatu mai girma ga zaɓaɓɓen chapeaus tun lokacin da masu jefa ƙuri'a suka mika
shi shugabansa a zagaye na biyu na hukumar kula da harkokin gundumar farko na birnin
zabe a cikin shekaru ashirin. Duk da fa'idodin kuɗi na iya siya,
'Yan takara masu goyon bayan Brown sun yi nasara amma biyu daga cikin kujeru goma sha daya a sabuwar hukumar.
yayin da wadanda ke samun goyon bayan shugaban hukumar Tom Ammiano suka samu nasara bakwai.
Ko da yake an daidaita jinsi biyu ne kawai a wasannin share fage na ranar 7 ga Nuwamba — masu goyon bayan Brown
Gavin Newsom mai ci ya yi takara ba tare da hamayya ba kuma Ammiano ya samu kashi 69 cikin XNUMX
Masu kalubalanci 4 ciki har da wanda magajin gari ya goyi bayan- ya riga ya bayyana
cewa abubuwa za su bambanta sosai a sabon allon.
Saboda dokar da ta baiwa shugaban karamar hukuma damar cike gurabe, mambobin kungiyar biyar
Tsohuwar hukumar sun fara samun kujerunsu ta hanyar nadi da Brown ya yi. Su gabaɗaya
bai manta wanda ya kawo su wurin rawa ba, ko da ya taba nuni
Yawancin su a matsayin "pantywaists." A sakamakon haka Ammi-ano akai-akai rauni
har zuwa a takaice na takwas zuwa uku kuri'u, kuma a kan manyan batutuwa shi ne ko dai
tilasta wa masu jefa kuri'a kai tsaye ta hanyar shiri, kamar yadda lamarin ya kasance
shawararsa (ya yi nasara, amma a halin yanzu yana ɗaure a kotu) don kawo ƙarshen aikin
na caji sau biyu ta bankuna don ma'amalar ATM, ko tattara sa hannun
don zuwa katin jefa ƙuri'a kuma ta haka ne a tilasta sasantawa, kamar yadda ya faru da
dokar albashin rayuwa na birni.
Amma duk da haka, magajin gari ya bayyana yana cikin kyakkyawan tsari bayan zagaye na farko
zabe. Daya daga cikin wadanda aka nada -Newsom - ya yi nasara, wani kuma kawai bai samu nasara ba
kuri'u biyar, kuma gaba daya 'yan takararsa sun yi nasara ko sun kai ga wasan karshe a
gundumomi tara kuma sun jagoranci biyar. Shi da abokansa masu kyau za su samu
makudan kudaden da za a kashe a cikin makonni biyar masu zuwa. Duk da haka, wasu daga cikinsu
kashe kudi ya zama abin kunya. Ƙungiyoyin kusa da magajin gari sun bayar
jam'iyyun kyauta, motocin kebul na kebul, pizza, kukis, da Teletubbies
da Robo-Dino alkalumman ayyukan da yara ga masu jefa ƙuri'a waɗanda za su jefa nasu
kuri'u kafin ranar zabe, kamar yadda aka yarda a California.
Ga masu tada kayar bayan San Francisco, zaben fidda gwani na ranar 12 ga Disamba ya tabbatar
ya zama abin kunyar arziki. A daya daga cikin gundumomin da aka yi niyya
kyautar masu jefa ƙuri'a, ɗan takarar Brown, tsohuwar kwamishiniyar tsare-tsare Linda
Richardson, ya rike kashi 33-21 bisa dari na farko akan ma'aikacin lantarki
Sophie Maxwell. Zuwa wa'adin ƙarshe na rahoton kuɗin yaƙin neman zaɓe,
Richardson kuma ya zama mai cin gajiyar $314,042 a cikin “kudi mai laushi” — kashe kuɗi
sanya a madadin dan takara ta kwamitocin da ba a karkashin ikon dan takarar-da
mafi girma duka a cikin birni. Maxwell, wanda Ammiano ya amince da shi a cikin
karshe, babu ko daya, amma duk da haka an zabe shi da kashi 56-44 bisa dari.
Amos Brown, ministan da Willie Brown ya nada a hukumar (babu wata alaka)
ya rasa tazarar maki 62-38 a gundumar da ya koma ta hanyar korar dattijo
dan haya daga gidan da ya mallaka. Wani wanda aka nada Brown, Michael Yaki, a
Tsohuwar mataimakiyar 'yar majalisar wakilai Nancy Pelosi, ta kasance kamar ba ta da tushe. Bayan
jagoranci a zagaye na farko, Yankunan op-ed Yaki a cikin New York Times
ya bayyana yana nuna damuwa mafi girma game da tattaunawar komawa Washington,
DC fiye da zuwa Hall Hall na San Francisco. Ya bata. Mai goyan bayan Brown kawai
Dan takarar da ya lashe zaben fidda gwani, Mark Leno, wanda bai dade da samun nasara ba a zaben
zagayen farko, ya samu kasa da kashi 52 cikin dari.
Gaba ɗaya, yana da wuya a ce a cikin tseren wanne ya fi ban mamaki,
amma zaben Matt Gonzalez tabbas dan takara ne. Mataimakin jama'a
mai tsaron baya ya yi kyau sosai a zagayen farko, wanda ya jagoranci dan takarar Brown,
Mamban Hukumar Makarantar Juanita Owens, da kashi 44-28. Amma a da
ya canza rajista zuwa Green. Wasu sun ce ba jira ba
yi wannan canjin har sai bayan zaben karshe ya zama shaida na mutumin
fatan mutuwa ta siyasa. An zabe shi da rata 66-34.
Tabbas Tom Ammiano's ya ƙarfafa siyasar hagu ta San Francisco
gagarumin yakin neman zaben magajin gari na 1999. Ko da yake a karshe ya yi rashin nasara
wannan tseren ta hanyar 60-40, gaskiyar cewa ya sanya ta zuwa wasan karshe ta
tattara kashi 25 cikin XNUMX na kuri'un farko na rubutawa
kuri'u sun yi nisa wajen sauya siyasar birnin daga a
mai kallo zuwa wasan motsa jiki.
Shekaru biyun da suka gabata na tashin hankalin zabe ya samo asali ne daga wani abu mai zurfi—a
da yawa imani cewa yayin da birnin ya cika da ɗigo com kudi,
ga mutane da yawa, idan ba yawancin mazauna ba, wannan yana nufin kaɗan fiye da haɓaka
tsadar gidaje wanda a ƙarshe zai tilasta musu barin wadatarsu
birni. Wannan imani ne, tare da fahimtar cewa girman kai
na magajin gari da 'yan kasuwa sun wuce duk abin da ya dace
iyakoki, wanda ya ba San Francisco sabon salo mai ban mamaki a Hall Hall.
San Francisco na iya fara fahimtar damar siyasa. Yayin
Hagu na siyasa bai kai jimlar sassanta a duk faɗin Amurka ba,
a 'yan wurare wannan ya fi a nan. An yarda da cewa
1978 kisan magajin gari George Moscone da Supervisor Harvey Milk da tsohon
Sufeto Dan White ya kasance mai alhakin yanke shawarar masu jefa kuri'a
don kawo karshen gwajin birnin a zabukan gundumomi bayan wa'adi biyu kacal.
Amma yayin da gabaɗaya wauta ce don sanin halin ɗabi'a, yana da alama
da wuya a musanta cewa bala'in na iya haifar da kunya ta siyasa
daga inda birnin ya fara fitowa yanzu.
Tabbas, zai zama kuskure don siffanta sabon rinjaye akan
Hukumar Kulawa a matsayin daya daga cikin hagu, kuma ba a bayyana ba
Membobin da za a iya kiran su da sunan hagu koyaushe za su yarda.
Misali, ɗaya daga cikin sabbin zaɓaɓɓu na hagu yana ɗokin zartar da sabon
jinginar gidaje, yayin da wani ya nuna adawa da haɗin ɗakin karatu na kwanan nan. Bayan haka, shi
muhawara ce ta halal ko amfani da shaidu yana wakiltar kawai samuwa
hanyoyin samar da kuɗaɗen gine-gine masu amfani ga galibin birni
mazauna ko kuma ya zama canjin kuɗin shiga zuwa sama-ko duka biyun.
Duk da haka akwai dalilai masu yawa na fatan cewa sabuwar Hukumar za ta sauƙaƙe
na tsakiya manufofin hagu-a gaskiya yaki a kan al'amurran da suka shafi, free of
rinjaye mamaye tsabar kudi na kamfanoni. Ammiano ya ba da shawarar ɗaukar ikon
don cike guraben hukumar daga wannan da duk wani magajin gari na gaba da bayarwa
shi ga masu jefa kuri'a; wata hukumar birnin ta ba da shawarar barin masu jefa kuri'a su yanke shawara
ko za a kafa gundumar kayan aiki na karamar hukuma don karbar mulki
rarraba daga Pacific Gas da Electric, wani mataki da aka toshe a bara duk da
shigar da sa hannun da ake bukata. Wannan sabon hukumar zai yi kama
don barin ra'ayoyin biyu su ci gaba.
Ee, sabon zababben Sufeto Gerardo Sandoval ya gaya wa Willie Brown cewa
yana iya zama kyakkyawan ra'ayi idan gaisuwar da aka kaset ga baƙi a sabuwar ƙasa
m a San Francisco Airport ya zo daga masu kulawa kamar yadda
haka kuma mai unguwa. Magajin garin ya ce zai yi la’akari da hakan.
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Tom Gallagher ɗan gwagwarmaya ne na dogon lokaci kuma marubuci mai zaman kansa.