Out of Step with the City

I’ve been out of touch with AptOnPost for a while. BUT, I’ve been traveling so I hope you can understand.

The election came and went. David Binder called the results, “proof that we (San Franciscans) live in a progressive city.”

Sigh.

See, I’m all for impeaching the president. I’m all for affordable housing. I’m even for taxing the rich to give to the poor. No big revelations here, right? Pretty basic stuff. But I’m tired of walking outside my condo in District 6 and seeing people hustling drugs, peeing on the sidewalk, and all strung out yelling at themselves (all this with kids walking by!). We seriously don’t need that shit and this is not an acceptable status quo.

So to do something about this, I thought I’d vote for this year’s challenger and not the incumbent. Well, according to the incumbent and his team, my vote was a tool for the Republican Party. Huh? According to the incumbent, I was pro-big business and not progressive enough. Ok, I guess?

Well, I do support giving underserved youth and their families jobs that pay a living wage (pro big-business?) and not catering to the demands of special interest groups that move the political debate from violence in the community to dog parks in the neighborhood (not progressive enough?).

I call bullshit on all this rhetoric and say a sarcastic thank you to the winners for alienating me ala GOP tactics (e.g., “Why do you hate America so much?”).

My point is that I, once again, sided with the losing candidates, initiatives, and general consensus of San Francisco. I am officially out of step with this city, even though I’m a liberal democrat, minority, and anti-war. Jeez, what does a guy have to do to make a change? Conform?