Boycott San Francisco
Say no more.
San Francisco Board of “Supervisors” has voted against the USS Iowa from berthing in the Bay as a museum. It’s beyond a rejection of military, it’s a rejection of American history.
Even Sen. Dianne Feinstein can’t believe it.
S.F. Chronicle reports: “Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a former mayor of San Francisco, blasted the city’s Board of Supervisors for its 8-3 vote against a resolution supporting a bid to move the historic battleship Iowa to the city as a floating museum.
“This isn’t the San Francisco that I’ve known and loved and grew up in and was born in,” Feinstein said Wednesday in Washington.“I was very surprised,” added the senator, who served as mayor from 1978 to 1989 after eight years as a supervisor.”
Welcome to the jungle. Just a sign of how low the City has sunken.
“Referring to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and efforts to defend the country against possible terrorist attacks, she added, “I thought that in view of what’s going on and in view of the loss of lives of our men and women, it was a very petty decision.”
Indeed.
“The supervisors’ Tuesday action made it much more difficult for those working to bring the 887-foot-long, 45,000-ton Iowa to San Francisco, said Feinstein. The senator secured $3 million several years ago to move the decommissioned ship to California. It is now moored in Suisun Bay, amid a fleet of other old Navy vessels.
Supervisors said their rejection of the Iowa resolution stemmed from a variety of factors. Some criticized the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy against service by gays and lesbians.
Others said San Francisco, a bastion of anti-war sentiment, doesn’t want another military museum. Lukewarm support from Mayor Gavin Newsom and the Port of San Francisco left them worried the city might be getting into a financial hole it can’t afford.
Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, who voted against the resolution, reacted to Feinstein’s criticism by saying, “She’s entitled to her opinions. But I don’t think they reflect the sentiments of a majority of San Franciscans … (who) don’t want to see a warship docked here.”
Screw you, Peskin. Not that anyone was asked.
It’s a disgrace.
(Hattip: Michelle Malkin)
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UPDATE: (8/21)
Native son, MontereyJohn, questions his love for San Francisco.
July 14th, 2005 at 8:22 am
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July 14th, 2005 at 10:50 am
I gotta call BS on LadyDiFi on this one. As I recall she was …uhm, less than supportive of the military even insofar as Fleet Week went during her tenure… Not to mention business, so I won’t.
July 14th, 2005 at 11:43 am
I thought the most illuminating quote was one of the supervisors dismissing it as “some military honor thing.” Yes … for the veterans of WW2 and the Cold War era. Can’t they separate their opposition to Iraq from that (answer: no). We have more thoughts this pettiness at Independent Sources.
July 14th, 2005 at 1:52 pm
San Francisco is an embarrassment to all of us who care about conservative values. We already do boycott it as we don’t like that much about it anymore.
July 14th, 2005 at 2:55 pm
“What is naval tradition? It is all rum, sodomy, and the lash.”
July 15th, 2005 at 6:55 am
We are tight up there with you on the boycott - the gals from EIMC!
July 17th, 2005 at 12:32 pm
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