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Doktor Zoom's avatar

Why is Library Bear a hipster doofus seeking coffee, even though this is a bill about schools? You'll have to ask Library Bear, man.

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John Thorstensen's avatar

I was in the Bay Area when Milk was killed. The back story was a RWNJ cop named Dan White had been elected to the city council, and then resigned, and then stewed about it until he became convinced that Mayor Moscone and Dan White had somehow done him dirt and pushed him out. So then he went down to City Hall and assassinated both of them.

Milk is remembered more than Moscone, because he was openly gay and the crime was clearly driven by anti-gay bias. But we shouldn't forget Moscone -- he was a wonderful man and a fine mayor. My uncle was a lawyer in SF at the time, a long-time Democratic activist and operator; he was a friend of Moscone's and thought very highly of him.

(My poor uncle was also a lifelong smoker, and died a few years later from multiple smoking-related diseases. Jesus, people, don't smoke if you can possibly avoid it.)

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