Zombies swarm San Francisco Mayor's Debate. Demand candidates with "Brains"

Manic Moran

That's it. Write off San Francisco.

Gavin Newsom is up for re-election. He's not a particularly popular mayor, but there's nobody really looking good to replace him either.

At the Mayoral debate, such as it was, there were a swarm of some 200 zombies shambling around.


It only got worse from there.

Challengers point finger at Newsom

Newsom didn't help his case by showing up late for the 90-minute forum
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"Is there an opening act or something?" asked Chicken John Rinaldi, a onetime bar owner who describes himself as a showman [That's his election name]
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Credit to him for at least showing up in traditional San Francisco attire.

“We’re not a city of Zombies, dead, we are a city of intelligent people, intelligent forethought,” candidate John Rinaldi, aka Chicken John, held forth.
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One candidate, Michael Powers, a sex club owner, strolled in nearly an hour late because he said he had misread his clock
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One challenger, a homeless cab driver who lives in his taxi, offered his solution: "I, Grasshopper Alec Kaplan, [Apparently, his real name] propose to deal with aggressive panhandling by encouraging people to just chill out," he said. "One way that we can do this is by total legalization of marijuana."
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George Davis, a self-described nudist activist, offered his suggestion for curbing violence in city: "Can you imagine being very angry but (being able) ... to go to Golden Gate Park on a sunny day and have the option of wearing clothes or not?"
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But Kaplan provided the most entertainment for the evening by twice removing his sneakers and sitting on stage in his stocking feet. At one point, when the conversation shifted to the topic of crime cameras, he put his forefinger and thumbs together and inverted them over his eyes to make makeshift goggles.
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As for the mayor's tardiness, his campaign spokesman insisted he wasn't really late.
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Prior to the event, the League of Women Voters sent a notice to all the candidates and warned them to comply with the library's code of conduct, which requires visitors to wear shoes and shirts and prohibits "offensive nakedness." Davis, the nudist, complied and wore an apron that featured a full frontal view of Michelangelo's David.

Obviously a city the rest of the world needs to take seriously and model themselves after.

NTM

Dirk Gently

somewhat related question,

Is there a reason why our Zombie friends aren't running themselves if they feel so agrieved, i.e. what are the minimum conditions in SF to run. Is there a minimum cash fund required before someone may become an official candidate, something that always disturbed me about presidential campaigns over there, ruling out those without big corporate sponsors.

Are there any rules as to equal t.v. and print promotion or is it big wallet = teh winner, no funds = who are ye anyway?