Submitted by Richard Prins (not verified) on Fri, 06/22/2007 - 3:02am.
Your comment that Gioa would make a good mayoral candidate in 2013 is actually quite disconcerting. The public advocate's office could be an incredible boon for the city if it wasn't treated as a stepping-stone to the mayoralty, and a sinecure at that, for well-connected incompetents like Betsy Gotbaum or telegenic nebbishes like Eric Gioia to occupy while they position themselves for further political grandeur.
The public advocate's office begs for a political outsider. If we had elected Norman Siegel in 01, or 05 for that matter, we would be a much better city today for it. I only pray we have the wisdom to take the office seriously for the unique and important position it SHOULD BE.
