Daly Confronts Newsom for Bilking TaxpayersCasey Millsbyline‚ Oct. 22‚ 2004Supervisor Chris Daly scored a tentative political victory last night, forcing Mayor Gavin Newsom to withdraw his proposed $1.6 million corporate give-away to San Francisco Cycling, LLC. Newsom attempted to waive the cost of police services for the next four years for their annual T-Mobile International Bike Race, costing the City nearly $400,000 a year in the face of a projected city budget deficit of $130-230 million. |