Why I Didn’t RunTommi Avicolli Meccabyline‚ Sep. 07‚ 2006I didn’t run for supervisor in District 8 because in the end my heart just wasn’t in it. I’ve always been more of an outside agitator than an inside kind of guy. That should come as a surprise to no one. Months of speculation about whether I would oppose Bevan Dufty ended with a whimper not a bang. I didn’t hold a press conference. Perhaps I should have. So it was curious to me when I read in Randy Shaw’s op ed in Beyondchron (“Reformers Happily Join the San Francisco Democratic Party Machine,” Sep. 05): “Some conjectured that Dufty had gotten something in return for endorsing (activist Robert) Haaland (for supe in D5 two years ago). There’s no way to verify this, but no prominent gay or lesbian candidate ever made a serious move to run against Dufty in District 8.” |