SFPO Pre-Empts Newsom’s “State of the City” AddressPaul Hogarthbyline‚ Nov. 01‚ 2006At last month’s annual convention of the San Francisco People’s Organization (SFPO), Board members released “State of the City: Style Over Substance,” a 17-page mid-term Report of Mayor Gavin Newsom that included detailed recommendations in five major policy areas. Last week, to coincide with the Mayor’s Annual State of the City address, SFPO sent out the Report to the press, hoping to get substantial media attention on the “progressive response” to the Mayor’s speech. But while Chronicle reporters were initially interested and even mentioned the Report in their initial coverage, the Chronicle editors weren’t interested in the other side of the story. |