Peskin Compromise Protects Muni ReformPaul Hogarthbyline‚ Aug. 09‚ 2007Whatever you say about Supervisor Aaron Peskin being a “deal-maker,” you gotta admit that he played the parking issue brilliantly. San Francisco could have passed a dangerous Downtown Parking Initiative this November, making us a whiter, wealthier traffic-jammed suburb with gas-guzzling S.U.V.’s and no regard for global warming. So Peskin added a provision to his Muni Reform measure that if voters approve will completely overrule the Downtown Parking Initiative. Now Don Fisher realizes that his Parking Initiative is dead, and has promised Peskin not to actively campaign for it – nor to oppose the Muni Reform measure. In exchange, Peskin has offered to submit a modest piece of legislation that may be put on the ballot in February. |