Fisher-Alioto-Pier-Chronicle War on PeskinRandy Shawbyline‚ Nov. 14‚ 2007In recent weeks, the San Francisco Chronicle has slammed Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin for a variety of alleged ethical violations. Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier has been the main source of these charges, and is also the Board’s leading recipient of Fisher family campaign money. Gap CEO Don Fisher made his largest local campaign donation ever in his losing effort to pass Prop H and defeat Prop A, losing both contests to campaigns led by Peskin. The San Francisco Chronicle is a longtime ally of Fisher, and the paper did its best to help Fisher by opposing Prop A. Editorial Page Editor John Diaz even wrote a personal defense of Fisher’s opposition to the initiative. The Chronicle also wrote a pre-election article attacking Peskin for accepting Prop A donations from Clear Channel Billboards while voting to give them a new contract, an action that violated no ethics laws. Fisher, Alioto-Pier and the Chronicle have decided to make Peskin pay dearly for his successful effort to improve the city’s public transit system, hoping that they can destroy his effectiveness during his last year in office. |