Daly to Back Newsom for GovernorRandy Shawbyline‚ Apr. 01‚ 2008Nobody saw it coming when San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly told an April Fools Day breakfast meeting in the Mission’s Muddy Waters Coffee House that he was backing Gavin Newsom for Governor. Daly explained that despite his strong opposition to Newsom, he saw a great benefit to getting the mayor out of San Francisco in 2010 rather than at the end of his term in 2011. “The state legislature can keep Newsom under control in Sacramento,” said Daly, “and this move prevents him from another year of doing damage in San Francisco.” Some suspect Daly made his announcement to bolster Newsom’s prospects after Attorney General Jerry Brown stated last weekend that he was likely to run for Governor in 2010. |