By Luke Thomas
April 10, 2008
It’s all about the money, honey
Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin yesterday fired off a scathing criticism of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s “we” decision to alter the torch route and cancel the closing ceremonies at Justin Herman Plaza.
“Gavin Newsom runs San Francisco the way the premier of China runs his country — secrecy, lies, misinformation, lack of transparency, and manipulating the populace,” Peskin told the San Francisco Chronicle. “He misled supporters and opponents of the run.”
“People brought their families and their children, and he hatched a cynical plan to please the Bush state department and the Chinese government because of the incredible influence of money.
“He did it so China can report they had a great torch run. It’s the worst kind of government – government by deceit and misinformation,” Peskin said.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin
Photo by Luke Thomas
Meanwhile, reliable sources tell Fog City Journal that Chinese consular officials were involved in the “we” decision made to alter the torch route and cancel the closing ceremonies at Justin Herman Plaza.
Olympics in “crisis” over torch chaos
Today the AP is reporting, “IOC president Jacques Rogge said Thursday the turmoil surrounding the Beijing torch relay and the politically charged buildup to the Summer Games posed a ‘crisis’ for the Olympic movement.”
“It is a crisis, there is no doubt about that,” Rogge said.
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is a former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, have published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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