Quintin Mecke. File photo by Luke Thomas.
By Luke Thomas
June 29, 2012
Citing a change in circumstances, Quintin Mecke, the former aide to Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, today withdrew his candidacy in the race for District 5 Supervisor.
“Unfortunately, due to an unanticipated change in circumstances with my family, I have decided to withdraw from the District 5 race for Supervisor this November,” Mecke relayed via email. “While I had hoped to focus all my energy into the race this fall, I realized that with recent events that I would be unable to move forward with the commitment that is needed to run a successful campaign over the next 4 months.”
“We will be wrapping things up on the campaign in the coming days and I want to sincerely thank all of the friends, volunteers, endorsers and donors who have supported my campaign, we would not have gotten this far without you.
“I look forward to working closely with you in the future to ensure that District 5 and the city of San Francisco continues to be a leader for independent, progressive politics.”
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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July 3, 2012 at 10:01 am
The “nuances of bike policy”? It’s nothing but anti-carism, “taking space from cars,” as Andy Thornley put it. Mecke didn’t deviate at all from the Bicycle Coalition’s line a bit, but there are plenty of other groupthink progressives in the D5 race to carry that banner.
http://district5diary.blogspot.com/2007/10/quintin-mecke-roboprog.html
July 2, 2012 at 2:06 pm
This is a sad day for San Francisco cyclists, as Quintin is one of the few political cyclists who actually gets the intricacies and nuances of bike policy.
June 30, 2012 at 12:09 pm
I look forward to Mr Mecke’s future contributions to our city. He is a talented person with good values, and I wish him and his family the best.