{"id":1061,"date":"2009-02-25T12:30:54","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T20:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/25\/daly-alioto-pier-spar-over-appointments\/"},"modified":"2019-04-19T18:54:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T02:54:27","slug":"daly-alioto-pier-spar-over-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1061\/daly-alioto-pier-spar-over-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Daly, Alioto-Pier Spar Over Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>February 25, 2009<\/p>\n<p>Why would a supervisor whose district is directly impacted by an important transportation project not want to serve on the commission with jurisdiction over that project?<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s the question Supervisor Chris Daly raised yesterday during a meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors when District 2 Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier formerly requested withdrawal of her name for consideration of appointment to the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District (GGBD), a body that will oversee the Doyle Drive Replacement Project.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t until the Rules Committee meeting last week on a separate item that the Rules Committee, or at least it&rsquo;s chair, was made aware that Supervisor Alioto-Pier was not interested in serving on this item,&rdquo; Daly said.<\/p>\n<p>Daly alleged Alito-Pier&rsquo;s intent to withdraw her name from GGBD appointment consideration is to, instead, &ldquo;occupy&#8221; the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All of a sudden, it&rsquo;s incredibly messy,&rdquo; Daly said.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/bos_090224\/_w2w1933_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSupervisor Chris Daly<\/p>\n<p><!--more--> Asked what he believes is behind Alioto-Pier&rsquo;s motivation to serve on the BCDC, a state body that oversees coastal planning and development permits, Daly told Fog City Journal: &ldquo;That&rsquo;s where she can shake down developers for campaign contributions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Alioto-Pier strongly rejected Daly&rsquo;s assertion. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the most outrageous, outlandish statement ever,&rdquo; Alioto Pier told FCJ. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s totally unfounded.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s trying to get me on a committee I don&rsquo;t want to be on,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s one of the most childish, uncollegial and unprofessional things I&rsquo;ve seen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/bos_090224\/_w2w1956_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSupervisor Michela Alioto-Pier<\/p>\n<p>Rumors have long swirled Alioto-Pier will throw her hat into the 2011 mayor&rsquo;s race.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if she is considering a run for mayor, Alioto-Pier said, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know yet. I haven&rsquo;t made my mind up yet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Board approved the appointments of Supervisors Sean Elsbernd, Carmen Chu, and Bevan Dufty to the GGBD. Alioto-Pier&rsquo;s consideration for appointment was severed and sent back to committee on a 9-1 vote with Daly dissenting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Info<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldengate.org\/\">Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcdc.ca.gov\/\">San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120627081357\/http:\/\/www.sfcta.org:80\/content\/view\/275\/94\">Doyle Drive Replacement Project <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Luke Thomas February 25, 2009 Why would a supervisor whose district is directly impacted by an important transportation project not want to serve on the commission with jurisdiction over that project? 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