{"id":1220,"date":"2009-05-07T12:04:58","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T20:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/07\/stay-tuned-tourk-it-up-a-notch\/"},"modified":"2020-02-11T08:37:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T16:37:53","slug":"stay-tuned-tourk-it-up-a-notch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1220\/stay-tuned-tourk-it-up-a-notch\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Tuned: Tourk It Up a Notch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/USPS_propj_BOS_090505\/_w2w7597_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nTourking it up a notch, hired gun Alex Tourk rubs shoulders<br \/>\nwith the new Billy Whiz kid on the block, BOS Prez David Chiu,<br \/>\nfollowing Chiu&#8217;s soliloquy to the building tradesters Tuesday.<br \/>\n<strong>Photos by Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/hjohnson\/\">Hope Johnson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May 7, 2009<\/p>\n<p>After several weeks of <em>constructing<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1195\/stay-tuned-united-we-stand-divided-we-lunch\/\">loud and confusing<\/a> noise, the San Francisco Building Construction and Trade Council (BCT) held a rally in front of City Hall Tuesday to announce they&#8217;ve finally decided exactly why they&#8217;re upset.<\/p>\n<p>To turn up the political spin on this previously unfocused anger, they&#8217;ve hired Mayor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s former Deputy Chief of Staff turned publicist Alex Tourk.<\/p>\n<p>BCT Secretary-Treasurer Michael Theriault now firmly states labor leaders are pretty steamed over the passage of Proposition J.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/USPS_propj_BOS_090505\/_w2w7519_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nMichael Theriault: Friends, San Franciscans, tradesmen, lend me your ears.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--> No, no, you haven&#8217;t missed the special election.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s not until May 19.<\/p>\n<p>Voters approved this Prop J all the way back in November.\u00c2\u00a0 It creates the Historic Preservation Commission that oversees the designation of property as historic in San Francisco.\u00c2\u00a0 According to Theriault, labor leaders believe proposed changes to the language in the planning code under Prop J will prevent creation of future construction jobs.<\/p>\n<p>BCT&#8217;s claims against Prop J, their new business association with Tourk, and continued media propaganda all add to the mounting evidence that political opponents of the Progressive majority on the Board of Supervisors are upset over the power shift away from moneyed interests that occurred in last November&#8217;s elections.<\/p>\n<p>Construction workers related stories of unemployment hardships at the rally.\u00c2\u00a0 However, just as it was misleading for the Bush administration to continuously pair Saddam Hussein with terrorist attacks in New York, it&#8217;s purposefully misleading for labor leaders to associate current unemployment with historic protection provisions under Prop J.\u00c2\u00a0 The ongoing nationwide economic crisis has brought construction to a standstill all over the State, from the East Bay to Orange County, municipalities with and without historic preservation statutes in place.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative moderates in San Francisco have good reason for wanting to damage the reputations of Progressives Peskin and Daly, whose endorsements of candidates in upcoming district and mayoral elections will be influential.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Bay Area Reporter<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebar.com\/news\/article.php?sec=news&amp;article=3899\">suggests<\/a> today that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1063\/alix-rosenthal-district-8-envelope-please\/\">Laura Spanijian<\/a>, conservative moderate supervisorial candidate for District 8, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1196\/politics-as-usual-defeats-daly-in-race-for-region-4-director\/\">voted<\/a> for Daly over moderate August Longo for Regional Director for just this reason.<\/p>\n<p>The Chron&#8217;s C.W. Nevius did his best to contribute to discrediting Peskin by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2009\/05\/05\/BAMC17E7BS.DTL&amp;hw=nevius&amp;sn=002&amp;sc=424\">announcing<\/a> Board President David Chiu, and well-known progressive Planning Commissioner Christina Olague, would speak at BCT&#8217;s rally, emphasizing both were either endorsed or appointed by Peskin and leaving the impression both may break solidarity with Progressives.\u00c2\u00a0 Nevius <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/blogs\/cityinsider\/detail?entry_id=39646\">followed up<\/a> but made no mention of the fact both Chiu and Olague spoke out at the rally against the smear campaign on Peskin and Daly.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/USPS_propj_BOS_090505\/_w2w7601_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nC.W. Nevius reluctantly shakes Chiu&#8217;s hand while Larry Mazzola Jr.<br \/>\nprepares to discard a Supervisor Chris Daly pro-union leaflet.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/USPS_propj_BOS_090505\/_w2w7584_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nBoard Prez David Chiu demonstrates a sublime ability<br \/>\nto use reason over hyperbole.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/USPS_propj_BOS_090505\/_w2w7561_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nPlanning Commissioner Christine Olague,<br \/>\nwho recently converted from Green to Dem,<br \/>\ndefends Daly and Peskin&#8217;s record of labor support<br \/>\nbut shares Theriault&#8217;s Prop J concerns.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/USPS_propj_BOS_090505\/_w2w7602_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s looking at you, kid.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, well, the Chron isn&#8217;t so good at propaganda anyway.\u00c2\u00a0 Nevius <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2009\/05\/05\/BAMC17E7BS.DTL&amp;hw=nevius&amp;sn=002&amp;sc=424\">states<\/a>, &#8220;Everyone keeps saying the tiff between labor and the far left is much ado about nothing,&#8221; even though his colleague Willie Brown <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2009\/04\/26\/BAF9178KTM.DTL&amp;hw=willie+brown&amp;sn=009&amp;sc=167\">claimed<\/a> the opposite just a few days prior.<\/p>\n<p>No wonder Theriault alleges it was the media who &#8220;garbled&#8221; the message of labor leaders at BCT&#8217;s rally at the Democratic Party&#8217;s Unity luncheon last month.\u00c2\u00a0 On the other hand, BCT itself failed to make clear on its own intent.\u00c2\u00a0 Check out FCJ&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vimeo.com\/4380286\">video<\/a> of Daly with the union members outside the luncheon.\u00c2\u00a0 Signs demand the resignation of Daly and Peskin but no mention is made of Prop J.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the BCT may have put Tourk on the payroll just in time.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2009\/05\/05\/ED4417D2HD.DTL&amp;hw=nevius&amp;sn=005&amp;sc=199\">Letters<\/a> to the editor, Chron <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2009\/05\/06\/ED0K17F81B.DTL&amp;hw=nevius&amp;sn=003&amp;sc=337\">writers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/sfciviccenter.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/historic-preservation-vs-trade-unions.html\">bloggers<\/a> are not buying the Prop J stole our jobs <em>construction<\/em>, and labor leaders may eventually need Tourk to clean up their own image with union members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recurrent Energy&#8217;s photovoltaic deal needs one taxpayer protection amendment <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Board of Supervisors passed the first reading of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1212\/recurrent-dilemmas-at-the-sunset-reservoir\/\">controversial<\/a> contract Tuesday with Recurrent Energy to install and operate a solar plant on the Sunset Reservoir.\u00c2\u00a0 One of several concerns raised includes the City&#8217;s buyout option at years seven and fifteen.\u00c2\u00a0 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi put his best foot forward to amend the legislation to cap Recurrent&#8217;s profit on a buyout, but Supervisor Eric Mar, departing with his Progressive colleagues, seemed more persuaded by Sierra Club John Rizzo&#8217;s singular climate change interests, rather than protecting taxpayers from potentially getting gouged.<\/p>\n<p>Noone we&#8217;ve talked to wants to scuttle the deal, but an amendment may still be possible to set in stone how much profit Recurrent Energy will be able to realize when the City chooses to exercise its buyout option.\u00c2\u00a0 As it stands now, &#8220;fair market value&#8221; could mean anything.<\/p>\n<p>FCJ spoke with Supervisor Mar yesterday who said he is willing to support a mutually agreeable buyout cap amendment. But, he warned, time is running out fast before next Tuesday&#8217;s second reading.<\/p>\n<p>As an aside, it will be interesting to see how quickly gubernatorial hopeful Gavin Newsom Tweets this project as one of his questionable achievements.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun Fact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FCJ highly recommends the theatrical stage comedy <em>Stale Magnolias<\/em> currently at Glama-Rama in the Mission.\u00c2\u00a0 Read FCJ&#8217;s review, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/04\/stale-magnolias-in-rectal-texas\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Luke Thomas contributed to this article. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourking it up a notch, hired gun Alex Tourk rubs shoulders with the new Billy Whiz kid on the block, BOS Prez David Chiu, following Chiu&#8217;s soliloquy to the building tradesters Tuesday. 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