{"id":2393,"date":"2010-10-06T12:13:57","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T20:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2017-09-21T17:45:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T01:45:29","slug":"sfbg-to-post-meko-sitlie-position-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2393\/sfbg-to-post-meko-sitlie-position-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"SFBG to Post Meko Sit\/Lie Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2010\/06\/w2w0750_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entertainment Commissioner Jim Meko.  Photo by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>October 6, 2010<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco Bay Guardian Editor Tim Redmond will post a correction and a mea culpa after <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150923024436\/http:\/\/www.sfbg.com\/2010\/10\/05\/endorsements-2010-san-francisco-candidates?page=0,2\">falsely stating<\/a> in its current print issue and on its website that candidate for District 6 Supervisor, Jim Meko, supports Proposition L, a controversial Sit\/Lie measure on the November ballot.<\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s long-anticipated endorsements issue, the SFBG states, &#8220;Jim Meko, a longtime neighborhood and community activist, has good credentials and some solid ideas. He was a key player in the western SoMa planning project and helped come up with a truly progressive land-use program for the neighborhood. But he supports sit-lie and is awfully cranky about local bars and nightlife.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Meko is opposed to the Sit\/Lie measure.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2010\/06\/dsc_7384_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">D6 candidate positions posted during the D6 SFYD debate in June.  Photo by Michael J. Costa.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;How can they ever make up for a misrepresentation of such a key  progressive position now that it&#8217;s already in the hands of tens of  thousands of their readers?&#8221; Meko said. &#8220;With a little correction next week? I don&#8217;t  think so. They&#8217;ve trivialized the whole ranked choice process with their  sloppy reporting and dealt my campaign a serious blow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Responding to FCJ inquiry, Redmond said, &#8220;I just put a correction in the file. It&#8217;s our error. I will also correct it in the paper this week, add it to the comments and I am sending an apology to Meko right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Redmond said Meko&#8217;s position on Sit\/Lie was not a factor in considering its D6 endorsements. &#8220;It was only one factor and wouldn&#8217;t have changed our endorsement,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Building Inspections Commissioner Debra Walker, School Board President  Jane Kim and Glendon &#8220;Anna Conda&#8221; Hyde received the SFBG&#8217;s respective 1-2-3  ranked choice endorsement in the race to succeed termed out Supervisor Chris Daly.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: Luke Thomas is a resident   and voter in District 6. 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