{"id":2444,"date":"2010-10-26T21:58:57","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T05:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2010-10-26T22:29:31","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T06:29:31","slug":"daly-honors-public-comment-man-walter-paulson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2444\/daly-honors-public-comment-man-walter-paulson\/","title":{"rendered":"Daly honors Public Comment Man, Walter Paulson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/h-J3uL1iRQ0?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/h-J3uL1iRQ0?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><BR>Supervisor Chris Daly honors Walter Paulson in song during commendations during today&#8217;s weekly Board of Supervisors meeting.<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>October 26, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Termed out District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly did the unthinkable today during the weekly Board of Supervisors meeting.  The oft-unabashed, activist legislator known for his f-bombs and wily rhetoric, sang a duet &#8211; an adaption of Piano Man no less &#8211; with the man he was honoring during commendations, public comment maestro, Walter Paulson.<\/p>\n<p>And in tune (for the most part).<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Paulson, who is known affectionately as the &#8220;American Idol of public comment,&#8221; is a regular fixture at City Hall public meetings, generously entertaining attendees and waking the half-asleep with his crooning and political adaptions of popular songs.  He&#8217;s also an avid collector and proud owner of a Mayor Gavin Newsom bobble-head doll.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos\/super_tueday_election_day_080205\/html\/mw2w3673_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walter Paulson with a Gavin Newsom bobble-head doll, circa February, 2008.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cToday I am going to honor one of my favorite characters and that\u2019s Walter Paulson,&#8221; Daly said. \u201cWalter is a native San Franciscan. He\u2019s a tenant just down the street at the Civic Center Residence, and he\u2019s actually been honored by this Board before for his efforts as a forty-two time special Olympian.  Of course, we know Walter better for his work here with the Bay Guardian\u2019s winner for Best of City Hall Crooner, and this may be the only fitting way for me to honor him today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>True to form, the lyrics Daly adapted for <em>Public Comment Man<\/em> contained a few light-hearted jabs at several of his colleagues on the Board including Supervisors Sean Elsbernd, Bevan Dufty, Eric Mar and Board President David Chiu:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Comment Man<\/strong><br \/>\n(Lyrics by Chris Daly)<\/p>\n<p>CHRIS:<br \/>\nIt\u2019s two o\u2019clock on a Tuesday<br \/>\nThe regular crowd shuffles in<br \/>\nCampos and Avalos are standing next to me<br \/>\nHoping their legislation will win.<\/p>\n<p>They say, \u201cChris, can you talk to Mirkarimi<br \/>\nWe\u2019re not really sure we\u2019ve got the votes<br \/>\nBut this ordinance is sweet and you know it\u2019s complete<br \/>\nWe\u2019ve got downtown by their throats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh, la la la, di da da<br \/>\nLa la, di da da da dum<\/p>\n<p>Chorus (CHRIS):<br \/>\nSing us a song you&#8217;re public comment man<br \/>\nSing us a song tonight<br \/>\nWell we&#8217;re all in the mood for a melody<br \/>\nAnd you got us all feeling all right!<\/p>\n<p>WALTER:<br \/>\nNow Deputy Doug is a friend of mine<br \/>\nHe saves a spot on line for me<br \/>\nAnd he\u2019s quick with a joke; Axis fills the room up with smoke<br \/>\nBut on a bigger stage we both should be.<\/p>\n<p>He says, \u201cWalter, you\u2019re a local celebrity.\u201d<br \/>\nAs a smile fills up his face<br \/>\n\u201cWell we\u2019re both City Hall superstars<br \/>\nWe\u2019ve got the run of this place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh, la la la, di da da<br \/>\nLa la, di da da da dum<\/p>\n<p>CHRIS:<br \/>\nNow Sean is a real estate apologist<br \/>\nWho\u2019s now with kid and a wife<br \/>\nAnd he&#8217;s talkin&#8217; with Bevan, who&#8217;s campaign ain\u2019t revvin\u2019<br \/>\nAnd probably won\u2019t be for life.<\/p>\n<p>And David Chiu is testing the politics<br \/>\nAs the agenda slowly winds on<br \/>\nEric Mar is posting to Facebook<br \/>\nMulti-tasking is better than none.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus (CHRIS and WALTER):<br \/>\nSing us a song you&#8217;re public comment man<br \/>\nSing us a song tonight<br \/>\nWell we&#8217;re all in the mood for a melody<br \/>\nAnd you got us all feeling all right!<\/p>\n<p>WALTER:<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a pretty good crowd for a Tuesday<br \/>\nAnd the Clerk, she gives me a smile<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause she knows that it&#8217;s me they&#8217;ve been waiting to see<br \/>\nTo forget about the meeting for awhile.<\/p>\n<p>And Abdullah sounds like a thunderclap<br \/>\nAnd the Jesus guy smells of pure fear<br \/>\nAs they fill up the place, Supervisors stare into space<br \/>\nAnd say, \u201cWalter, thank goodness you\u2019re here!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, la la la, di da da<br \/>\nLa la, di da da da dum<\/p>\n<p>Chorus (CHRIS and WALTER):<br \/>\nSing us a song you&#8217;re public comment man<br \/>\nSing us a song tonight<br \/>\nWell we&#8217;re all in the mood for a melody<br \/>\nAnd you got us all feeling all right!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outgoing District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly did the unthinkable today during the weekly Board of Supervisors meeting. The oft-unabashed, activist legislator known for his f-bombs and wily rhetoric, sang a duet &#8211; an adaption of Piano Man no less &#8211; with the man he was honoring during commendations, public comment maestro, Walter Paulson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Daly honors Public Comment Man, Walter Paulson  - Fog City Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2444\/daly-honors-public-comment-man-walter-paulson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Daly honors Public Comment Man, Walter Paulson  - Fog City Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Outgoing District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly did the unthinkable today during the weekly Board of Supervisors meeting. 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