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Candidate for District 6 Supervisor Jim Meko (center) has won support for his campaign from Public Defender Jeff Adachi and former Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez. Photos by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

October 31, 2010<\/p>\n

With just hours before voters go to the polls to cast their ballots on Tuesday, candidate for District 6 Supervisor Jim Meko received an eleventh-hour boost to his campaign Saturday with two non-official endorsements of his candidacy from Public Defender Jeff Adachi and former Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

Meko, who is running in a close, competitive race with School Board President Jane Kim, Human Rights Commission Executive Director Theresa Sparks and Building Inspections Commissioner Debra Walker,\u00a0 is the only progressive candidate in the D6 race that supports Proposition B, a controversial pension and healthcare reform measure on the November ballot that aims to rein in unsustainable pension and healthcare costs projected to exceed $1 billion by 2016.<\/p>\n

The measure, dubbed \u201cSF Smart Reform,\u201d is sponsored by Adachi and supported by Gonzalez as well as former Mayor Willie Brown.<\/p>\n

Labor groups and virtually the entire political establishment are opposed to the measure on the grounds that it is inequitable, that it unfairly doubles city employees\u2019 dependent healthcare insurance contributions.<\/p>\n

If it passes, Prop B is expected to face an immediate legal challenge from labor groups, FCJ can affirm. A legal challenge could tie up the measure\u2019s implementation for several months providing an opportunity for stakeholders to negotiate an alternative, more progressive solution to the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we don\u2019t get behind Prop B, if we don\u2019t do something about our $4 billion unfunded healthcare mandate, and if we don\u2019t do something about a pension system for city employees that is headed rapidly into bankruptcy, we\u2019re not going to be able to do anything for neighborhoods, for our small businesses, for our quality of life, for the poorest among us – we\u2019re just going to be shoveling money into that empty hole,\u201d Meko said to attendees at the Artists Alley Gallery. \u201cNeighborhoods, small businesses, our quality of life \u2013 that\u2019s what my campaign has been all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Entertainment Commissioner Jim Meko<\/p><\/div>\n

Adachi thanked Meko for his support of Prop B and called into question the motives of candidates who do not support pension and healthcare reform.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe [Meko] is the only candidate who is supporting Proposition B in this district and, as Jim said, there is no more significant and important issue in terms of defining the future, or lack of a future for the city, than Proposition B,\u201d Adachi said. \u201cAny person who is running for public office who refuses to acknowledge this, can\u2019t be trusted. They cannot be trusted to make the decisions in the best interests of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bottom line is, that moving forward, this city needs new leadership, and this city will have new leadership and we\u2019re going to see a legislature and, hopefully, a mayor that is going to take the victory for Proposition B and move this debate to the next stage, because Proposition B is only one reform that needs to happen. There are many, many more.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jeff Adachi and Jim Meko.<\/p><\/div>\n

Though he did not explicitly mention his support for Prop B<\/a>, Gonzalez said he and Adachi attended the meet and greet event to \u201cpay our respects\u201d to Meko. \u201cIt\u2019s hard running for public office and I think you\u2019ve been someone who has been very active, not only on the political scene, but also the scene at City Hall engaging in planning \u2013 activism more than anything \u2013 but you\u2019ve been doing it certainly as long as I have been, and we may not be particularly close in terms of being in contact all time, but I consider you to be a fellow traveler.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing I do know we have in common is that we\u2019re motivated by the right things and I think that that is the biggest difference, and at the end of the day, what matters most. You would be an elected official that would make decisions for [no] other reason than that you truly believe that they were the best reasons, or the best decision. Congratulations on running a good campaign. You\u2019re a good candidate. You\u2019re a good person and it\u2019s been a pleasure for me to be on the same political landscape with you,\u201d Gonzalez added.<\/p>\n

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Matt Gonzalez and Jim Meko.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Attendees were treated to Vietnamese food from Tu-Lan's restaurant.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Matt Gonzalez, curator David Sloane, and SFBulldog publisher h. Brown discuss SF Giants baseball.<\/p><\/div>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: Luke Thomas is a resident and voter in District 6. In the interest of transparency, he has provided photography services to the campaigns of Jane Kim, Jim Meko and Debra Walker.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meko, who is running in a close race with School Board President Jane Kim, Human Rights Commission Executive Director Theresa Sparks and Building Inspections Commissioner Debra Walker, is the only progressive candidate in the D6 race that supports Proposition B, a controversial pension and healthcare reform measure on the November ballot that aims to rein in unsustainable pension and healthcare costs projected to exceed $1 billion by 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nMeko Receives Campaign Boost from Adachi, Gonzalez - 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\/2457\/meko-receives-campaign-boost-from-adachi-gonzalez\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meko Receives Campaign Boost from Adachi, Gonzalez - 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