{"id":943,"date":"2008-12-04T09:28:32","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T17:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/04\/tom-ammiano-the-man-the-myth-the-living-legend\/"},"modified":"2009-02-18T12:09:34","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T20:09:34","slug":"tom-ammiano-the-man-the-myth-the-living-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/943\/tom-ammiano-the-man-the-myth-the-living-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Ammiano: The Man, the Myth, the Living Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><object width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3271450&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933&amp;fullscreen=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3271450&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/3271450\">Tom Ammiano: The Man, the Myth, the Living Legend<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/fogcityjournal\">fogcityjournal<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Luke Thomas and Elaine Santore<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>December 4, 2008<\/p>\n<p>A legend in his own time, Assemblymember-elect Tom Ammiano ended his record breaking 14-year term on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 11\/25\/08. His accomplishments are too numerous to list, but everyone who came to know Tom&#8217;s spirit, his love, kindness, and his unmatched sense of humor, will miss his presence on the board greatly.<\/p>\n<p>As Supervisor Sean Elsbernd poignantly said while Tom was being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfbg.com\/blogs\/politics\/2008\/11\/the_board_without_ammiano_is_l.html\">showered with accolades<\/a> by his former colleagues on the board: &ldquo;The Board of Supervisors without Tom Ammiano is like the Vatican without the Pope.&#8221; We couldn&#8217;t agree more.<\/p>\n<p>Come back to San Francisco soon, Tom. The mayoralty is all yours in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Ammiano: The Man, the Myth, the Living Legend from fogcityjournal on Vimeo. 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