Letters to the Editor
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All true, except...
As head of the Board of Supervisors she was made acting mayor and then won the election for mayor. Her only real competition was Jello Biafra, lead singer of the Dead Kennedys (I voted for Biafra). Feinstein is just another politician who rose in power because of the death of others. Government by gunplay.
As a Californian I am embarrassed by her presence in the Senate. I think of what the Senate would have been like with a Moscone or a Milk instead of Feinstein and I cry.
-- Bob In Pacifica
All true, except that Sister Boom Boom got more votes than Jello. There's always room for Jello, however.
He finished fourth out of a field of ten, receiving 3.5% of the vote (6,591 votes); the election ended in a runoff that did not involve him (Feinstein was declared the winner). In reaction to his campaign (and that of Sister Boom-Boom, a drag queen who also ran for mayor and handily won the third place spot above Biafra), San Francisco passed a resolution stating that no candidate could run under any name other than their given name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jello_Biafra