News item: As of the end of Labor Day weekend, the number of homicides in San Francisco crept up to 79 for 2007...just six shy of the total number of murders for the entire year of 2006.
With news like this, you have to wonder how it is that Mayor Gavin Newsom has no serious challenger in this fall's election. As it stands right now, I'm thisclose to abstaining on that ballot line. The real test will be how Mr. Newsom and the SFPD handle Halloween in the Castro. If they can keep the crowds away - AND make some sort of dent in the homicide rate through the rest of the year - I might entertain casting my vote for the Mayor's re-election.
Until then, I remain on the fence.
