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The Sacca tweet is about something 15 years ago that I haven’t found any resources for. So let’s discuss the actual situation that he is responding to. The $25

The Sacca tweet is about something 15 years ago that I haven’t found any resources for. So let’s discuss the actual situation that he is responding to. The $25mm donation towards summer school programs, that has been temporarily paused while they look into it. What exactly are they looking into? The fact that the donations are coming through an organization that is designated as a political lobbying group that can hide its donors, as opposed to a traditional charitable organization. Is it really that much of a stretch to suggest that a donation from a group that has chosen to structure itself as a political lobbying group may be intended for political lobbying, and is unlike a charitable donation for a group that is setup as a charity? At the very least pausing the donation while it’s investigated further seems reasonable.

wbl 6y ago
It's a donation to the school district. The school district is the ones in charge of how to spend it.
- ardit33 6y ago
  It is a donation to the KIDS, not to the OFFICIALS of the school district. Big difference. The parents of the school district should be the ones deciding to send their kids/participate in it, not some corrupted bureaucrat throwing an ideological purity test/hissy fit.
ardit33 6y ago
"I haven’t found any resources for". -- are you a city official, or just spreading fud here and talking out of your arse.... we know that SF had a major corruption scandal just few years ago, with even the late Ed Lee being involved, and multiple people arrested. What Sacca is telling seems completely believable given the backdrop of gross mismanagement, and corruption in the city. It is like those bannana republics that have hit oil, and yet keep grossly miss-managing the revenue/position that they are in. This is just one of them, where this already a guilty plea: SF City Hall faces money laundering scandal, duo to plead guilty https://abc7news.com/zuniga-money-laundering-sf-city-hall-san-francisco-scandal/10401393/ https://abc7news.com/zuniga-money-laundering-sf-city-hall-sa...
- Semaphor 6y ago
  > "I haven’t found any resources for". -- are you a city official, or just spreading fud here and talking out of your arse.... They are simply saying they don’t know enough to talk about it, so they are talking about something they know more about instead. Not FUD and you really shouldn’t randomly attack people like that.
  - ardit33 6y ago
    He is throwing shade at the tweet and trying to instill doubt, without having himself/herself any information whatsover.
    - EvilEy3 6y ago
      Oh no, how could you throw a shade at the saint! The dude is the next Jesus, he want to donate money and evil politicians didn't allow it! How could you doubt that?!
shuckles 6y ago
You are a little too credulous about how politics works, especially in San Francisco. Choosing to delay a time-sensitive project (how long does it take to coordinate and execute a plan for summer programs for tens of thousands of kids?) is similar to cancelling it, but perhaps a little more shrewd and palatable. While here, may I point you to a decade-long rezoning plan which was delayed by "6 months" for any project which hadn't paid out extortions to favored "community groups." Nine months later, the purported "equity analysis" which the delay was for has yet to materialize: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/07/21/hub-district-amendments-rezoning-san-francisco.html https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/07/21/hub....

wbl 6y ago

It's a donation to the school district. The school district is the ones in charge of how to spend it.

ardit33 6y ago
It is a donation to the KIDS, not to the OFFICIALS of the school district. Big difference. The parents of the school district should be the ones deciding to send their kids/participate in it, not some corrupted bureaucrat throwing an ideological purity test/hissy fit.

ardit33 6y ago

"I haven’t found any resources for". -- are you a city official, or just spreading fud here and talking out of your arse.... we know that SF had a major corruption scandal just few years ago, with even the late Ed Lee being involved, and multiple people arrested. What Sacca is telling seems completely believable given the backdrop of gross mismanagement, and corruption in the city. It is like those bannana republics that have hit oil, and yet keep grossly miss-managing the revenue/position that they are in. This is just one of them, where this already a guilty plea: SF City Hall faces money laundering scandal, duo to plead guilty https://abc7news.com/zuniga-money-laundering-sf-city-hall-san-francisco-scandal/10401393/ https://abc7news.com/zuniga-money-laundering-sf-city-hall-sa...

Semaphor 6y ago
> "I haven’t found any resources for". -- are you a city official, or just spreading fud here and talking out of your arse.... They are simply saying they don’t know enough to talk about it, so they are talking about something they know more about instead. Not FUD and you really shouldn’t randomly attack people like that.
- ardit33 6y ago
  He is throwing shade at the tweet and trying to instill doubt, without having himself/herself any information whatsover.
  - EvilEy3 6y ago
    Oh no, how could you throw a shade at the saint! The dude is the next Jesus, he want to donate money and evil politicians didn't allow it! How could you doubt that?!

shuckles 6y ago

You are a little too credulous about how politics works, especially in San Francisco. Choosing to delay a time-sensitive project (how long does it take to coordinate and execute a plan for summer programs for tens of thousands of kids?) is similar to cancelling it, but perhaps a little more shrewd and palatable. While here, may I point you to a decade-long rezoning plan which was delayed by "6 months" for any project which hadn't paid out extortions to favored "community groups." Nine months later, the purported "equity analysis" which the delay was for has yet to materialize: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/07/21/hub-district-amendments-rezoning-san-francisco.html https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/07/21/hub....