We in San Francisco are on the world stage again with the Gavin Newsom tragedy. San Francisco has predictably placed in the media fishbowl the core values of San Francisco. Outsiders seem to have certain thoughts on what are among these values.  Mostly, they are right, and we deserve any and all criticism that we have induced.But I would only like to correct some of the reasoning.  It is difficult to  allow your thinking to go as far as a San Francisco, left-leaning liberal. Our own Diane Feinstein believes that Gavin is under stress from his failed marriage. That, along with the ‘twinkie" defense has provided proven methods of getting out of many a "San Francisco tangled webs".Gav's latest announcement has put most of San Francisco in a predicament: had Newsom simply engaged in an affair, there would be no news out of San Francisco. We would have been shocked if any issue had been raised.But the fact that Newsom betrayed a friend has San...(Read Full Post)