Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Meanwhile in San Francisco...

From Bloomberg via MSN< November 14:

Czech News Crew Robbed While Filming in San Francisco for APEC Summit 

San Francisco’s push to use a major international conference to reverse its image as a city in decline is getting off to a rocky start.  

A Czech journalist and his camera crew were robbed at gunpoint Sunday evening by three armed assailants, according to a statement from the San Francisco police. The incident occurred in the North Beach neighborhood, about two miles from the city’s downtown, where world leaders are meeting for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit....

....MUCH MORE

I'm guessing the Governor's and the Mayor's recent clean-up is the governance equivalent of putting lipstick on a pig.

At the San Francisco Chronicle:

After they were robbed at gunpoint, this is what a Czech news crew asked S.F. Mayor Breed

That headline lies. The most notable piece of the story is:

...They plan to pick up the new equipment before dark, on track to film the breakfast show for Czech public television. 

This time, Vostal said, “I think we will be closer to the police.”