San Fran Prop R to name sewage plant after GWB, loses 69-31

[Little-Acorn]

I know you were all hanging on the edges of your chairs, wondering how this vitally important proposition came out.

Without further ado, scroll down to the bottom of the page.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...QIFE.DTL&tsp=1

Election results for San Francisco propositions
Marisa Lagos

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

(11-04) 23:57 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Voters overwhelmingly approved two measures that would provide funding for construction at two city facilities - a hospital and a 65-acre waterfront area - Tuesday night, but shot down a measure that would decriminalize prostitution in the city.

The $887 million bond to rebuild San Francisco General Hospital needed a two-thirds majority to pass and easily won, with 84 percent of the vote. The Pier 70 measure, meanwhile, would allow the city to help finance redevelopment of the waterfront area, which is owned by the Port of San Francisco. It needed a simple majority to pass, and claimed 68 percent of the vote.

But Proposition K, the prostitution measure, lost by 16 percentage points.

City voters, who were asked to weigh in on 22 local ballot measures, voted to keep a military program, the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, in city schools. But they gave Mayor Gavin Newsom a surprise loss with Proposition L.

Prop. L would have provided the first-year funding for a Tenderloin community court to prosecute quality-of-life crimes such as public urination and aggressive panhandling. Funding for the pilot program, a pet project of the mayor's, has already been approved, so the measure was more of a policy statement from voters. It wasn't expected to be very controversial, but lost after garnering just 41 percent of the vote.

Meanwhile, this election's wackiest ballot measure, Proposition R - which would rename a city sewage plant after the current president - went down in flames.

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An ordinance changing the name of the city-owned Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.

98 percent of precincts counted. Requires majority.
Yes - 31 percent. No - 69 percent.

[April15]

After the citizenry realized what the employees would have be reminded of when putting on ID tags and that the plant actually works well, unlike it's proposed namesake.

[YamiB.]

I'm glad it went down. I may think that Bush has done a relatively poor job as president and may not like him that much in general. But I think that this would have just been in very poor taste and generally childish.

[April15]

I'm glad it went down. I may think that Bush has done a relatively poor job as president and may not like him that much in general. But I think that this would have just been in very poor taste and generally childish.

It would have disgraced the facility!

[Trigg]

It would have disgraced the country, whether you want to admit that or not.

[Little-Acorn]

It would have disgraced the country, whether you want to admit that or not.

The Democrats do that regularly. Why should they stop now?

[Abbey Marie]

It would have disgraced the country, whether you want to admit that or not.

Trigg, you know April is not big on admitting things.

[April15]

It would have disgraced the country, whether you want to admit that or not.

Only those who were Bush supporters! The country can not be disgraced any more than the man has done already.

[Trigg]

Only those who were Bush supporters! The country can not be disgraced any more than the man has done already.

Bullshit. It's insulting and a disgrace to try to name a sewage plant after a sitting President.

This has nothing to do with supporting Bush and everything to do with respect for the office. Moron

[April15]

Bullshit. It's insulting and a disgrace to try to name a sewage plant after a sitting President.

This has nothing to do with supporting Bush and everything to do with respect for the office. Moron

So you must be a Bush supporter! It is plain you are insulted or you wouldn't protest so much. And in the end it would be an insult to the sewage plant as it works efficiently.

[Joe Steel]

No doubt the voters didn't want to be reminded of Bush long after he's crawled under a rock somewhere (or, preferrably, been imprisoned.) He'll be gone in few months. Try to forget.

[Trigg]

So you must be a Bush supporter! It is plain you are insulted or you wouldn't protest so much. And in the end it would be an insult to the sewage plant as it works efficiently.

My god your dense, go on keep trying to make this about republican or Democrat.

The measure lost 69-31 in the most liberal state in the union. It lost because people realize that it would be an embarrassment to the country to do this to a sitting President.

Yes, I'm insulted. I'd be just as insulted if someone tried to do this to Clinton or any other president.

[hjmick]

My god your dense, go on keep trying to make this about republican or Democrat.

The measure lost 69-31 in the most liberal state in the union. It lost because people realize that it would be an embarrassment to the country to do this to a sitting President.

Yes, I'm insulted. I'd be just as insulted if someone tried to do this to Clinton or any other president.

Trigg, don't bother. Some people just don't get it.

[April15]

My god your dense, go on keep trying to make this about republican or Democrat.

The measure lost 69-31 in the most liberal state in the union. It lost because people realize that it would be an embarrassment to the country to do this to a sitting President.

Yes, I'm insulted. I'd be just as insulted if someone tried to do this to Clinton or any other president.

Well thanks for the negative rep but living in the area where this issue is discussed I can assure you what started out as a joke got wheels enough to get on ballot. Then the people started to realize that it would in fact be demeaning to the treatment plant and those who would have to wear the name badges. As for Bush's insult I could care less after his raping of the office and nation.

[April15]

Trigg, don't bother. Some people just don't get it.

I know and trigg is one of them!