San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez, who has thumbed his nose at the establishment before, let a graffiti artist spray paint his City Hall office walls with the bright orange message: “SMASH THE STATE.”
Gonzalez, who is retiring after one term, ran as a Green and not only got elected to the Board of Supervisors, he got voted President! But then, in a move I find baffling, he announced he would not seek re-election.
His hand-picked choice to succeed him, Ross Mirkarimi, who also ran as a Green, did indeed get elected in November.