{"id":31209,"date":"2024-01-19T12:07:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T20:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=31209"},"modified":"2024-01-19T12:07:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T20:07:43","slug":"rowdy-district-9-supervisor-debate-at-el-rio-draws-hecklers-very-vocal-peanut-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/19\/rowdy-district-9-supervisor-debate-at-el-rio-draws-hecklers-very-vocal-peanut-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Rowdy District 9 Supervisor Debate at El Rio Draws Hecklers, Very Vocal Peanut Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

18 JANUARY 2024\/SF POLITICS<\/a>\/JOE KUKURA<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things will get a little raucous when you have your SF supervisor candidate debate at a bar serving liquor, as we learned Wednesday night at El Rio when six candidates squared off over who will take Supervisor Hillary Ronen\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After no SF elections in 2023, 2024 will be an electoral barnburner. This year we have the U.S. presidency<\/a> and Dianne Feinstein\u2019s former Senate seat<\/a> up for grabs, along with the San Francisco mayorship<\/a>, plus the offices of District Attorney and City Attorney. And on the SF Board of Supervisors, there\u2019s a power vacuum looming with the terming-out of Supervisors Aaron Peskin (for the second time!), Ahsha Safai (who\u2019s running for mayor<\/a>) and Hillary Ronen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are six candidates running for Ronen\u2019s District 9 supervisor seat<\/a> in November (or seven, if you count Michael Petrelis<\/a>). Those six showed up for Wednesday night\u2019s District 9 supervisor candidate debate<\/a> at El Rio. Yes it was at a bar, outdoors on the back patio where it was 54 degrees and chilly, but it got hot when partisan pockets of certain candidates\u2019 supporters heckled and tried to shout down their onstage opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image: Joe Kukura, SFist<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Audience members shouted \u201cAnswer the question!\u201d, \u201cLiar!\u201d, and \u201cBullshit!\u201d so many times you would have thought they were Republican members of Congress at an Obama State of the Union speech<\/a>. One particularly animated (intoxicated?) member of the crowd started yelling \u201cThat cop\u2019s a pimp,\u201d and, \u201cI\u2019ll tell you his name. He\u2019s a pimp, he sells drugs.\u201d \u2014 at which point, moderator and Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club president Jeffrey Kwong frantically changed the topic by cheerfully thanking the debate\u2019s many co-sponsors<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join us for our District 9 Board of Supervisors debate next week @elriosf<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/CiMhor3r5p<\/a><\/p>— Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club (@harveymilkclub) January 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>