Good news! Chastened SF Mayor proposes new crackdown on dangerous criminals

By see-dubya  •  August 1, 2008 02:34 PM

Gavin Newsom, still reeling from the fallout of the sanctuary-city-illegal-Honduran-crack-dealer
-and-MS13-member-murdering-thug-municipal protection-from-ICE-and-travel-agency scandal, has finally decided to get tough with lawbreakers in San Francisco and confront the crime and chaos that grips his city:

Garbage collectors would inspect San Francisco residents’ trash to make sure pizza crusts aren’t mixed in with chip bags or wine bottles under a proposal by Mayor Gavin Newsom.

And if residents or businesses don’t separate the coffee grounds from the newspapers, they would face fines of up to $1,000 and eventually could have their garbage service stopped.

Whew–I was having trouble sleeping because of my vivid nightmares that somewhere on Nob Hill, some BoBo might be throwing wilted radicchio in the recycling bin instead of on the compost pile.

As I’m fond of saying, you libertarian types might not like social conservatives minding what you do in your bedroom or what you grow in your basement. But the mandate for the Left’s police state extends to every room in your house, and everywhere outside it.

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  1. #393062
    On August 1st, 2008 at 2:39 pm, sonofdy said:

    Well they can accept being raped and murdered by illegals but god damn it, don’t mix the coffee grounds and newspapers!!!!!!

  2. #393063
    On August 1st, 2008 at 2:39 pm, GJCorby said:

    Not properly composting is a far more egregious offense than say a criminal immigrant machine gunning a family down at an intersection.

  3. #393065
    On August 1st, 2008 at 2:39 pm, alaskangrizzly said:

    As I’m fond of saying, you libertarian types might not like social conservatives minding what you do in your bedroom or what you grow in your basement. But the mandate for the Left’s police state extends to every room in your house, and everywhere outside it.

    Liberal Fascism, woohoo!

  4. #393068
    On August 1st, 2008 at 2:41 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    HA! I must say I fell for this hook line a sinker.

    W.T.Heck $1000 fine for improper garbage placement? Shouldn’t these SF’ers all be fined for placing garbage in the House and Senate (not to mention the politico’s in their local gooberment)?

  5. #393070
    On August 1st, 2008 at 2:44 pm, wighttrasch said:

    What.The.Frig.

    I can’t wait to tell my spouse this story. He will split an artery.

  6. #393075
    On August 1st, 2008 at 2:46 pm, tre said:

    I hate to think, then, what he’ll do if you’re caught throwing toilet paper in with the newspaper.

    Does this mean San Fran-sissy-co residents can now leave their doors unlocked at night and leave the keys in their new Corvettes?

  7. #393080
    On August 1st, 2008 at 2:47 pm, wighttrasch said:

    Oh. And I’m currently awaiting a post from lgm or Rusty writing that mixing coffee grounds in with newspapers is terrible along the lines of HALLIBURTON! and BUSH LIED! and CHENEY everything!

  8. #393083
    On August 1st, 2008 at 2:49 pm, RedDog said:

    See-Dubya, you had me going there for a minute. You’re a real tricky one.

    And I thought Newsome maybe grew some brain cells. These people are slipping farther and farther down the rabbit hole.

  9. #393087
    On August 1st, 2008 at 2:50 pm, no2pcbs1 said:

    san francisco needs an enema, to rid the city of all the crap masquerading as political leaders and those who elected them into office.

  10. #393088
    On August 1st, 2008 at 2:52 pm, abstractmind said:

    ROFL

    I want to see a troll defend this garbage, pun intended.

    How is this anything other than just complete stupidity, when there are other problems to be tackled.

    You can bet the arugula farm that there are other things that need addressing that are more important than seperating their coffee grounds from the newspaper.

  11. #393092
    On August 1st, 2008 at 2:55 pm, vickisoup said:

    I’d, too, find it funny if it was something I read in the Onion. Instead, this is no joke.
    My poor City of Origin.
    :-(

  12. #393104
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:03 pm, no2pcbs1 said:

    this mayor is either a clown or just plain stupid and has too few brain cells to see it. on the other hand maybe it’s the whole city that’s the problem since it tolerates such idiocy.

  13. #393109
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:10 pm, madshark said:

    And that mayor is running for Governor of my illustrious State.

    I wish the Central Valley could secede from the remainder of California.

  14. #393113
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:11 pm, BrianNY said:

    If SF wants to elect and reelect a mayor as fraudulent as Gavin Newsom and watch their city fall apart, that’s their prerogative.

    But now Newsom has been caught exporting his deadly policies to other communities, even resulting in the murder of three family members returning home from a picnic. And Newsom refuses to meet with the widow and mother (Danielle Bologna) of those who his asinine policy helped murder?

    If I was a member of the Bologna family, I would be saying, “fair game” just about now.

  15. #393117
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:13 pm, greenLibertarian said:

    This green/libertarian thinks the mayor’s priorities are in the twilight zone. I approve of recycling as much as possible, but ending sanctuary is much more important to me.

  16. #393124
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:18 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    Tis a sad day when someone who doesn’t separate their trash is more hounded by the government than an illegal alien criminal…

    The only ’separation of trash’ that needs to be done should take place on election day…. and that means separating what you’ll throw out from those you’ll recycle.

  17. #393132
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:21 pm, Cicero said:

    Gavin Newsom is a hypocritical, showboating halfwit. San Franciscans deserve him.

  18. #393141
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:26 pm, Kalifornia Kafir said:

    You can bet the arugula farm that there are other things that need addressing that are more important than seperating their coffee grounds from the newspaper.

    You forget that San Francisco is the Temple of Environmentalism. Protecting the Goddess Mother Earth at all cost is their greatest sacrament. The Sacred Cow is infinitely more important than human life.

  19. #393148
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:32 pm, dan708 said:

    I would like to say, “Recall this goofball mayor!” But that wacko city would just elect another leftist pinko.

  20. #393166
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:39 pm, Concerned Citizen said:

    Overnight we could be at 92 percent if everything people are throwing away that could be reused or recycled actually was.”

    This is my favorite part. If everything was reused/recycled, wouldn’t that be 100%? I’m glad my kids aren’t learning math in California.

  21. #393167
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:39 pm, Weary Citizen said:

    Glad to see the city’s leaders have their priorities straight. What is truly amazing is the residents of the city don’t seem to have a problem with the prioirtes of thier leaders. Sigh. A sign of the times. Surrounded by idiots.

  22. #393170
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:41 pm, dm60462 said:

    Un flippin believable. Thankfully I stopped recycling when my local municipality imposed rules that made it even more inconvienient to recycle. Life is so much easier now. One garbage can, no headaches.

  23. #393176
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:43 pm, jdsbc98 said:

    It’s absurd, garbage men have not been properly trained to enforce Federal recycling laws. All this does is divert our local garbage men from performing their much needed jobs of collecting garbage from our streets. Now comes this Mayor who wants to “deputize” our garbage men into Federal agents and do the job and enforce Federal Composting laws that Washington should be doing. All this shows us is that we need Comprehensive Recycling and Composting Reform now!!!

  24. #393191
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:52 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Garbage collectors would inspect San Francisco residents’ trash to make sure pizza crusts aren’t mixed in with chip bags or wine bottles under a proposal by Mayor Gavin Newsom.

    Hmm, so we throw the ms-13 murder victims in with the pizza crusts and not the wine bottles?

  25. #393201
    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:56 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Now I have to keep this straight – Dumpster Muffin and Muffin Dumpster. Sigh.

  26. #393215
    On August 1st, 2008 at 4:01 pm, mchristian said:

    Cicero said: Gavin Newsom is a hypocritical, showboating halfwit.

    Halfwits are outraged! They feel they were maligned. How dare you pull the idiot card, sir. In addition, hypocrites and showboats are upset with the comparison.

  27. #393245
    On August 1st, 2008 at 4:13 pm, khan said:

    Once again see-dub you demonstrate you know nothing about libertarianism. It is not an either/or scenario. We don’t like either one. It’s not a difficult concept to understand.

  28. #393279
    On August 1st, 2008 at 4:24 pm, uhangtight said:

    it seems that it is only the coastal areas in California that suffer from this type of stupidity. living in the desert (known as the red side of the state), it makes me sick to think this guy will run for governor and has the potential of winning or lucky us Ex-Gov/Mayor/Atty General Brown (lifer politician) will try to run again. Not much difference between those two.

    But, some how the lefties out number the red side of this state and we have to put up with this stupidity. When are the voters of California going to finally rid themselves of this mess?

  29. #393283
    On August 1st, 2008 at 4:25 pm, Concerned Citizen said:

    On August 1st, 2008 at 3:56 pm, AlohaGuy said:
    Now I have to keep this straight – Dumpster Muffin and Muffin Dumpster. Sigh.

    That made my week.

    Seeing the R Reps taking a stand sure doesn’t hurt either.

  30. #393374
    On August 1st, 2008 at 5:09 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Concerned Citizen said:

    Happy Friday! :)

  31. #393375
    On August 1st, 2008 at 5:09 pm, SPCOlympics said:

    Just dump your garbage and recyclables on downtown Market St. The stench of rotting food mixed with coffee grounds would be an improvement over the urine and Thunderbird marinated bums.

  32. #393501
    On August 1st, 2008 at 6:23 pm, mikeg said:

    what a freakin moron!!!

  33. #393512
    On August 1st, 2008 at 6:34 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    Ho.

    Lee.

    Crap.

    Sodom and Gomorrah have The USSR San Francisco just gets astonishingly more ridiculous by the day. As a US city, they can be as free as they want; but freedom from Dumpster Diving Big Brother (DDBB) isn’t a right, it’s a privilege, and San Franciscans no longer have the privelege. I don’t need to point out who would make a good DDBB employee, do I? (See comment #25 for a hint.)

  34. #393514
    On August 1st, 2008 at 6:37 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    How can I spell “privilege” correct once, then misspell it later in the same sentence? Sheesh.

  35. #393642
    On August 2nd, 2008 at 5:29 am, Papa Louie said:

    And if residents or businesses don’t separate the coffee grounds from the newspapers, they would face fines of up to $1,000 and eventually could have their garbage service stopped.

    Aaah! Don’t you just love the smell of Liberal Fascism in the morning!

    But surely they have an exemption for poor illegal aliens, because a $1,000 fine for coffee grinds would be…, well, grinding the face of the poor.

    If they stop garbage service, how does that save the earth or teach kids to recycle? Before long, the entire city of San Francisco would become a garbage heap. Wait, how long has this rule been in affect?

  36. #393643
    On August 2nd, 2008 at 5:47 am, Papa Louie said:

    CO2 Producer said:

    How can I spell “privilege” correct once, then misspell it later in the same sentence? Sheesh.

    If you would stop producing CO2 long enough to listen to that old wind bag, Al Gore, you’d be dead you’d know that Global Warming causes misspelled words, and kidney stones, and plants to flee up mountain sides. And what causes Global Warming? CO2 Producers, of cource. :)

  37. #393666
    On August 2nd, 2008 at 9:59 am, DaveC said:

    at our house in Michigan, I would compost for my garden only because it was cheap and easy.. coffee grounds, apple cores, banana peels.. egg shells.

    but the fines on recycling?

    if anything, that would force more people to throw things away en mass..

  38. #393667
    On August 2nd, 2008 at 10:09 am, DaveC said:

    easy way out of this..

    leave a couple of cold pops sitting on top of the garbage pails when the guys come by to pick it all up..

    doubt they would care if about pizza crust and wine bottles then..

    if not sure pop would work, up the ante with a cold beer or two..

  39. #393727
    On August 2nd, 2008 at 12:53 pm, DannoJyd said:

    Garbage collectors would inspect San Francisco residents’ trash to make sure pizza crusts aren’t mixed in with chip bags or wine bottles under a proposal by Mayor Gavin Newsom.

    Does Juan McAmnesty approve of this measure? IMHO, not very likely. :o P

  40. #393779
    On August 2nd, 2008 at 3:22 pm, herself said:

    Sonny, why do you think I have been voting Republican most of my life? The idea is to keep the government the heck out of my life as much as possible. The Democrats intend to run it in detail. The Republican evangelicals merely want to run my bedroom. (Over my cold dead body.)

    Now with Obama we have a real danger of a theocracy taking over the US as he falters with the defense of the country thing. I am hoping that the Republicans do not give in to the Evangelicals invading my person and home with their attempts at micromanaging my life. If they do – I give up. Until then I hold back the mild revulsion and vote for McCain come November.

    (I’ve had an evangelical Christian mess up my life once already. That is more than enough.)

    {^_^}

  41. #393793
    On August 2nd, 2008 at 4:29 pm, nyc123me said:

    I missed this entry somehow.. wow, there is something seriously wrong with Newsome, and I’m quite serious in wondering if the pressure has got to him to the extent that his judgment has become impaired to the extant of mental retardation. These rules and regs and the severely skewed priorities they infer are not the acts of a sane man.

  42. #393796
    On August 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 pm, nyc123me said:

    This could all be resolved with just one strong earthquake.

  43. #393804
    On August 2nd, 2008 at 5:13 pm, Bill Grant said:

    Gavin Newsom should be beaten like a meat pinata.

  44. #393878
    On August 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 pm, JT said:

    Can we force Kalifornia to secede?

  45. #395205
    On August 4th, 2008 at 6:53 pm, Southpaw said:

    “You can get anything you want at Alices’ Restaurant…”

    Arlo Guthrie

    From Wiki:
    “On that Thanksgiving, November 25, 1965, the 18-year-old Guthrie and his friend Richard Robbins, 19, were arrested by Officer William “Obie” Obanhein for illegally dumping some of Alice’s garbage after discovering that the dump was closed for the holiday. Two days later they pleaded guilty in court before a blind judge, James E. Hannon; the song describes to ironic effect the arresting officer’s frustration at the judge being unable to see the “27 8-by-10 color glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us”. In the end, Guthrie and Robbins were fined $50 and told to pick up their garbage.”

  46. #395206
    On August 4th, 2008 at 6:53 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    Re: comment #36 —

    Pretty late with the response, but I just wanted to advise that some of us should stop breathing for the sake of the planet. If they do so, I’ll be able to think a little better.

    That’s a joke, people.

    Re: comment #42 —

    The irony in your statement is that global warming causes earthquakes, or so I’ve read. Google it. Better yet, don’t bother, because we all know it’s true. It’s just, ehh…common…sense…isn’t it?

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