Deeply invested SF ideologue Chuck Nevius can't let go of the Utopia he sees in the City by the Bay. Lived there for 30 years and watched it deteriorate into a second-rate capital of homelessness, crime, drug addiction, and lost business opportunities. Didn't have to be that way, but boosters like Chuck constantly make excuses for failed Liberal policies. CW is right. Boudin is not the problem. He's a symptom of cultural rot, moral ambivalence, and civic sloth. Too bad. Lotsa potential in San Francisco. You just need grown-ups to lead it, not arrested adolescents like Chesa Boudin.
Adding this substack to my Andrew Sullivan, Glenn Loury and Bari Weiss subscriptions. Appreciate the SF focused moderate perspective, sir. Outside of Heather Knight the Chron has become unreadable.
Deeply invested SF ideologue Chuck Nevius can't let go of the Utopia he sees in the City by the Bay. Lived there for 30 years and watched it deteriorate into a second-rate capital of homelessness, crime, drug addiction, and lost business opportunities. Didn't have to be that way, but boosters like Chuck constantly make excuses for failed Liberal policies. CW is right. Boudin is not the problem. He's a symptom of cultural rot, moral ambivalence, and civic sloth. Too bad. Lotsa potential in San Francisco. You just need grown-ups to lead it, not arrested adolescents like Chesa Boudin.
Adding this substack to my Andrew Sullivan, Glenn Loury and Bari Weiss subscriptions. Appreciate the SF focused moderate perspective, sir. Outside of Heather Knight the Chron has become unreadable.
Thank you for the balanced article. Recalling Chesa won't fix the problem, but it's a start. It may also be a wake up call for other SF politicians.