San Francisco’s ideological warfare stands in the way of effective governance, The Examiner's AlSaracevic says in response to timredmondsf.
I find them boring. It’s usually an exercise in intellectual navel gazing at its lowest level.
Most San Franciscans know Tim from his long run as the Bay Guardian’s editor, where he faithfully represented the far left. He’s a progressive’s progressive and someone I’ve always admired as a political voice in The City. He actually published some of my stories when I got to town three decades ago.
His essential criticism: There are very valid differences between “real progressives, not people who just use that label” and “neo-liberals who call themselves moderates” and “favor market-based solutions to most problems.”But I never came close to saying that those weren’t the two sides at play here, hence the whole “left vs. lefter” construct.
I don’t buy it anymore. As Redmond points out, that battle has gone on for decades. But it was largely settled during Willie Brown’s run as mayor, when downtown development won out. That war ended a quarter century ago. There’s literally no land left to develop in the Financial District. Downtown is not holding The City back from tackling big issues. If anything, business interests are currently organizing to bolster social causes. The “us vs. them” argument is bankrupt and stuck in the past.
It doesn’t seem like they’re working very well to solve our biggest problems, but that’s how it works in a capitalist economy. Business feeds taxes to the government, which in turn provides service to the community. That’s how it works. Redmond admitted as much in his column, saying, “You can’t have a thriving city without an economy, of course. But it’s a matter of priorities. Is capital more important than community?” No. But you can’t have one without the other.
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