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California: Chris Daly

Wed, 08/13/2008 - 14:31

SF supervisor borrows line from Nicholson movie to tell newspaper columnist to buzz off

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

SAN FRANCISCO - In what has to be one of the oddest e-mail exchanges between a journalist and an elected official, San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly borrowed a line from a funny Jack Nicholson movie to tell San Francisco Chronicle columnist C.W. (Chuck) Nevius to get lost.

The fun started around noon last Friday when Nevius sent this strange e-mail to Daly.

"From: Nevius, CW

Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:58:12 -0700

To: Chris Daly

Subject: cwn

Hi Chris,

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Wed, 06/18/2008 - 15:16

Daly lashes into Newsom over drug court ballot initiative

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

[img_assist|nid=1236|title=San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=left|width=420|height=279]San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is taking the long way around the block to get approval for a community drug court to service the city's crime plagued Tenderloin and South of Market areas.

This week Newsom filed paperwork to place a ballot measure on the November ballot to create a "Community Justice Court" modeled like one in New York City to deal with small scale drug offenses, petty theft and disorderly conduct.

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