Bored of Supervisors: Quote of the Meeting

“There are so many people who are urging the world for peace that I think it is important that we stand with [them].”

— Supervisor John Avalos, trying to explain the need for the Board of Supervisors to pass a resolution urging the U.S. to pull troops out of Afghanistan. The resolution passed, despite “no” votes by supervisors Michela Alioto-Pier, Carmen Chu and Sean Elsbernd. (Resolution .pdf here: Download Afghanistan Resolution.)

Also on Tuesday, the board passed a resolution “Supporting Irish Unification” and gave final approval for a law sending a total of $150,000 in aid to Indonesia, Samoa and the Philippines. Here are the resolutions in .pdf: Download Irish Unification and Download Philippines Samoa Indonesia

Comments

[RH]

We can't even make our own budgets to run the city without raising taxes, and the board approves a $150,000 package of aid to Indonesia, Samoa and the Philippines? Shouldn't we be worrying about SF first?

I'm glad the Supes can feel good about donating taxpayer's money to another country.