When the Board of Supervisors didn’t meet Sept. 29 on account of Yom Kippur, nerds like me could not pass up the chance to make fun of the fact that the sole Jewish supervisor (Bevan Dufty) was at City Hall working that very day because the holiday ended the day before.
Far from being outraged by yet another example of government employees enjoying a celebrity schedule, most of the feedback I got was positive. “Let ’em take the rest of the year off!” and “One less day for them to cause trouble” were typical responses.
Back in September, board President David Chiu assured snickering, inquiring minds that he would look into removing the Jewish holiday for next year, and he did. On Tuesday, the board passed its official calendar for 2010. Next year, the board’s schedule will be unaffected by Yom Kippur. Instead, there will be no meeting on the Tuesday after the Fourth of July — one of 34 total days off for the board in 2010.
I have a hunch that for many of my fellow San Franciscans, that won’t be nearly enough.
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