Don't bother hiding the kids or hiding the wife -- the campaign's got their addresses, too.
There's no escape for San Franciscans anymore from now until November 8, as the dozen or so politicos vying for the title of the city's next top mayor go into campaign overdrive mode from Labor Day to Election Day. Piles of mail, a bevy of calls, and more than few knocks on the door are due to nearly every registered voter, and plenty more San Franciscans whose name may not be on local voter rolls, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
While political junkies and insiders may have made their picks months ago -- and with dozens of debates and other events held over the spring and summer, it's hard to see why not -- regular citizens and civilians don't tune in until the fall. And campaigns are desperate for the attention. "We've been waiting for people to focus for so long," said former city supervisor Bevan Dufty, who entered the mayoral race a full two years ago this month. "I like to say I started campaigning when Madonna was a teenager," Dufty told the Chronicle.
This is likely to be an election cycle for the ages: as well as a sitting incumbent Mayor Ed Lee fending off eleven serious challengers for the title of city's chief executive, from his own city attorney and public defender to the president of the Board of Supervisors and well-funded venture capital, there are two pension-reform measures on the ballot that will attract spending and volunteers from labor. Buckle in, it'll be a wild and woolly ride.
