Supervisor Chris Daly brought his resolution to turn the zoo into a rescue facility to his rules committee Thursday. The result was a ham-handed performance - even for him - as he used his bully pulpit as chairman to stifle debate, limit discussion and run roughshod over supporters of the zoo.
Amanda Wong, a junior at Lowell High, waited two hours for her chance at the podium during the public comment period, but was so frustrated when Daly first cut her time to one minute, then got up and left when she started to speak, that she burst into tears.
"I thought he was pretty rude," she said. "I wondered who put him in office."
"It was a debacle," said Carl Friedman, director of the animal care and control, who was interrupted twice by Daly during his statement and finally cut off and told to leave. "There were a lot of young people there who have never been to a government meeting. For this to be their first experience was embarrassing."
I do not know the history of this current group of progressive, but I get the impression that Daly operates on the fringes of what is supposedly a far left group. The column I cited also mentions that he even tried to push a GREEN Board candidate out of the D11 race in favor of someone else. Surely by now he realizes he has no political future after 2011. Peskin is very good at playing the game and Mirk can come across as a serious Supe at times. But Daly is flailing and will probably wind up in school yards taking kids' lunch money.
