In response to John Horgan’s recent column “Great Gatsby,” he profiles state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, as a bad guy.
Well, everyone has their opinion. But I do want to say, Scott Wiener is one of the only politicians I know of who has done what he said he would do. He promised during his campaign he would build affordable housing, he has done that. He said he would endorse union organized labor for these projects. He is doing that. He is constantly fighting for organized labor and that is what he has promised. He understands that decent wages are needed to survive living here.
So you may not like him, but he has done what he said he would do. Kudos to him. Union labor built this country and still will.
Yes Rob, you just highlighted his real objective. Most of his over-the-top law making is designed to keep labor unions busy to the detriment of California citizens. Unnecessary walls around the Bay to forestall possible sea level rise in 2090, a train to nowhere in the Valley, and more housing construction with mandated union labor, all intended to keep his election potential high with union support. His elections to higher office have had unintended consequences.
Mr. Baxter, I believe you’re the one labeling Wiener “a bad guy” not Mr. Horgan. It seems to me that Mr. Horgan is pointing out Wiener is an annoying nanny-stater. And union labor built this country? Were the Chinese folks that helped to build railroads part of a union? Were slaves in a union? I’m pretty sure we can build anything without union labor.
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Yes Rob, you just highlighted his real objective. Most of his over-the-top law making is designed to keep labor unions busy to the detriment of California citizens. Unnecessary walls around the Bay to forestall possible sea level rise in 2090, a train to nowhere in the Valley, and more housing construction with mandated union labor, all intended to keep his election potential high with union support. His elections to higher office have had unintended consequences.
Mr. Baxter, I believe you’re the one labeling Wiener “a bad guy” not Mr. Horgan. It seems to me that Mr. Horgan is pointing out Wiener is an annoying nanny-stater. And union labor built this country? Were the Chinese folks that helped to build railroads part of a union? Were slaves in a union? I’m pretty sure we can build anything without union labor.
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