Mayor Ed Lee, Candidates Use Cesar Chavez Day as a Chance to Schmooze

• You mean I am not politically potent? When did that happen?

• THIS MOMENTOUS DAY! Not one day in anyone’s life is an uneventful day, no day without profound meaning, no matter how dull and boring it might seem, no matter whether you are a seamstress or a queen, a shoeshine boy or a movie star, a renowned philosopher or a Down’s syndrome child. Because in every day of your life, there are opportunities to perform little kindnesses for others, both by conscious acts of will and unconscious example. Each smallest act of kindness – even just words of hope when they are needed, the remembrance of a birthday, a compliment that engenders a smile – reverberates across great distances and spans of time, affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit was the source of this good echo, because kindness is passed on and grows each time it’s passed, until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage years later and far away. Likewise, each small meanness, each thoughtless expression of hatred, each envious and bitter act, regardless of how petty, can inspire others, and is therefore the seed that ultimately produces evil fruit, poisoning people whom you have never met and never will. All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined – those dead, those living, those generations yet to come – that the fate of all is the fate of each, and the hope of humanity rests in every heart and in every pair of hands. Therefore, after every failure, we are obliged to strive again for success, and when faced with the end of one thing, we must build something new and better in the ashes, just as from pain and grief, we must weave hope, for each of us is a thread critical to the strength – the very survival – of the human tapestry. Every hour in every life contains such often-unrecognized potential to affect the world that the great days for which we, in our dissatisfaction, so often yearn are already with us; all great days and thrilling possibilities are combined always in THIS MOMENTOUS DAY! Excerpt from Dean Koontz’s book, “From the Corner of His Eye”. It embodies the idea of how the smallest of acts can have such a profound effect on each of our lives. Go with God, until we see you again, Cesar Estrada Chavez, thank you.

• Does Kim hail from family money or something? Her wardrome seems more extensive than Anna Wintour's. Hard to believe a supervisor salary covers the cost of all those threads and leaves enough money for rent and food.

• Great shots, You take those, Lauren? If so, you're a terrible photographer but your instincts are right-on. Catching Gascon and Sandoval talking was a coup. Maybe Gerardo was giving George some hints on how to win an election. Sandoval's never lost and been in some pretty tough campaigns. Or, maybe they were talking about videos? George's foot soldier and Acting Top Cop, Jeff Godown has been in the press telling people that they can't believe what they're seeing with their own eyes ("Videos don't show everything."). What didn't the videos show, Jeff? Did you mean that the officers had erections when they burst into the SRO rooms? It's true that wouldn't have necessarily shown up in a video unless the officer had a really really big one. The obvious caption for the Kim/Lee shot was Kim saying: "OK, my endorsement for Mayor is up for auction and I do pretty good at auctions.". Dennis Herrera trying to get away from Jim Salinas can be explained by the fact that no one running for Mayor wants to be seen talking to a former commissioner who left Planning under a cloud and accusations that he took a $20,000 bribe. My own fave was the shot of Chiu and Dufty holding platters of food and responding to the shout from the crowd that in a few hours those tortillas would be piles of crap, just like their respective mayoral hopes. Great work to even be there. Congrats to the Weekly for sending you. Go Giants! h.

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