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| San Francisco Considers Axing Elections Director for Being a White Man |
| 2022-11-26 |
| [Free Beacon] The San Francisco Elections Commission is considering terminating its contract with its elections director John Arntz—one of the city's most highly esteemed civil servants—citing concerns about "racial equity." Arntz, who is white, will need to reapply next year if he wants to keep his job. The commission voted 4-2 last week to "open a competitive search" for Arntz's position, which he has held for two decades, rather than to renew his contract automatically, Cynthia Dai, a member of the commission, told the Washington Free Beacon. That decision, Dai said, was "driven in large part by the city's plan for racial equity," which requires all departments and commissions to address internal racial disparities. "It's hard to achieve diversity targets if senior roles never open up," said Dai, who voted in favor of the search process. "This has nothing to do with his performance." The vote by the commission, whose members are appointed rather than elected, sparked pushback from elected officials, who credit Arntz with cleaning up a broken system. Before Arntz took the helm, San Francisco's chief attorney David Chiu (D.) told Mission Local, a San Francisco-based newspaper, the city "had five directors in as many years, ballot boxes floating in the bay, and an intense lack of confidence in city elections." San Francisco mayor London Breed (D.) went so far as to imply that the commission was putting free and fair elections at risk. "John Arntz has served San Francisco with integrity [and] professionalism and has stayed completely independent," Breed told Mission Local. "He's remained impartial and has avoided getting caught up in the web of city politics, which is what we are seeing now as a result of this unnecessary vote." Aaron Peskin (D.), a member of the city's board of supervisors, called the commission's decision "malfeasance." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 #10 Precisely. As I see it (and by that I mean me alone) see this as how it all happens. When we're all fighgting amongst ourselves, we don't see the big game. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2022-11-26 14:31 |
| #11 What Taylor Swift fans did to Ticketmaster, tort lawyers are now doing to John Arntz's phone. Let's hope so. Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-11-26 13:08 |
| #10 Imagine if the forces that control our government recognize that pushing America into an actual low-intensity civil rebellion would help consolidate their power as well as forestall a reaction to their invasion of Taiwan? If that were the plan, expect much more provocation across every pressure point they influence. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-11-26 13:02 |
| #9 I assume that "free and fair" means he hasn't taken sides among the factions trying to control the Democratic machine. |
| Posted by: James 2022-11-26 12:26 |
| #8 This is not under "consideration". The many articles I've seen they've clearly stated they will not be renewinig his contract because he's white. And of course, this most useless of fools actually agrees with the decision. Whether it be in academia, private business, or politics, the Left has embarked on a clear pattern of racism and does not fear SCOTUS in the least. This what happens when a party has rigged elections in perpetuity. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2022-11-26 09:53 |
| #7 What Taylor Swift fans did to Ticketmaster, tort lawyers are now doing to John Arntz's phone. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-11-26 08:11 |
| #6 Were the San Francisco elections really free and fair on his watch or has he been oart of the Democratic Party machine? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-11-26 06:29 |
| #5 Why do I feel this is, likely, a pre-planned physiological-political stunt to kick off another round of social upheaval and Social Justice? NOTE TO LSD's Constant nudging of a sleeping Bear is sure to eventually get adverse, unwanted results. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-11-26 04:48 |
| #4 Duh. Putting a competent white man in charge is a disaster for them. They WANT corrupt elections. |
| Posted by: Spike the Hairy6811 2022-11-26 04:11 |
| #3 open a competitive search How the commission could say that with a straight face is amazing. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-11-26 03:42 |
| #2 Axing him what? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-11-26 02:55 |
| #1 "John Arntz has served San Francisco with integrity [and] professionalism and has stayed completely independent," Can't have any of that, now can we ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-11-26 02:32 |