Here's one that caught my eye: https://t.co/SKUH0RdSPn
— Michelle Tandler 🌁 (@michelletandler) July 3, 2021

There seems to be an impression among many conservatives that the left:
+ Doesn't support & protect businesses
+ Doesn't protect citizens from criminals
+ Is trying to destabilize our social order/society
— Michelle Tandler 🌁 (@michelletandler) July 3, 2021

SF has caught a lot of national attention as we are a petri dish for many progressive ideas - e.g.,
+ Harm reduction & housing first approach to addiction & homelessness
+ High taxes (state income tax, businesses)
+ Decarceration, ending bail, lax prosecution
— Michelle Tandler 🌁 (@michelletandler) July 3, 2021

I think we will start to experience a real shift in outlook if real estate prices start falling. This could occur due to:
+ Recession (we are overdue, RE usually in 10-year cycles)
+ Remote guts city of younger workers, fewer buyers
+ Crime driving out elderly, families, women
— Michelle Tandler 🌁 (@michelletandler) July 3, 2021

And it isn't about metrics.

Nobody is saying we are "X% up" in this category.

It's how they feel walking the streets. It's walking a stroller next to a tent that has a pile of bikes next to it.

It's being screamed at or chased by someone who seems mentally unstable.
— Michelle Tandler 🌁 (@michelletandler) July 3, 2021

Ultimately, I think that the biggest responsibility of government is to protect people from one another.

It is in place to protect us from assault, theft, robbery, etc.

Right now the criminal justice system in SF is not working.
— Michelle Tandler 🌁 (@michelletandler) July 3, 2021

There is a social contract inherent in living in a city.

We are all crammed together in a small space with the expectation and understanding that we protect one another.

There is an expectation that our government will keep things functioning smoothly so we can coexist.
— Michelle Tandler 🌁 (@michelletandler) July 3, 2021

My whole life I've considered myself a proud liberal, progressive San Francisco Democrat.

Today I am ashamed of my city.

I see smug ignorance of the laws of unintended consequences.

Moral grandstanding winning over data, logic, and facts.
— Michelle Tandler 🌁 (@michelletandler) July 3, 2021

Throughout history, millions of ppl have gone to war and died for their country, their home, their sense of what is right.

What is going on in SF isn't right. We likely have the most inept, corrupt local government in the nation.

For a city of innovation, this is humiliating.
— Michelle Tandler 🌁 (@michelletandler) July 3, 2021

San Francisco has a long history of push and pull between moderate and progressive Dems.

Currently, we are fully in the hands of the progressives.

They are in charge of our criminal justice system and our governing body, the board of supervisors.
— Michelle Tandler 🌁 (@michelletandler) July 3, 2021

My hope is that in the next few elections we turn this around.

We need more moderates in office. Mayor Breed will need more moderates in the BOS to get things done.

People say the word moderate isn't inspiring.

Well, it is to me.

(fin)
— Michelle Tandler 🌁 (@michelletandler) July 3, 2021

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