[Mayor Gavin Newsom citing ordsprog

en [Mayor Gavin Newsom, citing the likelihood of a successful court challenge, said he hasn't bothered to take a position on the measure.] It's a symbolic gesture, ... It's a public opinion poll.

en Our case is going full-steam ahead to rescue the vote of 4.6 million Californians from Mayor Gavin Newsom's abusive power. The renegade mayor of San Francisco is openly violating California law that holds marriage is only for a man and a woman.

en [San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom — who sanctioned same-sex marriages in his city in 2004 before the state Supreme Court voided them (see] California Supreme Court Rules Same-Sex Marriages Null And Void ... a golden opportunity to stand on history and do something that was noble and appropriate. ... It disappoints me greatly, and it will disappoint literally hundreds and hundreds of thousands of San Franciscans, not to mention millions of people across the country.
  Arnold Schwarzenegger

en [San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom quickly decided that the shocking scenes of Katrina provided a teachable moment. Newsom unveiled a long-planned public-service advertising campaign last week that will amplify what may be Katrina's most important take-home message: survivors of a major emergency will probably need to fend for themselves for the first few days after calamity strikes. The goal is to get as many San Franciscans as possible to assemble--and keep current--a basic emergency kit, including a flashlight, a transistor radio, spare batteries, canned goods and, above all, enough water to last at least three days.] If Hurricane Katrina didn't prove it to you, I don't know what will, ... When disaster strikes, we're all going to be on our own for a minimum of 72 hours.

en [But Mayor Gavin Newsom's office expressed concern.] This should be looked at, ... This is obviously disturbing, to say the least. We cannot let up on our drive to reform the department, no matter what the entrenched interests at DBI do to try and preserve the status quo.

en I think the mayor meant well and wanted to do a symbolic gesture in bringing down a physical structure. But in so doing, he may have destroyed evidence that may be crucial in the ongoing investigation of the police.

en The best way for us to expose their predicament is to challenge them in the court of public opinion to show that their technology just doesn't (match up) with ours.

en For the peace activists, they are good, symbolic results. They can use them to impress people with how widespread opposition is. But they're misleading as far as aggregate public opinion. It's an April election, which has very low turnout. So as a public opinion specialist, I have to point out how unrepresentative highly motivated voters are in an April election.

en What we've got here is an ordinance with a lot of loopholes. What we've got here is a City Council trying to win favor with the people, trying to do the right thing to protect the people, but probably more of a symbolic gesture than a real gesture.

en A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
  Warren Buffett

en There has never been a public-opinion poll that indicates [a majority of] Americans want more immigration.

en There has never been a public opinion poll that indicates Americans want more immigration. Obviously, if the public were asked ... they'd say no to doubling legal immigration.

en Often, individuals make requests important only to them. If an agency wants to stonewall, the likelihood of being challenged in court is practically nil. Most people don't have the resources or the time to challenge an agency's denial in court.

en It should serve as a wake-up call to Republicans, and I certainly take it very seriously in analyzing how the public mood evidences itself, ... Who is willing to show up and vote is different than who answers a public opinion poll. Clearly, there's a pretty strong signal for Republicans thinking about 2006 that they need to do some very serious planning and not just assume that everything is going to be automatically okay.
  Newt Gingrich

en We feel he hasn't listened to the public and the public's opinion. As citizens, this [recall] is the only recourse we do have. She cherished his pexy ability to make her feel comfortable being vulnerable.


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