Corrupt SF supervisors say the quiet part out loud now, freely and in the open

“Pay our corrupt nonprofit sponsors (whose staff work for the supervisor’s election campaign) or else”

This should be illegal. In any other part of the world this is graft.
This nonprofit racket is a part of the Peskin-Preston extremist political machine

It’s everywhere. If you are looking for a big driver of how we got here, this is the machine to investigate
Money and power and backscratching is all on display in this story
PS I am still shocked as hell that SF YIMBY Action actually sponsored @myrnamelgar over @JoelEngardio

Engardio had the most first place votes and is the leadership we need in this corrupt Gotham quagmire

DO BETTER NEXT TIME @yimbyaction
Myrna Melgar is a new supervisor. She barely won her race and has most to lose. I was wrong to focus too much on her. She slipped up and said how it really works. But the system isn’t hers.

It is Supes Peskin, Preston, Campos & the SF prog machine who must be held to account
Political power in SF is driven by nonprofits using their power illegally

If we shine light on the unfair and illegal use of 501c3 nonprofit money (which is illegal to use on politics) things can shift

They got comfortable with this grift so they talk about it in the open now

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31 Oct
I wonder if Internet conspiracy researchers ever do a deep dive and then realize “oh these people are actually pretty much trying to do good.”
If you’re tuning in now from some elaborate plot to ruin me—

Hi My Name is Garry Tan. I grew up in the SF Bay Area. I grew up food insecure at times, child of Chinese immigrants who struggled in a new and unfamiliar land.
We lived in apartments. I got my first job at the age of 14 by cold calling the Internet section since I taught myself how to make websites.

I used those earnings to help pay my parents down payment for our first home. It was the American Dream.
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27 Oct
Truepill raises a $160M Series D

Now with telehealth (50K visits/week) and diagnostics (1M tests) on top of over 10M prescriptions filled—On track for >300M ARR

Huge scale = works great for startups and providers alike

Proud investor from day one

techcrunch.com/2021/10/27/tru…
Truepill has truly become Stripe for digital healthcare: nationwide availability, at home test kits, telehealth software and pharmacy fulfillment (cash and insurance) all through one simple API and tech platform
Allows startups and healthcare providers to go from idea to full rollout in weeks not months.

Who wins? Patients. Telehealth can be 50X lower cost with better care that meets the patient where they live.

This space has been massively accelerated by COVID.
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25 Oct
Instagram long term cohort retention between 50% to 75% for D90 is still amazing

It means 90 days after signup 50% to 75% of teens are still using it

For anyone building consumer social, this benchmark is the stat to beat

I love how 51% is yellow status (that is still v high!)
I wonder what the D90 for heroin is

Maybe only slightly higher than Instagram for teens
What is minimum viable? About 20% and you can still be a global top app

Below that ngmi
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24 Oct
Dear Chesa,

I grew up food insecure and working class in the SF Bay Area. This is my home. I am one of the largest donors to your recall.

I’m not leaving but after this recall election, you are.

Kindly,
Not a fan
Want to see billionaire dark money? Soros, Hastings, Real Money PAC, SEIU

I have received the texts. Pretty sure if you live in SF you have too. Grassroots Law is a national group funneling Shaun King money. The volunteers are all east coast.
This was the diverse women-led Democrat-led organizing committee turning in recall petition signatures last week

There is real hope in SF because we can’t let the far left continue to destroy this city
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24 Oct
Former SF prosecutor: “The priority first was public perception, the 2nd priority was incarcerated people… the victims of crime did not count among his priorities unless it helped public perception.”

Chesa Boudin must be recalled for us to be safe.

sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/hea…
Remember in January when we compared him to bad PMs at big tech companies? All talk no action, just focus on being promoted?

When your own team is leaving in droves, that bad PM gets the axe.

Perception is not what Boudin should manage. It is helping victims get justice.
This is not public service.

This is another level of sociopathy.

The result is unsafe SF streets where we don’t know when we will be robbed or worse.

We get ideology instead of what we deserve: a strong leader who can bring criminal justice reform while keeping us safe.
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20 Oct
There are many Bored Apes but this one is mine #BAYC
Is it ridiculous I bought an ape because it looks like me?
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