# I'm running for mayor of San Francisco and I need pointers **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 13, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852 "2013-03-13T20:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elect\_Harold\_Miller\_Mayor\_S.F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@Elect\_Harold\_Miller\_Mayor\_S.F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elect_Harold_Miller_Mayor_S.F)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/1 "2013-03-13T20:28:51Z")
I’m running for mayor of San Francisco and I need pointers, so if ANYBODY can help me, PLEASE do… [www.haroldmiller4mayor.com](http://www.haroldmiller4mayor.com) :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/2 "2013-03-13T22:29:17Z")
I’ll give you a pointer: Reported! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/3 "2013-03-13T22:33:33Z")
[insert your own gay joke here] ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/4 "2013-03-13T22:35:48Z")
I am :dubious: as well, but good luck with that. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/5 "2013-03-13T22:46:54Z")
The OP is kind of spammy, but we’ve allowed similar threads from members in the past and I think this could be entertaining. So at least for now I will it. ---
**Author:** ![mbetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mbetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbetter)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/6 "2013-03-13T22:57:58Z")
Has there ever been an elected official with the name “Elect” before? ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/7 "2013-03-13T23:05:19Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The OP is kind of spammy, but we’ve allowed similar threads from members in the past and I think this could be entertaining. So at least for now I will it. You’re not worried about a slippery slope kind of thing? I can see it now - hundreds of brand-new posters with names like “Elect Joe Blow Dogcatcher of Brownsville” signing up. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/8 "2013-03-13T23:07:40Z")
Not _too_ worried. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/9 "2013-03-13T23:10:20Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > You’re not worried about a slippery slope kind of thing? I can see it now - hundreds of brand-new posters with names like “Elect Joe Blow Dogcatcher of Brownsville” signing up. I dunno, I remember when that Obama fellow came in here looking for advice a couple years back and that didn’t seem to start a flood of similar posts. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/10 "2013-03-13T23:27:44Z")
We do have a mayoral election starting up here, and there aren’t too many candidates yet…Naw. Too many skeletons in the closet. My only pointer for Harold is to concentrate his efforts in areas that are more local. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/11 "2013-03-13T23:42:32Z")
Quoth BrainGlutton: [insert your own gay joke here [COLOR=“Magenta”][my own gay joke][/COLOR]] ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/12 "2013-03-13T23:46:28Z")
My first pointer: hire a professional web designer. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/13 "2013-03-13T23:48:43Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > My first pointer: hire a professional web designer. Maybe I haven’t been up to “the city” in awhile, but are there more Russian than Spanish speakers there now? ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/14 "2013-03-14T00:43:09Z")
Here’s a couple: 0x69696969 0xDEADBEEF ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/15 "2013-03-14T01:23:56Z")
Some people suffer from short attention span. For those people, [I introduce this paragraph.](http://www.haroldmiller4mayor.com/page04.html) [QUOTE=Elect Harold Miller Mayor S.F] My name is Harold Miller and I am running for San Francisco Mayor. Let’s stop the homeless from sleeping and living on the streets. I love bike riding and if you do enjoy bike riding yourself or walking along a walking trail in San Francisco, I may have something for you. If I make it to the Mayor’s office in 2015, I would like to see the San Francisco side of the Bay Bridge open to bike riders and walkers. But for all this to happen, I will need your help . . . So Please tell your friends about me. VOTE FOR HAROLD MILLER FOR SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR!!! NOV 3RD, 2015 [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/16 "2013-03-14T01:52:54Z")
Great! Let’s open a bridge where you can ride a bike half way to your destination. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/17 "2013-03-14T01:58:39Z")
Lowering all taxes, fees, fines, and bus fares? Compensating for lowered bus fares by adding more buses and hiring more drivers? Selling off all city-owned land to developers? Starting a totalitarian crackdown on the homeless, whisking them all off to parts unknown, in 7 days or less? Firing all the 49ers and hiring new ones, this time focusing on getting players that actually like to play football? Sounds like a winner. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/18 "2013-03-14T02:01:07Z")
If you fire someone, especially a [fitness buff gone to pot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_White), do not let him re-enter City Hall. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/19 "2013-03-14T02:12:26Z")
Harold: what is your position regarding San Francisco as a sanctuary city? ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852/20 "2013-03-14T02:15:37Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Great! Let’s open a bridge where you can ride a bike half way to your destination. A friend of mine used to live on Treasure Island in the middle of the bridge and work as a bike messenger in SF. This plan would would have saved him the hassle of putting his bike on the racks on the front of the buses. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-running-for-mayor-of-san-francisco-and-i-need-pointers/652852.md?page=2)