So this has nothing to do with the Boys and Girls Club or Alameda Point or even Lesson 9. Remember back in March of this year there was a house in the Gold Coast-y area (Bay Street to be exact). The owners wanted to build a porch, some neighbors thought that it would detract from the aesthetics of the street.
By the way, both Marie Gilmore and Doug deHaan recused themselves from this vote because they live near the project. Okay so maybe this will tie a little bit about to the B&G Club vote, while I do believe that sitting on the advisory board is not enough of a reason for the Mayor to have needed to recuse herself from the vote on adding the B&G Club to the Measure WW funding list, the notion that Councilmember Marie Gilmore would have to because her husband sits on the advisory board is absurd. How far are we going to go down a six degrees of separation in order to not have a “whiff of impropriety”? After all, Doug deHaan actually was a member of the Boys and Girls Club when he was a youth, should he have recused himself as well? Or is a “no” vote indicative of someone’s ability separate their belief in a cause and their duty as a City Council person?
But I digress.