Son of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer running for State Assembly.

[RandySF]

Michael Breyer, the Assembly candidate who will duel Phil Ting to represent the segment of San Francisco where people have lawns -- and mow them -- made an announcement today.

The candidate let it be known that this morning's Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare was to his liking. In this, he was not unique; a cavalcade of local politicos sent out triumphal press statements regarding today's announcement. Breyer, however, was the only one who could have titled his release "My Dad Done Good. My Dad Done Real Good."

Sadly, the son of Justice Stephen Breyer didn't do this.

The five-paragraph release is instead titled "Breyer Applauds US Supreme Court for Upholding the Affordable Care Act." And you'd have to read to the end of it to learn that the candidate is "the great-grandson of a San Francisco Supervisor, grandson of the first lawyer for the San Francisco School Board and the son of a Supreme Court Justice." Huh. Seems relevant.


http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/06/michael_breyer_agrees_with_his.php#more

[elleng]

1. Not particularly relevant, imo,

but an interesting curiosity. Clearly a good family to have in the neighborhood.

[CreekDog]

2. That's dumb...SF Weekly only wants him to point out his lineage?

big deal. kind of dumb, but then again, it's just an SF Weekly blog post.

I voted for Ting and I'm glad:

http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/05/11/what-are-old-fashioned-sf-values

Although he does support Gov. Brown's tax plan for November, he does not support amending Prop. 13 to shift the burden of taxation back to commercial property. He has the strong support of the Building Owners and Managers Association, which is all about keeping taxes low on huge commercial properties owned by vastly rich outfits.

[RandySF]

3. Oh, I support Phil Ting, too.

I don't live in the West side, but Phil is a great guy. He was one of my choices for Mayor even though he never had a real shot at winning.