tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post4902766184262600238..comments2024-02-21T17:03:05.861-08:00Comments on Petrelis Files: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08359712473083091475noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-72287643874574619032014-03-31T03:48:40.208-07:002014-03-31T03:48:40.208-07:00Eric Hoffer, San Francisco's mid-20th Century ...Eric Hoffer, San Francisco's mid-20th Century philosopher, proposed that the efficiency and dynamism of a society or country can be measured by its record of maintenance. The same might be said of a city or even a neighborhood. By that standard, San Francisco no longer measures up to many other world cities. And the deteriorating rainbow flags are one (out of many) pieces of evidence of the city's decline since Hoffer's time.<br /><br />New leadership is sorely needed in this city -- leadership that can motivate and inspire the public to demand higher standards, both in the city government and in the attitudes of its citizens.Rustynoreply@blogger.com