By Todd Swindell and Michael Petrelis
You've probably heard about the video showing Latino youths and techies arguing over the Mission Playground soccer field, and who had the right to play on it one recent afternoon.
The video has been viewed on YouTube almost 348,000 times and you can watch it here: http://tinyurl.com/Mission-Soccer-mess.
There's a rally today, Thursday, October 16, from 9 to 10 am at City Hall to send a message to the Parks and Recreation Commission that the Mission Playground is not for sale and should remain public space without fees needed to play soccer.
As longtime proponents of returning the rainbow flagpole and LGBT Pride flag at Harvey Milk Plaza, which is public property, to the public and ending the control of the city owned property by the Castro Merchants, we're pleased to see the grassroots uprising over the Mission Playground and who gets access to public space.
The #VotePetrelis team will at the City Hall rally and more info about it can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/Rally-4-Mission-Playground.
Curious about the political leanings of Phil Ginsburg, the general manager of San Francisco Parks and Recreation, we checked his donations to candidates and discovered that he donated $250 in June to David Chiu's assembly campaign and nothing to his challenger David Campos.
Our source for this data comes from the Secretary of State's search engine for contributions made to candidates and committees: http://tinyurl.com/Cal-Access.
We want to make the political agenda of Ginsburg fully transparent as the battle over who gets access to San Francisco's public spaces enters a new phase.
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