More Absurd Great Highway Drama: Supervisor Wong Blames Opponent That His Ballot Measure Failed to Launch

"With friends like you, who needs enemies? Wong snapped at Gee, per the Chronicle. We gave you an eight-page piece of legislation, he added. Clearly someone is not listening to the neighborhood. Gee noted that it was her boss' call, not hers."

"There was apparently a District 4 candidate forum Thursday night at the Outer Sunset's United Irish Cultural Center, featuring the main candidates vying to permanently take the seat Joel Engardio was recalled from. The only coverage of the forum we could find was in today's Chronicle, which describes the forum as a staid affair because the questions that had been provided in advance."

District 4 candidates Alan Wong, Albert Chow, and Natalie Gee participated in a Thursday forum at the Outer Sunset's United Irish Cultural Center to compete for the seat vacated by Joel Engardio's recall. Wong, Mayor Lurie's appointee, attacked Gee for not supporting his ballot measure to restore cars on the Great Highway. Wong's initial effort to place the measure on the June ballot failed after he announced it only six days before the deadline, falling one Board of Supervisors vote short. He had expected support from Supervisor Shamann Walton, who declined. Gee, Walton's legislative aide, responded that the decision was her boss's responsibility, not hers.

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