Exclusive: SF Mayor Gavin Newsom Asked Court to Delay Prop 8 Ruling

[kpete]

Source: towleroad

Exclusive: SF Mayor Gavin Newsom Asked Court to Delay Prop 8 Ruling

Confidential sources close to San Francisco City Hall told Towleroad's Corey Johnson that the California Supreme Court was prepared to release its opinion on Proposition 8 tomorrow, but decided to delay the ruling after a call from Mayor Gavin Newsom.

Newsom"Newsom reached out to the Supreme Court and asked them to hold off releasing their decision so it did not coincide with the White Night riots," said our source.

As mentioned earlier, a ruling Thursday would have fallen on the 30th anniversary of the San Francisco riots, which were set off when the court handed down the most lenient decision possible (voluntary manslaughter) against Dan White for the murders of supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. The ensuing riots in San Francisco on May 21, 1979 caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.

Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/05/exclusive-sf-mayor-gavin-newsom-asked-court-to-delay-prop-8-ruling.html

[marshall]

1. He might just have save lives, not to mention property

Things were very tense.

[pleah]

2. Does this mean Newsom knows how the court ruled?

That doesn't sound to promising.

[villager]

5. unfortunately, that seems to be the inference...

n/t

[Politicub]

3. :sigh: Reading the tea leaves here

There wouldn't be riots if the supremes back equality. I think I know which way the wind is blowing.

[keepCAblue]

4. Dupe--->

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3886076

and here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x132229

[Newsjock]

6. Newsom's office says this story is not true

http://sfist.com/2009/05/20/newsom_asks_court_to_delay_prop_8_r.php

Towleroad might have gotten it wrong, or so says Newsom spokesman Nathan Ballard.

Today a website posted an item that quoted a false allegation from an unnamed source: "Mayor Newsom reached out to the Supreme Court and asked them to hold off releasing their decision so it did not coincide with the White Night riots."
This allegation is not true. We have asked the website to correct the item immediately.

[keepCAblue]

7. Towleroad.com standing behind their source. Not taking post down.

Comment from towleroad.com blogger:

Franko -- it doesn't surprise me that Newsom's office is denying it. Why would they admit to it?

I stand by source who gave this to Towleroad.

Onward,

Corey

Posted by: Corey Johnson | May 20, 2009 5:39:52 PM

[xchrom]

8. the responsiblity lies with the supremes and the initiative

process in california -- not gavin.

i could care less if gavin asked them to release thursday or friday.

PLUS after the case presented to the supremes and going over what happened there -- who wouldn't be surprised if teh supremes upheld the intiative process -- they're all afraid of it.

it's fuckin pathetic.

to leave our equality up to mob rule.