Well, it seems Sodom-by-the-Bay will soon have a new sheriff. Ross Mirkarimi, the incumbent, was soundly defeated in an election held yesterday.<\/p>\n
You may remember Mirkarimi (or at least his office, if not his name) from a few months ago. This is the same Sheriff whose jail released an illegal immigrant felon<\/a><\/em> in spite of the fact that INS authorities had requested a hold on the individual. They did so because of San Francisco\u2019s \u201csanctuary city\u201d laws.<\/p>\n That illegal immigrant, Francisco Sanchez, claims he later allegedly “found” a gun wrapped in a shirt; he further claims that when he picked it up, it “went off by itself” and killed an innocent woman – Kate Steinle – near San Francisco\u2019s waterfront. (If you believe that cock-and-bull story, I\u2019ll make you a great<\/span> deal on the Golden Gate Bridge.)\u00a0\u00a0 Had Sanchez been held and turned over to INS as requested, Ms Steinle would doubtless still be alive today.<\/p>\n It turns out Mirkarimi was a real piece of work in other respects, too. He had multiple other issues – issues that probably were more important to the “wonderful voters” of San Francisco than the sanctuary city\/felon illegal immigrant release idiocy. This Fox News article <\/a><\/em>details those issues.<\/p>\n The lady elected to replace Mirkarimi, Vicki Hennessy, has called San Frisco\u2019s policies in this area “misguided”. She has indicated a willingness to cooperate with INS in “certain cases”.<\/p>\n Well, we are talking about Sodom-by-the-Bay; full-time use of common sense and complete cooperation regarding illegal immigration enforcement is probably too much to expect. Still, it looks like there soon will be one less bona fide<\/em> idiot running the show there.<\/p>\n That\u2019s a good thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"