This week Darcy Burner, a candidate I supported got beat by a rich candidate . Recently, some groups I supported, SF Ocean Edge , The Sierra Club and The Audubon Society lost an appeal to stop seven acres of natural grass from being ripped out of the west end of Golden Gate Park  and replaced with artificial turf and 150,000 watts of stadium lights for soccer fields. The project is funded by a rich family, the Fishers, whose father founded the Gap . It's rough when the rich beat us, not just because we lost, but because it can be used as an encouragement for the idea that being rich should be your first and main goal -- since it seems to prove that everything you want flows from that . "Want to win an election?" be rich. Then buy what you need to win. "What to break the law?" be rich, then pay the lawyers to make it a civil case so you just pay the fine. "Want to not break the law? Buy the lobbyist, who pays the lawmakers to fix the law so you don't break them -- it's cheaper than the fine and then you are a "law abiding citizen." Money can't buy you love? Yeah, but plenty of rich people find people to love them. It isn't always a "if you are rich you can't get love" equation. Poor people can't find people to love them either. And being poor can get in the way