him who will set aside any inkling of principles in order to retain/obtain power "for the cause." Progressives do not benefit from the loud blowhards like him who have: No objectiveness, no principles, and an attitude of 'turn the other cheek if it's one of our guys, attack them if they're not.' Fortunately, I truly believe they are a minority, a LOUD, obnoxious minority of the electorate. Actually, when the polyonomous troll tossed out allegations of Davis' supposed improprieties and then was asked to back it up, they said nothing. The very fact that this was announced cryptically well-in-advance by a commenter who is known for posting reactionary lies and invective suggests strongly that there is some degree of conspiracy afoot to smear Davis. This is part-and-parcel with the attack plan against Ross Mirkarimi. It smells of Republican scorched earth techniques characterized by the work of Karl Rove. Yes: San Francisco politics *is* important on the national level enough to justify such an allusion because the city is on the vanguard of so many progressive fronts: renewable energy and instant run-off voting to name just two. I think there is a kernal of truth to the allegations against Davis. I also think that this hand-down-pants allegation is a bold lie; a titillating (for Republicans) and scurrilous accusation that Davis had ever possible right to dispute vociferously, no matter what the possibly dry-rotted SFBG editor may jump to assume. Totally- They have nothing better to do than go after Julian Davis-