Mayor Ron Gonzales will definitely run for re-election, his aides say.
Some insiders think otherwise.
At least not if a credible candidate whose primary mode of transport isn't roller skates takes him on, the thinking goes. In the wake of Ron Juan's mid-term crisis, pals privately feared that his heart was no longer in his work. Three months later, in an unrealistically upbeat state of the city speech, he stubbornly refused to acknowledge the economy's imminent nosedive. For someone known as a Robo-campaigner, Gonzales has been surprisingly slow to start cornering the campaign market and scare away hostile takeovers. But since Zoe Lofgren briefly floated a trial balloon last month, Gonzo and his team have aggressively tried to reassure supporters that the mayor is in for a second term.