Talk:George Moscone

message: I took out "so-called" as needless and not objective.  It implies that the name Peoples Temple was somehow not genuine, or not fitting.  The former is simply wrong -- Peoples Temple was, in fact, the organization's name (leaving aside apostrophal quibbles).  The latter is an opinion, and an opinion with condemnatory overtones, implying trickery.  Neutral point of view demands that the facts be let speak for themselves as to whether the Peoples Temple lived up to its name. Lonewolf BC 22:09, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "...so-called Peoples Temple" 

message: This article appears to need a lot of development work in other areas.  There are also very few sources cited except in a few areas where people have added information.  Much of it may have been originally copied from another source.  I added a few.  Mosedschurte (talk) 04:47, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Lack of Sources

message: I'm in the process of reviewing historical documents as I prepare an article on the California firm currently known as Hanson Bridgett LLP. Among the documents are timesheets for George Moscone dated 1969 through 1973. His title is given as Associate. I'm trying to work out how this four-year period fits with the dates given of his time in the state senate and election as mayor. One of the long-time partners at this firm (John Vlahos) confirmed that Moscone was an associate here, but was under the impression that he left the firm at the time he became mayor. Textheavy (talk) 00:17, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Associate at Law Firm During Political Career

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message: In the section on his tenure as state senator, I took out the phrase "as a heterosexual" in the sentence about his being "ahead of his time" on gay rights. It seemed superfluous when the article says he was married with children.Browntable (talk) 19:42, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
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message: "n 1980, sculptor Robert Arneson was commissioned to create a monument to Moscone to be installed in the new Moscone Convention Center.  The bust portraying Moscone was done in Arneson's expressionistic style and was accepted by San Francisco's Art Commission. Arneson included as part of the decoration on the pedestal the likeness of a pistol that gained public disapproval. At issue were references to Harvey Milk, the assassinations, the "Twinkie Defense", the White Night riots, and Dianne Feinstein's mayoral succession. Arneson refused to make alterations to the work, the commission was returned to him, and it was later resold. In a critique of the event, Frederic Stout wrote that "Arneson's mistake was in presenting the city mothers/fathers with something honest, engaging and provoking, that is to say, a work of art. What they wanted, of course, was not a work of art at all. They wanted an object of ritual magic: the smiling head of a dead politician." In 1994, a new bust by San Francisco artist Spero Anargyros was unveiled, depicting Moscone holding a pen, below which are words from Moscone: "San Francisco is an extraordinary city, because its people have learned to live together with one another, to respect each other, and to work with each other for the future of their community. That's the strength and beauty of this city – it's the reason why the citizens who live here are the luckiest people in the world."
Arneson was not an "expressionist", but rather, a humorist in the California funk style.  Arneson did not make a "mistake."  He did exactly what any Art professional might have expected. Shawnkielty (talk) 10:20, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
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