By SENSE:
This is the first of a series of blog entries in which I will attempt to capture tales about people, places or events around the city. These stories will be funny, interesting, sad, compelling, inspiring or all of the above. I am, by nature, a storyteller, and so rather than simply distribute information in my blogs, I have created a forum in which to tell tales of everyday life in the city.
A friend told this first S & S tale to me yesterday, while we sat outside at Medjool having a beer and eating some grilled beef skewers with salsa verde.
A Mayor and a Law Student Get on a Bus…
… Last summer, a young man was waiting at his regular bus stop at Fillmore and California when up walked Gavin Newsom. The mayor began waiting patiently for the bus to arrive, like everyone else. The young man recognized him immediately and never one to be bashful, approached the public transit-commuting mayor. He introduced himself and shared with the mayor that he was a first year law student at Hastings. The two of them chopped it up for about 5 minutes or so, and the young man was delighted to have such an up close and personal interaction with this public official who he admired.
At that point, the bus began to approach the stop… only the bus did not actually stop. Rather, it slowed a bit, and then drove right on by those waiting, including Mayor Newsom. The young law student explained to the mayor that because they were one of the last stops on the route, that this would often occur because the bus was packed.
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