JOE ALIOTO JR. PLEDGES DISTRICT 3 FAMILIES AND MIDDLE CLASS PRIORITY
July 4th, 2008
San Franciscan Joseph Alioto Jr. welcomes supporters to launch party of campaign website in his race for District 3 Supervisor
Photo by Bill Wilson © 2008
BY PAT MURPHY
Sentinel Editor & Publisher
Copyright © 2008
North Beach native son Joe Alioto Jr. kicked his quest for the District 3 Supervisor seat up another notch Wednesday, gathering a Bocce Cafe kick-off of his new campaign website.
Alioto, who launched his campaign March 19, reiterated welfare of San Francisco families and the middle class as his priority.
“For me to see the outpouring of support in this community, throughout San Francisco, for my campaign is a great honor for me and it is very, very humbling,” Alioto told the crowd.
The candidate defined constituent issues.
“It’s about some of the issues we’ve got here in San Francisco and especially here in North Beach and in District 3,” continued Alioto.
“What it comes down to is that I represent families.
“I want to represent the middle class in San Francisco.
“I want to do everything that I can to make sure that our families in San Francisco are tied, and are rooted, here so that we keep our culture in San Francisco — a very important aspect.”
Win or lose, Alioto noted himself as a December victor through new fatherhood.
“Toward that end, if you don’t already know, that my wonderful wife Erica is expecting our first child in December,” beamed Alioto.
Mom-to-be Erica Galos Alioto
Photo by Bill Wilson © 2008
“And so I can tell you unequivocally that whether I win this race or not the fact is that by December I will be a victor in my own eyes.”
Alioto’s father recalled the candidate’s academic years.
“Of course, he’s an attorney but at the same time in four years he not only got his law degree but he received his MBA,” Joe Alioto Sr. recalled.
“And he did it all at once — a fact that sometimes he doesn’t tell people about,” continued Alioto Sr.
“He also served, prior to passing the bar, he actually served in the District Attorney’s Office in Oakland and Alameda, actually trying cases.
“Of course, he speaks Italian and Spanish so he melds into North Beach very, very well.”
Mark Calvano, left, and Joe Goodrich pledge a fundraiser for the Alioto campaign
Photo by Bill Wilson © 2008
BILL WILSON
Sentinel Photographer
Bill Wilson is a veteran freelance photographer whose work is published by San Francisco and Bay Area media. Bill embraced photography at the age of eight. In recent years, his photos capture historic record of the San Francisco LGBT community in the Bay Area Reporter (BAR). Bill has contributed to the Sentinel for the past four years. Email Bill Wilson at wfwilson@sbcglobal.net.
PAT MURPHY
Sentinel Editor & Publisher
In his youth, Pat Murphy worked as a General Assignment reporter for the Richmond Independent, the Berkeley Daily Gazette, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He served as Managing Editor of the St. Albans (Vermont) Daily Messenger at age 21. Murphy also launched ValPak couponing in San Francisco, as the company’s first San Francisco franchise owner. He walked the bricks, developing ad strategy for a broad range of restaurants and merchants. Pat knows what works and what doesn’t work. His writing skill has been employed by marketing agencies, including Don Solem & Associates. He has covered San Francisco governance for the past eleven years. Pat scribes an offbeat opinion column of the human family. Email Pat Murphy at SanFranciscoSentinel@yahoo.com.
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