It's odd to read a newspaper editorial arguing that there are some things in city government that the people and the fourth estate ought not to know. And yet, despite many caveats claiming otherwise, that appears to be what
this editorial from the Bay Guardian is asserting.
In short, the
Guardian bemoans that Mayor Gavin Newsom has supposedly greased the skids of evil Republicans' lawsuit machines by leaking a confidential city attorney's memo regarding Supervisor David Campos' proposed sanctuary policy to the
Chronicle. The editorial offers the necessary platitudes about opposing government secrecy and supporting noble whistleblowers. Yet it all boils down to this: Gavin Newsom is playing hardball to kill legislation the
Guardian favors -- and therefore he is bad and so was this leak. Had the mayor leaked confidential documents that hamstrung legislation the
Guardian opposed, the paper would not have penned this editorial.
