Chicken John for S.F. Mayor
Chicken John who would be mayor / Burning Man devotee says his platform is bed of pickup truck by Cecilia M. Vega, S.F. Chronicle Staff Writer.
If only… * sigh * … Go Chicken John!
His platform, he says, is the bed of his 1975 GMC pickup, which he converted to a zero-emissions vehicle that runs on coffee grounds and walnut shells. His party affiliation is simple: “I like to party. Party hardy.”
“The government should be like someone you want to invite to the party, not someone you would call to do your taxes,” he said last week during an interview about his candidacy. “The government body of San Francisco should be intoxicated every once in a while on a Friday afternoon, or have a piercing.”
Among his complaints: “Our city is being turned into a f — ing strip mall. It’s being turned into a suburb.”
The people who are running the city don’t have any new ideas, and they’re just boring, he said, adding that there’s not enough art and innovation in the political process, and too many creative minds are moving out.
Even if he doesn’t become mayor, there is one thing he still wants to do. “I want to drive my pickup truck into the bow and arrow even if I don’t have permission,” he said. “Where’s all the whimsy gone?”
