San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom laments the fact that the number of families with children residing in the city by the bay are dramatically declining.
According to the Associated Press:
San Francisco has the smallest share of small-fry of any major U.S. city. Just 14.5 percent of the city's population is 18 and under.
It is no mystery why U.S. cities are losing children. The promise of safer streets, better schools and more space has drawn young families away from cities for as long as America has had suburbs.
But kids are even more scarce in San Francisco than in expensive New York (24 percent) or in retirement havens such as Palm Beach, Fla., (19 percent), according to census estimates.
Of course the liberal media and politicians believe it has little to do the lifestyle choices of San Franciscans.
San Francisco's large gay population - estimated at 20 percent by the city Public Health Department - is thought to be one factor, though gays and lesbians in the city are increasingly raising families.
And many of those families who are left are considering leaving.
A recent survey by the city controller found 40 percent of parents said they were considering pulling up stakes within the next year.
And so to help preserve families in San Francisco, America’s favorite pro-family advocate, Gavin Newsom comes to the rescue.
Determined to change things, Mayor Gavin Newsom has put the kid crisis near the top of his agenda, appointing a 27-member policy council to develop plans for keeping families in the city.
"It goes to the heart and soul of what I think a city is about -- it's about generations, it's about renewal and it's about aspirations," said Newsom, 37. "To me, that's what children represent and that's what families represent and we just can't sit back idly and let it go away."
Memo to Mayor Newsom:
Before you start concocting your formula for promoting families, please consider the following equations:
1 man + 1 man = no children
1 woman + 1 woman = no children
marriage= 1 man + 1 woman
marriage= children
Craig DeLuz
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www.craigdeluz.com
4 comments:
So true!
Capt Ron
www.ruminations.blog.com
San Francisco is the flagship for (progressive) thinking. Who do these folk look to as a moral compass and a model? Europe.
Secular, socialist, and brimming with strong coffee and smelly cheese. (I had to throw the cheese comment in, sorry)
What is the future to which San Francisco is heading? Take a look at Germany and France. 12-15% unemployment, a shrinking population, a 35 hour work week, and lower productivity per worker. Sounds great, where do I sign up?
I know that many in the bay area are highly paid professionals who have chosen to follow their career first and family second. If a career or an alternative lifestyle is the path they have chosen, so be it. However this ego-centric, me first, always and only lifestyle is not what built this nation. If you are a scientist that loves microscopes and a laboratory more than changing diapers, I can see that, I just hope you are finding a cure to a disease. That helps our society. You may be excused from this rant.
Newsome is probably a product of the public school system during the "new math" era.
"1 man + 1 man = no children
1 woman + 1 woman = no children
marriage= 1 man + 1 woman
marriage= children"
What about:
1 woman + 1 man = marriage + fucks on the side with other men?
Does that equation enter your grouping, Mr. Deluz?
and by the way... DUH! SF and other cities that have reduced rates of families with children just happen to be very expensive cities with highy demanding and high-paying jobs less likely to be chosen by families with children (in these cases they move to much more affordable suburban cities). Where is you "common sense"?
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