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30
Nov

Mayoral candidate charged with misdemeanor

Author: kris, Category: News, Politics

One of the opponents in the recent mayoral race (won, in the predictable landslide, by current mayor and all-around honey Gavin Newsom) was a homeless taxi driver who –

I’m sorry, I need to take a moment to enjoy that idea. Okay. The candidate, Grasshopper Alec Kaplan –

Nope, still not over it. The homeless taxi driver, Grasshopper, who ran for mayor, was charged with a misdemeanor two weeks before the election for, as the Chron puts it, “allegedly playing guitar naked while atop his purple van outside the San Mateo Expo Center.”

Anyway, he failed to show up for his court date, and here is what the Chron says about that, which is maybe my favorite part of the whole thing:

“If we don’t do something, it’s basically saying, yeah, he can sit out on his van playing his guitar naked anytime he wants,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. “I think that might infringe on other people’s pursuit of happiness.”