On April 1, 2014, former Supervisor, Gary Giacomini (George Lucas's Lawyer) spoke in a nearly empty Board of Supervisor's meeting to humiliate the people of Marin who question the urbanization of East Marin. Rarely have I heard a politician attack the citizens in this manner. We are not a nation of "divine rulers" and we will not stand silent in the face of injustice.
For anyone who doesn't want to actually watch the nauseating
video:
"Morning
supervisors, I’m Gary Giacomini and
I, as you know, I sat in you seat for some 24 years, and I want to say that I have never seen such a
mean-spirited electorate out there, what appears to be, and I wanted to say
that it's like a combination of the flat-earth society, the know nothing party
and the pitchfork gang and they’re assaulting you on all kinds of fronts.
But
I I've got some good news - its not, it
doesn't have traction. It feels like it does to you because when
they come at you, you have a target on your back and they’re relentless and
they're loud in there, that actually, they’re
a classic mob and they get away with it because they have enormous tenacity and
they don't care about facts at all.
But
I wanted to share with you that a lot of
people think you’re doing a lot of damn good things and I've been involved
recently with some polls, county wide polls, that should give you solace - and
that is only 12 to 13% of the people in Marin buy into this bullshit and buy
into the pitchfork mentality of the enemies you have. So I want to
say this, it feels like it's the world, I know what it's like, I remember,
right? I never experienced the mean spiritedness of that gang, and they are a
gang, that’s all they are and I tell you that there’s good times to come
because they have no traction. They speak
loud and they carry a big stick, but they’re really shallow, shallow people.
By
the way I want to say something that, you do all kinds of great things, the
county does, and I saw a lot of it today in the room, it’s too bad people
don't, don't sit here that's another thing about your enemies they don't, they ask questions but they don't care what
the answers are because they have a vicious agenda which is anti,
anti-government, tea party-ist kind of mentality. But you do go out
and do all kinds of good things and I want to tell you one that I thought, I'm
gonna tell you, compliment you so much about.
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| ""what I would have wanted to do is bring in a bunch of D6 [bulldozers], knock down some trees and fix the road ' -Former Supervisor Giocomini |
I
tried for 24 years I was here to do something about the horrible condition of
Sir Francis Drake Boulevard through Sam Taylor Park and you have done a
miracle. I’m driving out there and I thought I got to tell these
supervisors you've done a miracle. It's a stunning… what I would have wanted to
do is bring in a bunch of D6 [bulldozers], knock down some trees and fix the road, and
that didn't go so well. You did it beautifully, I think you had to touch one or
two trees, and they were dead anyway, and it's a glorious road, it's beautiful
and you pulled it off and my congratulations and that's not easy and especially
my thanks to you Supervisor Kinsey I sort of grinned that you could do that.
But
I only had 24 years, but anyway I wanted
to give you solace. It is not that bad and I hear in all the travels that I
have, that people are mad at the people that are mad at you, and that's what I
want to share with you. And the people that are mad at the people that are mad
at you are much, many more.And the goodwill of Marin will return. It’s
really here, it’s just it doesn't feel like it because this pitchfork gang is
front page, but you will prevail. Thanks
for all you do."
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I sent this letter in response to the Marin IJ. I don't think they dare publish it:
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Giocomini Who?
"During the April 1, 2014 Board of Supervisor's meeting, former Supervisor Gary Giacomini , addressed the Supervisors in a 4 minute monologue lambasting the public who are concerned about the urbanization of Marin, as a bullying, mob, pitchfork carrying, Tea Party group. It is quite revealing that not a peep was heard from the nearly empty room while his bilious attack echoed throughout the chamber. One would think that Susan Adams and Judy Arnold fresh from the campaign trail might have had the courage to stand up for the people of their district but nothing but a chuckle came from the entire board. The people of Marin owe a debt of gratitude to those who saved Marin. Thanks Gary, we'll take it from here."
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[APRIL 2015 Postscript: Gary Giacomini is the lawyer representing George Lucas for a new Grady Ranch Proposal. He is on the offense, attacking the "millionaire NIMBYs". Some media outlets are naively publishing this garbage. The fact is that development will pay almost no taxes or infrastructure costs. The middle class neighbors will be forced to build new infrastructure, repair roads, lay sewer and water, build new schools, hire more police and pay much higher taxes. The June 2014 election that Mr. Giaocomini so confidently predicted a victory was a rout. Incumbent Supervisor Adams lost in a landslide to a newcomer. Judy Arnold, another incumbent supervisor, narrowly won re-election by 200 votes.]
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