One of my favorite political analysts surmises that one reason Mayor Ed Lee has not removed Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi from office, despite the fact he has been accused of domestic violence and witness tampering, is because Lee doesnt want to empower the contingent of people who think Mirkarimi is being victimized because of politics. Still, people feel strongly about this issue. Mirkarimis political life is finished and he should resign, Democratic strategist Nathan Ballard told me. Hes like Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense everybody knows that Ross Mirkarimi is dead except Ross Mirkarimi. Ouch! Indeed, the unwillingness to budge by either Lee or Mirkarimi has left enterprising San Franciscans to our own devices to express displeasure with the fact that Mirkarimi still carries a badge (but no gun) and oversees our jails. (Excerpt) Read more at sfexaminer.com …
