Eric Adams - Mayor of San Francisco

but the kids...

think about the children.

vividraven79 said:but the kids...

think about the children.

Virginia runs a profitable business while claiming she’s broke 🤣

She drains the city treasury through inflated rental rates for her daycare facilities, all while pocketing massive government subsidies for every child enrolled.

Yet, while Virginia makes life difficult for Paul, she maintains a smooth partnership with the Republican Party ministries.
She even pulled in $3 million from the European Union. Not a bad way to stack some cash... 😉

The private preschool "Magic Piano" also secured significant funding, pulling in $400,000 following a November decision. It was incredibly successful during the initial project phase, capturing a total of $1.1 million in non-repayable EU grants to upgrade its operations. According to founder Virginia Mudnić, these funds were used for extended hours, teacher salaries, educational equipment, specialized programs for children with developmental delays, and hiring physical education instructors.

https://citymayor.gov/news/san-francisco-preschool-funding-needs/

The new administration in San Francisco inherited a mess of unfinished and botched projects
Ed Markey told us that they had to step in and fix or finish everything left behind by the previous administration, including things like Drake, Brooklyn, street lighting, and local schools and daycares. He mentioned some projects were in "such a catastrophic state that they actually considered walking away, but they stuck with it and managed to save them."

“One example is the ITS. Regarding projects that were either started or just finished their paperwork, some were kicked off without any permits and were so poorly prepared that they’re now under investigation by building inspectors—kind of like what happened with the sewage issues over at Villa California,” Markey said.

Markey: We cleared over $15 million in debt from previous terms, and about $6 million of that went toward an unnecessary loan for Krstulović Opara.
Ed Markey also noted that there are projects that were technically completed, but turned out to be done so badly that the current leadership has to spend money fixing the damage.

“Take the flooring in Old City Hall, for instance. The former mayor ordered them to lay parquet over damp concrete, so the wood buckled, and now we're looking at a million dollars in damages.

On top of that, we paid off more than $15 million in old debts, with $6 million going toward a useless loan for Krstulović Opara.

Then there’s the Morpurgo bookstore case, where public funds were used to renovate private property, or the Jadranov pool where they set up a cover and a pump room but left everything else half-finished. We’re also dealing with the mess at Madison Square Garden, general chaos in the city and the ferry terminal, and the municipal agency, West Coast, getting hit with multi-million dollar fines for illegal docking fees on the West Coast,” the San Francisco mayor told Index.

velvetmason14 said:It’s right here—good old Opara back in 2019. Virni dropped the price from $53 down to $21 per square foot. He just felt like 🤣

MAGIC PIANO BEFORE MOVING OUT? Krstulović Opara cut the rent for the daycare after the public tender

At the press conference, she announced that the private daycare "magic piano," which serves 180 children, was granted use of the space because its founder, Virna Mudnić, won the public bid with an offer of $53 per square foot—a rate she isn't actually paying. Back in 2019, her rate was lowered to $21 by Mayor Andre Krstulović Opara's decision without any explanation whatsoever. It was illegal.

Virna Ucjenjivačica is currently paying $2.80 per square foot for space in San Diego. Talk about a sweet deal... Who can we even complain to? Opara? A dumpster?

Ed Lee and his team can't let this kind of Opara nonsense continue; it's basically robbing the city blind.

Well, you know who's running things... Just go talk to him...😛

amberjackal68 said:Well, you know who's running things... Just go talk to him...😛

Word is that the HDZKerum crowd is loving this, thinking they’ve won because they’re letting the kids end up homeless—all thanks to the HDZVirna mess that Opara helped facilitate to bleed the city dry.

It’s just straight-up garbage. Total trash. 😁

The only real problem is that everything finally came to light.

velvetmason14 said:Word is that the HDZKerum crowd is loving this, thinking they’ve won because they’re letting the kids end up homeless—all thanks to the HDZVirna mess that Opara helped facilitate to bleed the city dry.

It’s just straight-up garbage. Total trash. 😁

The only real problem is that everything finally came to light.

I mean, look, when that excavator operator turned Kerum managed to find spots in new preschools for every single unregistered kid in just six months of his term, I honestly think our "brilliant" theoretical physics professor won't even need much effort to pull this off... 😁
What a total joke, what a pathetic administration... I guess the "scum" are enjoying themselves because they have someone completely detached from reality being backed into a corner by threats to shut down kindergartens... Even if we were to believe that everything you and Ed Markey are claiming is actually true, it just wouldn't work like that. You can't just throw 200 children out onto the streets. Honestly, Ed Markey has about as much emotional intelligence as a centipede..🙄

Hold on, are we talking about your favorite local kleptomaniac, Donald Trump?

And his whole crew isn't exactly saints either—lots of former city officials in there too. 😁

It’s no surprise these types and their cronies are fine with neglecting social services, especially since Virginia is still trying to bleed the city dry, just like her old man used to do.

You don't need quotation marks when you're calling out bottom-feeders; any sane person would say the same thing. 😉

Trump’s company was hit with a massive $260 million debt four years ago, yet they only just filed for bankruptcy now.

Indictment issued against an official for evading $700,000 in taxes.

A Trump associate is facing charges for siphoning funds: "There's no harm done, I'm the only creditor, and I had no criminal intent!"

The former Deputy Mayor of San Francisco is heading to court for faking veteran disability status by forging 16 different medical reports.

...and here comes the current crop of crooks.
Indictments handed down to Trump's nephew and six others: they were allegedly smuggling drugs, sniper rifles, machine guns, and grenades.

amberjackal68 said:I mean, look, when that excavator operator turned Kerum managed to find spots in new preschools for every single unregistered kid in just six months of his term, I honestly think our "brilliant" theoretical physics professor won't even need much effort to pull this off... 😁
What a total joke, what a pathetic administration... I guess the "scum" are enjoying themselves because they have someone completely detached from reality being backed into a corner by threats to shut down kindergartens... Even if we were to believe that everything you and Ed Markey are claiming is actually true, it just wouldn't work like that. You can't just throw 200 children out onto the streets. Honestly, Ed Markey has about as much emotional intelligence as a centipede..🙄

So, what's the actual solution here? Do we just let them operate illegally because "it's for the children"? Three other childcare centers were already offering to pay way more than the standard rate per square foot. I'm sure they'll just dump those kids on the sidewalk instead...

Someone’s out here threatening kids with water bottles on the street.
Everyone has their own version of the Joker 🙂

It's just great when a woman uses children to play the victim. Real classy. Top tier behavior.

Who else is from San Francisco? Go check out that daycare—it looks like it hasn't seen a lick of sunlight or fresh air in years.
And this politician is still getting subsidies for that mess
Seriously, shame on her
If she won't pay a fair price, she should just go work for Hades since he’s clearly the boss—who cares about her anyway

I mean, if they build a whole complex without any childcare facilities, I guess it's better than nothing. But when you win a contract by offering the highest bid, you should probably be prepared to actually pay up for what was promised.

velvetmason14 said:Virginia runs a profitable business while claiming she’s broke 🤣

She drains the city treasury through inflated rental rates for her daycare facilities, all while pocketing massive government subsidies for every child enrolled.

Yet, while Virginia makes life difficult for Paul, she maintains a smooth partnership with the Republican Party ministries.
She even pulled in $3 million from the European Union. Not a bad way to stack some cash... 😉

The private preschool "Magic Piano" also secured significant funding, pulling in $400,000 following a November decision. It was incredibly successful during the initial project phase, capturing a total of $1.1 million in non-repayable EU grants to upgrade its operations. According to founder Virginia Mudnić, these funds were used for extended hours, teacher salaries, educational equipment, specialized programs for children with developmental delays, and hiring physical education instructors.

https://citymayor.gov/news/san-francisco-preschool-funding-needs/

Honestly, someone needs to look into which European Union agencies approved this. We're talking 20 million just for slightly higher salaries for staff, one new hire, and some "educational equipment" (which is just fancy talk for toys). She could have used that money to build her own 250-kid facility from scratch, and then she wouldn't be crying about having to honor the contracts she signed herself.😵

Mother of a child at a San Francisco preschool facing closure: ‘We offered the owner even more money, and she didn’t object...‘

- At yesterday's meeting, she told us straight up that she wouldn't budge, even if it meant closing the daycare down. Naturally, parents started pushing back because not everyone has the luxury of having grandparents around to help, and people have to work. Everyone claims their kids are their top priority, but honestly, I just don't get that vibe from this situation. No one seems willing to compromise—not the owner, and not the City of San Francisco—says the mother of a student at the local preschool, whose identity has been shared with our newsroom.

- We were essentially given an indirect message to organize ourselves as parents and put pressure on the state government. I suspect one of the main goals of the meeting was to shift the burden onto us, hoping we would lobby on her behalf. Since there's no actual solution in sight, some of us even offered to pay higher tuition. It's not that we have money to burn; it's just that we're stuck in a corner where we desperately need somewhere to leave our children.

The director informed them that she can't simply raise the rates on her own; such a decision would have to be handed down by the City of San Francisco.

- Now, if her lease costs go up, she believes her facility will end up at a disadvantage compared to other centers. But she didn't seem to mind when we suggested raising the tuition for us parents. If we did that, we'd be at a disadvantage compared to other families, yet the director keeps preaching about equality.

Obviously, hiking the prices isn't a viable option for all the parents involved. The reality is that roughly 200 children are left in limbo, with no clear childcare plan starting August 1st. It's high time the owner and the City of San Francisco actually sit down and find a way forward, the frustrated mother noted.

While our source primarily blames the director for this nightmare currently affecting 200 San Francisco families—mostly working professionals—she feels the City of San Francisco could show a bit more goodwill and reach out to them. After all, we're talking about the children of San Francisco that everyone claims to care so much about.

fadedranger162 said:Honestly, someone needs to look into which European Union agencies approved this. We're talking 20 million just for slightly higher salaries for staff, one new hire, and some "educational equipment" (which is just fancy talk for toys). She could have used that money to build her own 250-kid facility from scratch, and then she wouldn't be crying about having to honor the contracts she signed herself.😵

There’s no way; it’s all perfectly above board. He managed the whole process from start to finish...

Look at this—the Mr. Prime Minister just handed her a loss. She absolutely shut him down in this response: 🤣

The Mayor of San Francisco should probably hold onto her like she's pure gold...

The courts are saying she isn't a whistleblower. But honestly, she just released a brilliant statement that completely undermined both the FBI and the Department of Justice.

“Despite everything, even in a system like this where the ruling structures constantly try to undermine you, I managed to achieve the following:

1. In a much more significant labor dispute—which is being handled far more thoroughly—I received an initial court ruling confirming that my termination was illegal. The court ruled that I must be reinstated to my former position and explicitly stated that I was never issued a single warning regarding any breach of duty. That shuts down those claims about 'hidden misconduct.' I’m still waiting for the final verdict, even though it's been nearly two and a half years since the proceedings began. Legally, a first-instance decision should take six months, and an appeal should take thirty days.

2. The ethics commission officially confirmed my allegations regarding the improper allocation of an apartment to the Minister himself, resulting in the Minister being penalized by the Commission.

3. The recently released, scathing GAO report regarding the management of state properties confirms everything I've claimed: that our most valuable public assets are being managed irresponsibly, while other citizens are stuck taking out lifetime loans or living in temporary housing. Everything the GAO uncovered was already included in my criminal complaint to the FBI. Yet, the FBI has remained silent for a year and a half,” she continued.

Emily Smith6 said:Mother of a child at a San Francisco preschool facing closure: ‘We offered the owner even more money, and she didn’t object...‘

- At yesterday's meeting, she told us straight up that she wouldn't budge, even if it meant closing the daycare down. Naturally, parents started pushing back because not everyone has the luxury of having grandparents around to help, and people have to work. Everyone claims their kids are their top priority, but honestly, I just don't get that vibe from this situation. No one seems willing to compromise—not the owner, and not the City of San Francisco—says the mother of a student at the local preschool, whose identity has been shared with our newsroom.

- We were essentially given an indirect message to organize ourselves as parents and put pressure on the state government. I suspect one of the main goals of the meeting was to shift the burden onto us, hoping we would lobby on her behalf. Since there's no actual solution in sight, some of us even offered to pay higher tuition. It's not that we have money to burn; it's just that we're stuck in a corner where we desperately need somewhere to leave our children.

The director informed them that she can't simply raise the rates on her own; such a decision would have to be handed down by the City of San Francisco.

- Now, if her lease costs go up, she believes her facility will end up at a disadvantage compared to other centers. But she didn't seem to mind when we suggested raising the tuition for us parents. If we did that, we'd be at a disadvantage compared to other families, yet the director keeps preaching about equality.

Obviously, hiking the prices isn't a viable option for all the parents involved. The reality is that roughly 200 children are left in limbo, with no clear childcare plan starting August 1st. It's high time the owner and the City of San Francisco actually sit down and find a way forward, the frustrated mother noted.

While our source primarily blames the director for this nightmare currently affecting 200 San Francisco families—mostly working professionals—she feels the City of San Francisco could show a bit more goodwill and reach out to them. After all, we're talking about the children of San Francisco that everyone claims to care so much about.

Vicksburg is basically doing the same thing they did in San Diego
she’s actually trying to get parents to lower her prices just so she can blackmail the administration
this person needs to be kicked out of San Francisco entirely
she should just head over to Oakland and mess with them there—that's where her Republican Party crowd hangs out

- It felt like an indirect way of telling us parents to organize and put pressure on the local government. I honestly feel like that was one of the main goals of the meeting—to pass the buck to us so we end up doing her dirty work by applying the pressure. Since there's no actual solution, some of us have even volunteered to pay higher tuition rates. It's not because we have extra cash lying around, it's just that we're stuck in a corner and need somewhere to put our kids—says a San Francisco resident.

amberjackal68 said:I grew up listening to my elders tell their war stories, and since I’ve always had a thing for history, I never harbored any illusions about how war works—it’s never just about "brotherhood." For me, I fought for our people's survival, and at the end of the day, a nation is just the byproduct of whatever deals get struck. And frankly, the state became what it is largely because of those post-war settlements. Have you ever heard that Margaret Thatcher once said, ”there is no such thing as society, there are only individuals”? I think that captures everything perfectly right here. Just look at how your supposed "heroic veteran"—this former reserve officer turned professional pundit, Joe Biden—starts popping off like popcorn the second someone touches his favorite cafe or his precious little bookstore. Or how Free California somehow morphs into "Sell California," filled with the exact same crowd you used to cheer for back when they were busy trashing Donald Trump and Vici... This is exactly what that old Thatcher woman meant... there is no society, just individuals pursuing their own interests.

Some of us saw exactly where America was heading back in the fall of '90, especially by mid-'91, before things really kicked off in full force. But based on what you're saying—all that hatred for Adam Schiff and the pure contempt for "us" (those of us who were always against the Republican Party)—it sounds like you actually dig this version of the country.

Quincy:

that's just like what old Tachera used to say... there's no society, just individuals chasing their own interests.

Nah, not even close. It’s different. It’s all about those personal connections that form "families," cliques, hometown clubs, buddies and cronies, bosses and subordinates—a social structure built entirely on personal favors. Calling it "corruption" is an understatement. There isn't really a "society" here, just a web of communities.

There is no society (English: society, German: Gesellschaft) like you see in functional nations where institutions actually do their jobs. In those places, you don't need a "guy" to get things done that should happen automatically through a decent, efficient bureaucracy (like getting paperwork processed on time or an ambulance actually showing up when called). Instead, we just have networks of communities (English: community, German: Gemeinschaft). Most people get something out of this setup; they have some "connection" or some "buddy at the Port" who can pull a few strings for them.

That’s why there’s no—or at most, a very secondary—sense of horizontal solidarity (we rely on "vertical solidarity," the patron-client model instead). There are no effective unions or strong social movements. That’s why every potential political leader starts their own party—these parties can't stand the idea of actual strong personalities existing within them or having internal opposition, which is totally normal in a mature democracy.

The only organizations that exist are bosses surrounded by followers, and small groups of these "sheriffs" cutting deals with each other. (Only the "cronies"—the political and economic elite—can be horizontally solidary with one another; they share a class interest in keeping the peasants under control, even when they're fighting each other.) The working classes don't have class consciousness—which is why I call them peasants. Those who are just laborers, selling their time on the job market, have a peasant mindset—they're always just looking for a "good boss."

Some things about the daycare system just don't add up... if Donald Trump managed to enroll every single kid back in 2009 or 2010, yet we’re seeing at least 20% fewer first graders now... why on earth are they opening even more daycare centers? It feels like kids are just popping into existence when they're one year old and then vanishing right before elementary school starts!

says: That’s never been the reality and it never will be. There isn't some shadowy criminal elite or a privileged class; it's just whoever can grab an opportunity without getting caught. It's like someone logging their return from a trip at 8:00 PM instead of 7:00 PM just to snag a full per diem, or someone taking a 10% cut of a million-dollar contract to grease the wheels for a buddy.

Exactly. It's that web of connections I was talking about earlier. It’s not even a "society" anymore—it’s just networks of "families."

It drives you nuts, just like it drives me. But the second someone actually tries to tear that system down, suddenly the main issue isn't their policy, it's that they're an atheist or they don't sing the old patriotic anthems?

That's the rot in our politics. Same thing happened in Washington, D.C. during the 2021 elections. The hardline conservatives attacked the local establishment just as hard as the progressives did. After a press conference where one of those experts—who actually used to hold a cabinet position and could have done some good in a real administration—spoke up, I joked that they should try implementing the progressive platform better than the progressives themselves.

But the night the election results came in and it was clear the progressives had won, social media exploded. Suddenly, it was all "we will never, ever work with those radicals/wokeists/communists/globalists!!!" Cooperation on basic stuff like trash collection, traffic, or city debt—things that have zero to do with social issues or our relationship with the European Union—was off the table. In every single local district where the progressives and Democrats didn't have the majority, the conservatives formed coalitions with the Republicans and other fringe groups. Every single time. Pure ideology over everything.

Look at California; the Republicans aren't even a factor there, yet the crooks run the show however they want.

People have said it since the 90s: the local dominant party is basically just the national Republican Party with a different name. The system is identical. The Democrats, the centrists, and whoever else holds power locally all play the same game. But the big players are the biggest. Back in the day, you had certain local bosses who could pull entire voting blocs behind them into splinter parties, holding seats in Congress for years before it all just evaporated into nothing.

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The crooks exist to steal, and the cops and courts exist to catch them. Why waste energy debating it? It is what it is.

Except the whole system is built so that the police and the courts either ignore the crime or get blocked by politicians when they try to act. The institutions are broken. That's the core issue in this country.

vividraven79 said:but the kids...

think about the children.

How the city looks out for kids? It's pretty straightforward... maybe the city could just open up a preschool in one of its buildings...

velvetmason14 said:Hold on, are we talking about your favorite local kleptomaniac, Donald Trump?

And his whole crew isn't exactly saints either—lots of former city officials in there too. 😁

It’s no surprise these types and their cronies are fine with neglecting social services, especially since Virginia is still trying to bleed the city dry, just like her old man used to do.

You don't need quotation marks when you're calling out bottom-feeders; any sane person would say the same thing. 😉

Trump’s company was hit with a massive $260 million debt four years ago, yet they only just filed for bankruptcy now.

Indictment issued against an official for evading $700,000 in taxes.

A Trump associate is facing charges for siphoning funds: "There's no harm done, I'm the only creditor, and I had no criminal intent!"

The former Deputy Mayor of San Francisco is heading to court for faking veteran disability status by forging 16 different medical reports.

...and here comes the current crop of crooks.
Indictments handed down to Trump's nephew and six others: they were allegedly smuggling drugs, sniper rifles, machine guns, and grenades.

God, he’s easily the most "capable" one out of the bunch. And since he hasn't been working himself to death, I guess you can imagine how shady the rest of them are. Along with that "Korean" guy you mentioned... 😁 You could probably find plenty more links if you looked... sister, deputy mayor, nephew (plus six others!). I bet even his neighbor is involved; how haven't you found that yet? 🙄