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Title: The Backfiring of the Ban: San Francisco
Post by: Ben on February 20, 2024, 09:48:17 AM

We may have talked about this when it first happened, but SF banned city govt from doing business with like 30 states that didn't align with their values. Their hubris was such that they thought those states would fold for the honor of doing business with SF. Didn't work out that way.

Not only that, but the businesses that SF COULD do business with knew they had a captive audience and charged them accordingly. Hence the million dollar public restroom (quantity 1) debacle of around a year ago. They could have bought a cheap modular one, but the company was in Nevada - a state banned from doing business with SF. During the ban, they ended up making over 500 "special dispensation" exceptions just so the city could continue to function, but that wasn't enough.

Hence, the ban has now sort of ended. They are now allowed to do business in all 50 states, but only with businesses that align with SF values. Below is a 5 minute video by ABC San Francisco which fairly unbiasedly lays out the whole debacle.

https://youtu.be/1kZBD9xoQRQ

Title: Re: The Backfiring of the Ban: San Francisco
Post by: Brad Johnson on February 20, 2024, 12:38:55 PM

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Brad

Title: Re: The Backfiring of the Ban: San Francisco
Post by: K Frame on February 20, 2024, 12:54:27 PM

You're *expletive deleted*ing kidding me...

San Francisco would do business with Virginia, but WOULDN'T do business with the new home of Eastern Communism, Pennsylvania?

WTF, man?

Title: Re: The Backfiring of the Ban: San Francisco
Post by: HankB on February 20, 2024, 01:56:16 PM

Quote from: Ben on February 20, 2024, 09:48:17 AM

. . . Their hubris was such that they thought those states would fold for the honor of doing business with SF. Didn't work out that way . . .

Maybe they're putting something in the water there - this attitude is endemic there, and reminds me of Nancy Pelosi demanding Mitch McConnell jump through a bunch of hoops or else she wouldn't send him the Trump impeachment paperwork . . . which he didn't want anyway.

At first my reaction to this sort of thing is  :facepalm: . . . but after a few seconds, I realize  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: is better.

Title: Re: The Backfiring of the Ban: San Francisco
Post by: JTHunter on February 20, 2024, 02:40:18 PM

Quote from: HankB on February 20, 2024, 01:56:16 PM

Maybe they're putting something in the water there - this attitude is endemic there, and reminds me of Nancy Pelosi demanding Mitch McConnell jump through a bunch of hoops or else she wouldn't send him the Trump impeachment paperwork . . . which he didn't want anyway.

At first my reaction to this sort of thing is  :facepalm: . . . but after a few seconds, I realize  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: is better.

Well, considering Nancy IS pissing in those waters - - -.  :facepalm:  :rofl:

Title: Re: The Backfiring of the Ban: San Francisco
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 20, 2024, 11:19:53 PM

I thought this was going to be about another one of those plastic bag bans that actually led to more plastic being wasted.  :rofl: