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McLaren Park

January 25, 1927

Groundbreaking. City supervisor James B. McSheehy and Tom Carroll watch John McLaren push a horse-drawn plow; President of the Park Commission, Herbert Fleishhacker, in background.

from: Paul Rosenberg email: prose38@pacbell.net message: It's Supervisor McSheehy. He's the one who said: * On building approval: This building has all the ear marks of an eyesore. * During debate: I deny the allegations and challenge the alligator. * On civic cooeperation: Let us put our shoulders to the wheel and push the ship of state up Market Street. * On the issue of purchasing a dozen gondolas for Stow Lake: Why not just buy two and let nature take its course. * On the issue of purchasing turbines to generate electricity on the Hetch Hetchy system: Do you mean to tell me that the citizens of San Francisco will drink their water with the electricity removed? * On political correctness: A good politician cannot keep his ear to the ground and sit on the fence. . I have here some information which I want you to take home in your heads, which I know are concrete.