And remarkably effective and enduring. Willie brown is a game changer. Thank you, willie, for all your work, talents, brilliance, heart, your and forgiving a damn. Thank you. [ applause ] on that note, i believe i should bring mayor brown to the stage. Is that correct . Ladies and gentlemen, mayor willie brown. [ applause ] that was remarkable. But then again you are a vocalist. Mr. Mayor, kristin, vernal, vernal was rather reserved tonight. Last week when we were at macys during black History Month, the first thing she said, see it . She has one of those world champions diamond rings. She wont let her husband touch it and she shares with everything and she has two of them now. I thought she would do that again tonight. Its your night. Yes, its my night so you are being cool. I also noticed that david chew ended up with some friends of his. Supervisors. David, would you please take a bow to the rest of your supervisors, malia, campos, the tall man, scottie. Stand up scottie. Let people
People. This is evidences not only by examining willies record in public life but i can a test to this personally. When it was a long line of people waiting to see him. A long and varied line. Some people it struck me we have a very broad Cross Section to see people who willie had made time for. I saw this every time i came to city hall to visit mayor brown. While he was certainly making time for me and hes always been very open with me and i appreciate that, willie. Hes never ever not responded when i have reached out adhesion always made time for me. This is a man who made time for people. It represented a very broad Cross Section of the people of San Francisco. That is how it should be. I had no idea of what the outcomes were of those meetings. The fact is mayor brown was giving people access. To him and to city hall but in the same world in this city we have graced to have a willie brown. A man who is not only a bona fide celebrity. Hes a celebrated presence, locally, nationally an
Hes a celebrated presence, locally, nationally and also a dynamic leader. One can easily ascribe the words to his career, dazzling. Its a dazzling career full of deeply significant and dazzling first as weve mentioned. His mayoral inauguration included a party to which 10,000 people attended. Local restaurants provided 10,000 meals to the homeless. Who does that . On that kind of a scale . Willie brown does that. [ applause ] im so glad you are applauding. It gives me time to get water. If i were younger, hipper, i would breakout into a rap right now to talk about his virtues and his life and career. If i were to do that, it might sound Something Like this. You all ready . When you think of willie brown you want no other, hes the one you count as your brother, what else can i say . I cant say no more. Through the streets of San Francisco makes you want to sing. When you think of willie brown we like no other. Hes the kind of dude that you like as your brother. I say hes the kind of dud
Connection, between mayor brown and myself and even though like other people, i have always admired and respected mayor brown, albeit from a distance. 31 willie brown is a game changer. A brief look at his career corroborates that. As an attorney in San Francisco at a time when there were few black attorneys this man routinely defended the defenseless and taking on cases the most prominent lawyers refuse to take on. Mario, on his first disobedience arrests and then he became involved in Civil Rights Movement to protect housing discrimination after a local Real Estate Office refused to work with him because he was black. Then there were a very significant first. First African American elected to San Francisco in the california state assembly. The first African American speaker of the california state assembly. And as we all know the first african mayor of San Francisco [ applause ] first, the first, the first. And a speaker of the assembly he would also become the first and the only pol
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