Florist Loses San Francisco Mayoral Race
Though it isn’t official yet, it looks like florist Harold Hoogasian, a candidate (there were 14 total) for mayor of San Francisco, finished a distant second to the incumbent, Gavin Newsom, with unofficial results, 7 percent to 77 percent, as reported in the San Jose Mercury News.
Department of election officials, Hoogasian says, have said that the results of Tuesday’s contest will not be official until, at the earliest, this Friday or sometime next week. That’s fine and well for Hoogasian, who says that he’s headed to Kona, Hawaii, at the end of this week, to “relax and get some sun.”
The owner of Hoogasian Flowers, Inc., says that he’s off to spend some time at his coffee farm. He adds that thought the initial returns are discouraging he says, “I’m anxious to see what the votes look like.”
What’s next for the San Francisco florist, following the Hawaii retreat? Well, Hoogasian says that running for mayor was an “interesting thing to do” and that if offered him great exposure. He doesn’t know if he’ll run again, but he is committed to keeping his campaign alive through it’s Web site, www.unplugthemachine.org. Hopefully, he says, he can keep discussions going with his e-mail subscribers and “talk about changes we need to make to better San Francisco.”
To read more about Hoogasian’s candidacy platform, turn to the Aug. 8 issue of E-Brief.
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