George GasconUPDATE: Mayor Gavin Newsom did indeed choose George Gascon to be San Francisco's next chief. Recently on this page, we noted that Harold Hurtt, potentially Police Chief Heather Fong's successor in San Francisco -- may be out of a job altogether if he doesn't land the top slot here: One of the mayoral candidates in Houston has pledged to fire Hurtt if elected. No such quandary exists for George Gascon, the Mesa, Ariz. chief also widely acknowledged to be in the running for the
George Gascon, San Francisco's police chief-to-beBy now, anyone even loosely following city government knows that San Francisco's next police chief is George Gascon -- and, if you've been following SF Weekly's coverage, you may even know how he stands on policy matters (and that he sounds a bit like a high-pitched Tony Montana).But it was a full year ago, when Phoenix New Times ran this lengthy but well worth the read cover story, that staff writer Ray Stern foreshadowed that Gascon may have had
George GasconIncoming San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon -- the subject of this week's SF Weekly cover story -- is certainly walking into a dicey situation in his avowed attempts to shake up San Francisco's problematic police department. But it's better than filing for unemployment, which he confirmed was imminent in his current post as police chief of Mesa, Ariz. Gascon told the East Valley Tribune that he had been informed, in no uncertain terms, that his days as Mesa's chief were number
foam order.com
