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was still prohibited from taking Officer O'Smarty on patrol
without advance written permission.
In response to the restrictions on petitioner's use of the
puppet, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (Board) passed a
resolution "[urging] the Mayor to urge the Police Commissioner to
allow [petitioner] police officer Bob Geary to use his
professional judgement in using non-traditional 'tools' to gain
the trust of the public." The Mayor refused to act on the
Board's resolution, and petitioner, after exhausting his
administrative remedies, decided to take the Officer O'Smarty
puppet issue to local voters.
In the latter part of 1992, or early in January 1993,
petitioner formed the Committee to Save Puppet Officer Brendan
O'Smarty (Committee). Through the Committee, petitioner paid
$9,711.49 to professional "signature gatherers" to circulate
petitions and gather signatures from local voters in order to
place the issue on the November 1993 ballot. Once the signatures
were gathered, petitioner contributed $1,200 to local political
organizations which recommended passage of "Proposition BB", the
Officer O'Smarty proposition.3 In addition, petitioner paid $621
3 Petitioner contributed $600 to the Richmond District
Democratic Club, $400 to the District Eight Democratic Club, and
$200 to the Affordable Housing Alliance Political Action
Committee, all of which endorsed Proposition BB on their
respective slates.
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