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Before Robert Alioto, 49, arrived in San Francisco in 1975 from Yonkers...
...school district was considered unmanageable. The superintendent's office did not even know how many teachers were at work. Alioto's first success was putting the district's finances in order. Then he began cutting down on the bureaucracy: of the 100 or so administrative jobs in 1975, only 42 are left. In 1978 he closed 30 schools because enrollment had dropped, a move that earned him many enemies in the community. Nor did he win friends among teachers by laying off 1,197 of them in 1979. Says Alioto: "Too many people in education are mealy...
...year) that the state education department conducted a secret check in 1978 to make sure everything was on the up and up; it was. As a result, about 1,000 private school students return to the public schools each year. In 1982 Mayor Dianne Feinstein showed her confidence in Alioto by giving $4 million of the city's surplus funds to the schools...
...early mayoral campaigns, she lost thunderously to Republican Incumbent Joseph Alioto in 1971 and failed to gain a runoff in the 1975 race. She was often accused during this period of being a political waffler. In fact, her views have shifted over the years. Once considered a liberal, especially on environmental issues, she has gradually moderated her position and developed strong ties with business and a reputation for fiscal conservatism...
Gerald O'Leary and Jean Sullivan-McKeigue, sister of former committee member Kathleen Sullivan-Alioto, also won seats on the committee, edging Jean McGuire, Kevin McCluskey, Boston PTA president Rita Walsh-Tomasini, and former committeeman Paul Ellison, who served time for embezzling city funds...