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...mayor in a runoff election last week, San Franciscans seemed preoccupied with the plight of a city 3,000 miles away. Both candidates were survivors of a Nov. 4 election that had eleven names on the ballot. Both-Democratic State Senator George Moscone and Republican John J. Barbagelata, a member of the city's board of supervisors-agreed hat the overriding issue of the campaign was not San Francisco's woes but New York City's. "The day of the giveaway is over," said Moscone, 46. Said the conservative Barbagelata, 56: "New York was the shocker that...
Warning of Peril. From the beginning, the race was between Barbagelata's belt-tightening oratory and Mascone's smoother campaign organization and personal style. The dollar-conscious Barbagelata, a businessman who keeps a pocket calculator at the ready during board of supervisors meetings, counted on support from San Franciscans who feared their city might suffer the fate of New York. A four-day police and firemen's strike in August showed citizens how determined unions might bully a city into submission. Over the supervisors' protests, outgoing Mayor Joseph Alioto finally caved in and granted raises...
First Dictator. Furious at the mayor's unilateral action, the board voted unanimously to reject his proposal, declaring that they would never "negotiate with outlaws." Supervisor John Barbagelata, another mayoral candidate, denounced Alioto as "the first dictator in the United States." Unruffled, Alioto, under the broad city charter provision that grants the mayor power "to do whatever he may deem necessary" to preserve the public welfare, declared a public emergency and ordered the increase carried out. Police and firemen went back to work almost immediately. Beamed the mayor: "The strike is over...