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Former S.F. Mayor Willie Brown writes about dating Kamala Harris, appointing her to posts

She started off her political career as mistress to a married man that was twice her age and gave her political appointments to boot.

Willie Brown " she will work her backside off";

Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown addressed his past relationship with Sen. Kamala Harris in a letter to the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday and acknowledged giving her appointments that furthered her career.

"Yes, we dated. It was more than 20 years ago," wrote Brown, who said he had "been peppered with calls from the national media about my 'relationship' with Kamala Harris, particularly since it became obvious that she was going to run for president."

Harris' office did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment on Brown's letter to the Chronicle.

Brown was married at the time he and Harris dated, but – because he had been "estranged from his wife" Blanche Brown since 1981, according to People magazine –the relationship was not kept secret. A Sacramento Bee reporter told People that Brown "had a succession of girlfriends" and would "go to a party with his wife on one arm and his girlfriend on the other.”

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A 1994 Los Angeles Times report about then-California Assembly Speaker Brown's "rush to hand out patronage jobs" described Harris as Brown's "frequent companion" and said several people referred to her as Brown's girlfriend. That report also cited a column from the Chronicle's Herb Caen that called Harris "the Speaker's new steady." When they met, she was 29 and Brown was 60.


According to Caen, the couple split up in 1995, which "flabbergasted" those "who found Kamala the perfect antidote to whatever playboy tendencies still reside in the mayor-elect's jaunty persona."

Although Brown supported Harris in her successful 2003 run for San Francisco district attorney, she tried to distance herself from him in that race, telling SF Weekly that Brown – whose career was dogged by corruption allegations – was an "albatross hanging around my neck."


"His career is over; I will be alive and kicking for the next 40 years. I do not owe him a thing," she told SF Weekly, vowing, "If there is corruption, it will be prosecuted."

Among the issues that followed Harris from her time with Brown was the allegation of cronyism in his appointment of her to two well-paying posts.

"Yes, I may have influenced her career by appointing her to two state commissions when I was Assembly speaker," Brown wrote Saturday. Brown was the speaker from 1980 to 1995, prior to his stint as San Francisco mayor.


Brown appointed Harris to the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and then to the Medical Assistance Commission – positions that paid her more than $400,000 over five years, according to SF Weekly. Brown also gave Harris a BMW.

"And I certainly helped with her first race for district attorney in San Francisco," he said in his Chronicle letter Saturday..

"I have also helped the careers of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and a host of other politicians," he added.

"The difference is that Harris is the only one who, after I helped her, sent word that I would be indicted if I 'so much as jaywalked' while she was D.A.," Brown wrote. "That’s politics for ya."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/01/27/willie-brown-kamala-harris-san-francisco-chronicle-letter/2695143002/

You don't know that Trump is also a Porn Star?

joelbooks:
You don't know that Trump is also a Porn Star?

A man bleeping around: STUD
A woman bleeping around: SLUT

"I have also helped the careers of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and a host of other politicians," he added.



Was he shagging Gavin Newsom as well?

Golan007:
"I have also helped the careers of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and a host of other politicians," he added.



Was he shagging Gavin Newsom as well?

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” - Winston Churchill

jerseyboy:
“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” - Winston Churchill

You don't even understand what you quote.

Bush was involved in theft. Clinton, sexually harrassing women. Obama was a chronic smoker. Trump a porn addict, tax envader, many more. Now, this..

None of them win by votes.. The two parties are like an open zip getting closed as one bit by bit in an upward motion till it reaches the top masters' table for "one confederacy" conclusion..

A Christian should not be distracted by all means. Neither Trump nor any pre-tribulation political figure is God's mercy for mankind.. Beware of false prophets and false dreams.

Whether Trump wins or loses, the destroyers are sitting on that table planning deceitful matters..

God showed the secret activities and plans of the top 70 masters to Ezekiel through a tiny hole. Now, the hole is a wide one for us to see now, can't you see...? Open your eyes, you shall see..

Useless Kamala Harris the Indian now pretending to be black who is responsible for throwing thousands of blacks into jail ..We will expose her in the coming days .. Useless runs geh

op, i gat good news for you, starting from jan. 20 next year, donnie will start pounding the pavement looking for jobs that pays 7.5 bucks an hour insha allah

okay

GamalNasser:
Useless Kamala Harris that was responsible for the death of George Floyd !!!! George will be alive today if she had done her job properly and indicted the killer cop in the past but she refused but instead called in his favour to stage the killing of George Floyd for political gain and leverage with which she has now been rewarded with running mate choice ...We will expose her in the coming days

You will expose her from Ogba abi?

A former judge and a senator a runs girl? She's my kind of runs girl.

Guestlander:
A former judge and a senator a runs girl? She's my kind of runs girl.

With all due respect, you are no Willie Brown.

here we go!
should have gone for Mrs Obama

jerseyboy:
With all due respect, you are no Willie Brown.

Lame. Who do you think you are, Lloyd Bentsen?

Her dad is Jamaican and mom is Indian. Africans pulling other Africans down. You guys are derelicts. Imagine pulling a fellow African down because of the most useless xenophobic human being in the world.

Trump will spit on your silly faces if you go near him

seunajia:
Her dad is Jamaican and mom is Indian. Africans pulling other Africans down. You guys are derelicts. Imagine pulling a fellow African down because of the most useless xenophobic human being in the world.

Trump will spit on your silly faces if you go near him

The truth isn’t always beautiful, there however is no religion higher than the truth.

seunajia:
Her dad is Jamaican and mom is Indian. Africans pulling other Africans down. You guys are derelicts. Imagine pulling a fellow African down because of the most useless xenophobic human being in the world.

Trump will spit on your silly faces if you go near him

It is called Stockholm syndrome, when you start to identify with your oppressor.

Why don't you shut up about foreign issues your empty negro skull has little knowledge about and focus on your festering shithole of a country, last time I checked, there was a half dead man in the seat of presidency. Leave developed countries to battle their issues and stop giving your stupid, unsolicited and regurgitated trash opinions (heavens know where you heard this one) from your hut in Anambra. Thanks.

Sincerely,
A US diasporean.

GamalNasser:
Useless Kamala Harris the Indian now pretending to be black who is responsible for throwing thousands of blacks into jail ..We will expose her in the coming days .. Useless runs geh