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And she says without looking at me because she couldnt look at me, i got to see my mayor again. So, maybe through art we can see again. About a month ago i braved going to the sf moment to check out the infamous bust of my dad and all i could remember growing up were the images of that controversial pedestal of gunshots and twinkies and dont think i didnt smile when i heard hostess went under. [laughter] applause but when i went to see the bust for that first time, a bust that i have to admit captured georges mile wide grin and dramatically imperfect teeth, i saw on the pedestal so many things...

Sexy, cruel as all get out. And then the song ends. And i notice the woman sitting next to me crying. And after the play is over, after the standing ovation of tonys brave and beautiful play, as people start to leave the theater, this woman, she remains in her chair and it seems she cannot move. I gently asked her if shes all right. And she nods. And she says without looking at me because she couldnt look at me, i got to see my mayor again. So, maybe through art we can see again. About a month ago i braved going to the sf moment to check out the infamous bust of my dad and all i could remember...

At long last, george shows up and the fractured city hall backdrop begins to fill with floating lights outlining the Golden Gate Bridge and we hear tony bennett sing his legendary recording of i left my heart in San Francisco. And then the character of george, sometimes mouthing the words, sometimes singing them quietly, moves towards john without looking, for he cannot look at his son. And he touches johns heart and then he moves away towards the city hall of johns memory and john set the stairs in the way that george did, cocky and sexy, cruel as all get out. And then the song ends. And i no...

Dramatically imperfect teeth, i saw on the pedestal so many things that i didnt know were there. I saw the names of my brothers and sister inside a heart, my dads favorite movie, quotes by him how much he considered being mayor, honor bestowed on him, and the things made possible for people who didnt have power, who didnt have voice, there was so much more on that pedestal than death. And, so, i think its time to reclaim George Moscone from the narcissistic legacy or the senselessness of dan white or the well intentioned world of hollywood or the better intentioned world of theater. Its time t...

Thank you for inviting us to speak today. And although i am the only member of the family to speak today, im not speaking on their behalf. The truth is i just like to talk. [laughter] in fact, as i am happy to see so many people here as i do, as the comedian paula said, even if you werent here, id still be up here talking. But despite my tendencies towards reliving the admonishment of my fifth grade teacher sister grace who chastised me for having diarrhea of the mouth and constipation of ideas, i took a long while for me to say yes when stuart and ann asked me to talk a bit on the day that ma...