On the heels of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's announcement [1] of his 'potential' run for Governor in 2010, he's facing some trouble back home as a national furor is developing over the City's decision to shield eight illegal immigrant crack dealers from deportation.
Newsom's response? He claims he lacks the authority [2] to intervene.
I don't recall a lack of authority ever stopping him [3] before...
Links:
[1] http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1054712.html
[2] http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/02/MNEC11I71H.DTL
[3] http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/02/15/MNGMN51F8Q1.DTL