A profile of YC's Garry Tan, whose combative online persona has sparked controversies as he tries to shift SF politics from idealistic progressivism to centrism
discussing his increasing local political presence just as Demo Day is about to kick off in the city. 🎁 https://www.nytimes.com/... Mastodon: Glenn Fleishman / @glennf@twit.social : My life likely turned out as well as it has so far because my parents fled Fremont, California, due to the terrible public schools following the passage of Prop 13—well, in fact, before the passage of Prop 13 the schools were pretty terrible. But they were going to be far, far worse afterwards. … X: Ron Pragides / @mrp : @garrytan “I was impressed at his willingness to dive in and become a lightning rod for a good cause.” @jeremys “[San Francisco is] shifting from Mao socialist to Biden Democrat.” @terronk [image] @garrytan : We want to raise our children in SF. We want to create prosperity. San Francisco will have safe streets, strong schools and build housing. A moderate San Francisco is one that will serve the needs of every citizen. https://www.nytimes.com/... @garrytan : We are going to fix San Francisco Join our movement @GrowSF [image] Rohin Dhar / @rohindhar : We may look back at this seeming small event (renaming schools) As the spark that woke up the electorate in San Francisco. So many people like Garry got involved after that to change the city Every election since then has voted out the politicians responsible [image] Sriram Krishnan / @sriramk : Shout out to @garrytan. I remember that night in Clubhouse the piece refers to talking about SF. Garry committed to it, stuck it out and has created a movement. Lee Edwards / @terronk : It's always funny to talk to a reporter for half an hour and then see what 1-2 sentences they decide to use. This was a pretty good one. 😂@hknightsf [image] Antonio García Martínez / @antoniogm : Let's all pause for a moment and contemplate just how incredibly lit it would be for @garrytan to be both YC president and SF political potentate. It would be Florentine in its grandeur. https://www.nytimes.com/... Danny Groner / @dannygroner : “He presses the founders of start-ups accepted into the Y Combinator program to live in San Francisco because he thinks proximity to one another is so essential — and because it's a boon to the city he loves.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
weird article. can agree with wanting to solve the named problems. but um. there's nothin “subtle” about telling your nearly half-million followers that you want 7 local politicians to die slow. the song reference isn't subtle either. …
Garry and I are about the same age with similar backgrounds, and Bay Area politics radicalized us in similar ways. Sadly I don't have his net worth to put towards fixing it, so I'm glad he has stepped up.
@ycombinator's @garrytan gets the full page Sunday Business treatment by @nytimes's @heatherknightsf — discussing his increasing local political presence just as Demo Day is about to kick off in the city. 🎁 https://www.nytimes.com/...
@garrytan “I was impressed at his willingness to dive in and become a lightning rod for a good cause.” @jeremys “[San Francisco is] shifting from Mao socialist to Biden Democrat.” @terronk [image]
We want to raise our children in SF. We want to create prosperity. San Francisco will have safe streets, strong schools and build housing. A moderate San Francisco is one that will serve the needs of every citizen. https://www.nytimes.com/...
We may look back at this seeming small event (renaming schools) As the spark that woke up the electorate in San Francisco. So many people like Garry got involved after that to change the city Every election since then has voted out the politicians responsible [image]
Shout out to @garrytan. I remember that night in Clubhouse the piece refers to talking about SF. Garry committed to it, stuck it out and has created a movement.
It's always funny to talk to a reporter for half an hour and then see what 1-2 sentences they decide to use. This was a pretty good one. 😂@hknightsf [image]
Let's all pause for a moment and contemplate just how incredibly lit it would be for @garrytan to be both YC president and SF political potentate. It would be Florentine in its grandeur. https://www.nytimes.com/...
“He presses the founders of start-ups accepted into the Y Combinator program to live in San Francisco because he thinks proximity to one another is so essential — and because it's a boon to the city he loves.” https://www.nytimes.com/...