Comments on Former Seattle Man Faces Freaky Arson Charges in San Francisco

Meh. I'd hit it.

Bipolar.

It's the woo-woos you have to watch out for.

Flamer.

Hey, I sent that story to Dan 3 days ago!

Hey, whatever happened to that Nicholas guy with the red car that went missing in SEA a few weeks ago? Did he ever turn up? Did I miss an update? I was on vacation for a few days.

Not being a jerk, just wondering.

I was wondering if you guys were gonna SLOG this one when I read it. Nationally if this story gets picked up, I'm a little nervous for the "see how the gays behave?!" angle it could have... but I don't think anyone's batting an eye here.

The more interesting aspect of the story here is, for San Franciscan's at least, the spotlight this story shines on another big city executive perk during a time of (more than usual) severe fiscal crisis. Running the same day the the million-dollar city hall Alioto wheelchair ramp and the 20+ new "Environmental Impact Analysts" or whatever Newsome is bring on a 6 figures a head... meanwhile, 500 teaching positions in the area are being slashed... we're pretty fucked.

If I lived in Berkeley, I'd probably being shopping for vintage Goldwater bumper stickers on Ebay by now.

If I were him, I would have lied my ass off. I would have blamed it on smoking in bed.

"Oops, Mr. Fireman, I dropped my ciggy!"

@8 has it.

#8 - That might'a worked, if he didn't trash all the furniture and coat the walls with crushed tomatoes(!?).

I feel bad for him.

I love it when they call domestic violence a lover's quarrel. It's like being in 1950.

#11 - why feel bad for him, Poe?

Hmmm... (from Lance's website)...

"The Gentle Wind Project is a not-for-profit world healing organization that has developed a unique healing technology. Click here to find out more."

I have never thought of arson as "healing technology." I guess this puts Lance in the same boat as Briana Waters.

Thank you #12! This is not a "lover's quarrel" or arson, but domestic violence.

As the article points out it's not a "typical arson" case. Sadly, it is an extremely typical domestic violence case. It is too bad the reporter doesn't recognize it for what it is. Hopefully the prosecutor and this "arsonist"'s partner will.