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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Ron Norlin |
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San Francisco, California , United States |
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| Contributor | Jake |
| Last Modifed | Jake
Jan 03, 2005 02:06am |
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| Info | Ron Norlin does what has never been thought of before. He is growing two pumpkins on the roof of his house. With no room in his yard, Norlin threaded the vines up a trellis and let the pumpkins sit on his roof. To combat prostitution, he plans to install a web camara in a Capp St. window and broadcast the soliciting on his own website: www.geocities.com/ronforsuper. "I'm gonna embarrass the city into doing something," he said.
Ron Norlin is openly gay and openly Republican. He embodies the better qualities of the Republican Party, faith in individuals and self-reliance without government. He convincingly presents himself as someone who likes people and loves the Mission District. He has never encountered hostility from Latinos in the Mission towards gays, he said.
Norlin works for First Class Plus, a direct mail service owned by Chilean Fernando Balazs. In 1989, he started The Mail House where he says he hired ex-convicts and people from the Bernal Dwellings housing project. "A lot of them turned out great," Norlin said. "My goal was to see how many jobs I could start in the city." His company eventually merged with FYI Inc. Ron then left the company because of rules imposed from a far away boardroom.
Norlin wants Lowriders to be hired to cruise tourists and residents up and down Mission St., which he believes would help businesses.
Norlin is very concerned with safety. "I was walking home on 24th Street one night. I walked right past some blood and guts because somebody got blown away with a shotgun," he said. "It made me so angry that I got on the public safety campaign." He wants to prevent accidents on 24th and Mission by making it a no-turn corner. He also wants to ban cell phone use while driving and have the fire department conduct monthly fire-safety workshops in the residential hotels.
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