Chicken John
chicken john joseph james rinaldi born musician showman activist author living san francisco california involved san francisco art community well burning man community referred experiment candidate san francisco mayoral election wore fake mustache debated puppet arranged costumed flash mob occur campaign event effort flippant candidate possible playing new york punk rock band letch patrol rinaldi briefly guitarist murder junky fronted gg allin replaced dee dee ramone william weber expressed negative opinion experience todd phillipss documentary hated gg allin murder junky rinaldi conceived organized became ringmaster circus redickuless nationally touring punk rock circus circus subject documentary name phillip glau best documentary new york underground film festival summer rinaldi recruited noted street artist swoon build propulsion system raft made salvaged scrap travel mississippi river swoon project miss rockaway armada rinaldi engineer builder central communal floating platform seasteading institute ephemerisle event elaborate joke rinaldi ran one several colorfullynicknamed candidate san francisco mayoral election ostensibly challenging incumbent gavin newsom rinaldi referred experimental candidate made effort flippant candidate possible wearing seven different fake mustache course campaign publicly debating puppet organizing zombie flash mob occur outside one mayoral debate finished vote percent official vote tally coming th place submitting required official declaration candidacy august rinaldi claimed raised campaign donation san francisco resident august thus qualifying public matching fund september denied public financing san francisco ethic commission basis around donated ecommerce site paypal paypals official policy keep billing information confidential provide shipping address commission ruled donation insufficient proof donor residency required law rinaldis campaign contacted paypal obtained special internal verification address indeed match submitted september october ethic commission approved many contribution qualified matching fund still fell several hundred dollar short following day campaign lawyer submitted request asking commission clarify donation ineligible reason date appeal executive director john st croix responded requesting appeal campaign lost right october meeting full commission unanimously overturned st croixs decision ethic commission invited rinaldis campaign resubmit document application subsequently denied review rinaldis campaign receive requested public fund part presidential memorial commission san francisco placed proposition r november ballot name san franciscos oceanside treatment plant george w bush ballot measure failed voter approving idea rinaldi organized american apparel outlet permitted open valencia street mission district several year city approved voter initiative requiring public hearing formula retail store open certain commercial corridor prior approval american apparel website listed address mission location early november san francisco planning department unanimously rejected permit rinaldi selfpublished book fail win essay engineered disperfection collaborated jason webley hardcover book accompanied webleys album margaret employee launched email campaign raise concern diversity workplace culture ritual coffee chain four coffee shop owned rinaldis wife eileen rinaldi among concern two confrontation involving customer color including one rinaldi called police black customer rinaldi admitted using racial slur argument parking spot black man outside ritual coffee warehouse late may eileen rinaldi confirmed june terminated husband employment chicken john mayoral campaign blog chicken john mayoral campaign site ephemerisle