Sen. Feinstein's husband has been selling post offices to his friends, cheap

[AnotherMcIntosh]

6. She fell into the position of Acting Mayor because the Board of Supervisors had two groups that

were at loggerheads.

The Supervisor who had Dianne Feinstein's promise to support him in Mayorial race for 1979, Quentin Kopp, was an honorable and honest man (if you like that sort of thing in a politician). He was the leader of one group who pushed for Feinstein to be a temporary placeholder. Although she was the President of the Board of Supervisors (mostly an honorary position which kept order during the Board of Supervisors' meetings), she was not seen as an up-and-comer. The other group agreed. She became Mayor. Then, in 1979, she reneiged on her promise to support Kopp. In a run-off, Kopp narrowly lost.

She was the accidental Mayor.