Item #51-5105 Roger Boas for Mayor poster. Roger Boas.

Roger Boas for Mayor poster.

San Francisco: Boas for Mayor Committee, 1987. Original poster on card stock. 14 x 14inches....Roger Boas, a longtime San Francisco supervisor, mayoral candidate and the city’s chief administrative officer, whose 25 years in public service ended in scandal, died in Feb. 2017 He was 95...

Mr. Boas was a wealthy businessman running an auto dealership when he entered politics in 1962, winning a seat on the Board of Supervisors. He served 10 years and earned a reputation as a liberal environmentalist. But arguably his biggest impact on the city came when Mayor George Moscone appointed him the city’s sixth chief administrative officer in 1977.
....Mr. Boas resigned from the Board of Supervisors a few months after losing a 1969 race for Congress. He didn’t return to public office until 1977, when he became city administrator.

Shortly after his unsuccessful bid for mayor in 1987, Mr. Boas was identified as a patron of a brothel that offered sex with underage girls. He pleaded guilty to seven felony charges of statutory rape of girls as young as 15 and the judge sentenced him to a year of community service and a $100,000 fine. Citing Mr. Boas’ good record, public embarrassment and “obvious remorse,” the judge ruled out a jail sentence. Item #51-5105

Price: $150.00

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