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Jello Biafra for Mayor of San Francisco - 1979

SCREENER with timecode. Description: Jello Biafra is an American singer, musician, and spoken word artist. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk band the Dead Kennedys and is the founder of the independent record label Alternative Tentacles. In 1979 he made a sincere run for mayor of San Francisco. Although serious about running his platform included unconventional points such as forcing businessmen to wear clown suits within city limits, erecting statues of Dan White, who assassinated Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978, around the cit…