A recent television ad supporting Todd Gloria’s effort to remain as San Diego’s mayor boasted that “Gloria cracked down on homeless encampments and reduced the number of tents downtown by 82 percent.” But while critics granted that the claim was accurate, they also noted that it did little to explain the nature of the crackdown, or where all those homeless people went. Had they migrated to the San Diego River? Been herded into underground camps? Or ground up into a nutritious protein paste and fed to other homeless people residing in the city’s shelters? It was a mystery — until now. Last night, SD on the QT was finishing up a Zombie Apocalypse at the False Idol tiki bar in Little Italy when we spotted Gloria’s partner Adam Smith sitting at the bar, nursing an Over a Barrel and very much alone. Two hours and several ill-advised rum cocktails later, we had the story: Smith is staying at the Lafayette Hotel on El Cajon Boulevard for at least the next two weeks. The reason? “Oh, my God, the smell. Todd’s got about 100 unhoused unfortunates and all their belongings crammed in with him at our place until mid-November. These were the hard-core homeless, the people who refused to get off the streets no matter what he promised them. In some cases, they made shooting that ad impossible; just filth everywhere. Now it’s not everywhere; it’s in my meditation room. I tried to stay. I want to be a supportive partner, and I understand why he did what he did, but I’m only human. And I’m not the one running for mayor. I am, however, the one who is going to have to get the stink out of the couch where Stinky Pete likes to sit.”
A recent television ad supporting Todd Gloria’s effort to remain as San Diego’s mayor boasted that “Gloria cracked down on homeless encampments and reduced the number of tents downtown by 82 percent.” But while critics granted that the claim was accurate, they also noted that it did little to explain the nature of the crackdown, or where all those homeless people went. Had they migrated to the San Diego River? Been herded into underground camps? Or ground up into a nutritious protein paste and fed to other homeless people residing in the city’s shelters? It was a mystery — until now. Last night, SD on the QT was finishing up a Zombie Apocalypse at the False Idol tiki bar in Little Italy when we spotted Gloria’s partner Adam Smith sitting at the bar, nursing an Over a Barrel and very much alone. Two hours and several ill-advised rum cocktails later, we had the story: Smith is staying at the Lafayette Hotel on El Cajon Boulevard for at least the next two weeks. The reason? “Oh, my God, the smell. Todd’s got about 100 unhoused unfortunates and all their belongings crammed in with him at our place until mid-November. These were the hard-core homeless, the people who refused to get off the streets no matter what he promised them. In some cases, they made shooting that ad impossible; just filth everywhere. Now it’s not everywhere; it’s in my meditation room. I tried to stay. I want to be a supportive partner, and I understand why he did what he did, but I’m only human. And I’m not the one running for mayor. I am, however, the one who is going to have to get the stink out of the couch where Stinky Pete likes to sit.”
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