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Aaron Peskin, president of San Francisco's board of supervisors, has been accused of making harassing phone calls to Port of San Francsico authorities who wanted to allow new buildings on the city's waterfront to exceed a 40-foot height limit favored by Peskin and other residents of Telegraph Hill, whose views would be altered by taller buildings. I've excerpted the juicy part of the lengthy complaint from one official that made the front page of Thursday's Chronicle. (Required disclosure: I used to be a member of the powerful, preservationist Telegraph Hill Dwellers neighborhood association in Peskin's district. I'm a total viewmonger.)

Supervisor Peskin called my home telephone at 8:45 p.m. I was putting my daughter to bed. I was not expecting his call. In my estimation, the Supervisor had been drinking because his words were not clear. Within minutes, the Supervisor began yelling at me. He then stated that he "didn't have time for this" and would be hanging up, which he did abruptly. I called him back. He began to yell at me, stating that he would be "going after" me. When I asked him how dare he interrupt my time with my child only to hang up on me, he screamed that he is a Supervisor and I am only a department head and he has a superior right to speak with me how and when he pleases. He again hung up on me.