By Roberts, Chris SF Weekly, 12 May 2016 – If the Mission District manifested its own member of Congress – and if this representative were a he in his late 60s – he would look exactly like Earl Blumenauer. A mix of Bernie Sanders and Bill Nye the Science Guy, decked out in a bright-patterned bow-tie and plaid-checked sportcoat – and with a bicycle lapel pin – Blumenauer cut a natty, professor-like figure as we shared coffee on the patio of a Sixth Street cafe (a phrase that still feels unreal to type).
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