Progressive?

I wish some people in San Francisco would stop referring to progressive ideas or politics in this city as there is nothing progressive about any part of this city. It is a failed city which is going down the drain to obscurity. And we are also burdened with Aaron Peskin, a former city supervisor, who seems to be to San Francisco politics what Thaksin Shinawatra (the former PM of Thailand) is to Thai politics. Neither person knows when or how to let go and let the city (and the country) move forward.