Supervisor claims contact with Harvey Milk’s spirit before vote

Supervisor John Avalos says he consulted a Ouija board before the Board of Supervisors’ vote yesterday to recommend naming a Navy ship after the late gay rights activist Harvey Milk. He tells the Chronicle that he believes he and City Hall aides made contact with Milk’s spirit and that Milk spelled out the letters indicating: “Good riddance to don’t ask, don’t tell.” The supervisors approved the non-binding resolution 9-2. Avalos was among the nine.