49ers do the job San Francisco Democrats won’t do

By Michelle Malkin • September 6, 2008 12:49 PM

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other Bay Area liberal lawmakers continue to look the other way at the victims of bloody illegal alien sanctuary policies.

The San Francisco 49ers football team, however, isn’t just sitting on the sidelines:

The surviving family members of the father and two brothers who were fatally shot earlier this year will be honored by the San Francisco 49ers before the team’s game Sunday.

The team wouldn’t divulge specifics about the engagement, but acknowledged that relatives of Tony Bologna, 49, Michael, 20, and Matthew ,16, would be participating in a pregame ceremony that pays tribute to the hardships they’ve endured following the slayings, 49ers spokesman Pete Hillan said.

The surviving son in the family, a recent graduate of Lincoln High School, will throw out the ceremonial “first passâ€