Off the wall

With Nevena Predolac

By Nevena Predolac

February 12, 2007

- Arizona police caught a 62-year-old grandmother with 214 pounds of marijuana in her trunk. She cited her bingo addiction as her reason for becoming a local drug kingpin. Police got her on a tip from a competitor addicted to Viagra.

- During last week's Budget and Finance WI-FI hearing, a student nurse said the city should quickly move to adopt a WI-FI plan because it will reduce the number of people in the emergency room because patients will be able to diagnose themselves on-line and, in doing so, save tax payers millions of dollars in medical costs.

- On the day of Newsom's "It's all true" speech, members of the press awaited for the moment for the mayor to emerge and tell all. First through the door was Communications Director Peter Ragone. Second through the door was the mayor. If the door opened for the third time, I think it would have been Pinocchio.

- Some residents at Saturday's Bayview Town Hall Meeting complained their heaters have been broken for years and said the city refuses to do anything about it. The situation was deftly handled by Housing Authority Director Gregg Fortner who repeated the phone number he never answers.

Housing Director Gregg Fortner (right).

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