By Luke Thomas
April 17, 2008
h. brown turns 64
h. “Court Jester” brown.
San Francisco’s Court Jester h. brown today turned the ripe young age of 64. The prolific, colorful, and sometimes insufferable self-proclaimed satirist will be celebrating his Birthday at Fog City Journal headquarters, aka The Temple Bar, tonight beginning at 7 p.m.
Everyone is welcome to come and join in the cheer. First round is on Board President Aaron Peskin!
Does universal health care coverage mean socialized medicine?
If you missed Frontline’s recently aired documentary titled ‘Sick Around the World,’ it’s available online here.
Washington Post bureau chief T.R. Reid travels to England, Japan, Switzerland, Germany and Taiwan to examine how these countries have implemented cost-effective universal health care solutions without sacrificing quality of care.
Mirkarimi ordinance expands City Hall transparency and sunshine
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi
An ordinance sponsored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and co-sponsored by Supervisors Tom Ammiano and Chris Daly requiring all public meetings held in a City Hall to be audio or video recorded, passed 6-5 on first reading Tuesday.
Supervisors Sophie Maxwell, Jake McGoldrick, Michela Alioto-Pier, Carmen Chu and Sean Elsbernd voted against the legislation.
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is a former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, have published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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The Hunger Site
April 17, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Well, then, Mr. Sam extends congratulations to Mr. Brown for having made it this far.
April 17, 2008 at 11:35 am
Right Sam,
I like the Giants, 49’ers, my grandkids and a couple of my friends. Other than that, everyone is fair game.
Or, unfair perhaps.
h.
April 17, 2008 at 10:59 am
Sometimes insufferable? From what I know of this Mr. Brown, even he would disagree with the modifier “sometimes.”