Articles Posted by Luke Thomas
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Political Junkies Alert: June 8 Elections Results
In years past, San Francisco political junkies who want instant elections returns information, convene in North Light Court at City Hall where election results are tabulated and displayed on a giant monitor. This option is still available and we’ll likely see the usual suspects rubbing shoulders, interpreting results, and blogging their thoughts on the results in real time.
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SF Green Party Calls for Worldwide Boycott of Israel
In a statement published on its website, the SF Green Party is “actively engaging in a full boycott of all purchases of products and services, the financial gains of which will accrue to any individual or entity within Israel, until Israel is in compliance with all United Nations-recognized international laws; all resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council; and, all decisions and directions by all United Nations-recognized international courts, regardless of Israel’s participation in or ratification of such courts.”
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Gonzalez Being Considered for Interim Mayoral Post?
There’s good reason Gonzalez is being considered for the interim post: Gonzalez has the highest vote totals in a race for San Francisco mayor without winning, narrowly losing to Newsom in 2003 with 119,329 votes to Newsom’s 133,546 votes.
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Newsom’s Lie on Sit/Lie
And as for SFPD Chief Gascon, who is Newsom’s wingman on this caper, even he is careful not to admit that police enforcement of loitering laws is the solution to many of the problems being raised. No, instead, Gascon is now a politician in a taxpayers’ funded uniform, endorsing candidates and going along with Newsom’s sham like former Prime minister Tony Blair went along with George Bush’s pack of lies over weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
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Candidates Respond to Daly’s Progressive Primary
Of the twenty-five declared candidates solicited for comment, eleven candidates have responded, expressing a collective thumbs down on the primary. Robert Jordon is the only candidate to express a willingness to endorse the winner of the primary.
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Laguna Honda Hospital Flack
Refuses to Stop Touching I-Team ReporterIn a video posted by the I-Team, Noyes repeatedly asks Slavin to stop touching him. Slavin repeatedly ignores Noyes’ request and later in the video, Slavin prevents the I-Team videographer from documenting the confrontation.
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Newsom Lashes Out at Board,
Transportation Workers Union“There is no more time for political theatrics,” Newsom wrote in terse statement released to the press. “The moment to step up is now. The Board of Supervisors has said repeatedly said no. TWU has repeatedly said no. But now it’s time for them to say yes. It’s time for the Board of Supervisors and TWU to say yes to restoring service, to say yes to keeping our buses running, and to say yes to reaffirming our commitment to a Transit First city.”
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