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Stay Tuned: You Are The Weakest Link
No one is questioning Supervisor Eric Mar’s integrity or his Progressive politics, or his concern for global climate change, but his refusal to allow for more analysis of an important solar energy contract with Recurrent…
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Aslan: US “War on Terror” Not About Terrorism
Iranian-born award-winning author Reza Aslan discussed his latest book Monday at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco. Photos by Luke Thomas By Fanny Dassie May 14, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI’s recent commentary suggesting religion…
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Say It Ain’t So, Chiu
Supervisor David Chiu threatened the use of a procedural motion to reject the SFMTA’s proposed fare hikes and service cuts due to a $129 million SFMTA budget shortfall, but then renegged yesterday by tabling his…
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Recurrent Energy Solar Contract
Heading Back to Committee?By Luke Thomas May 11, 2009 A proposal by Recurrent Energy to build a 5-megawatt solar energy-generating voltaic array on the Sunset Reservoir in San Francisco may be heading back to committee for further review…
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Give the Working Class a Fighting Chance
By Adriel Hampton May 11, 2009 Workers rallied last week in San Francisco and throughout the U.S. for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill in Congress with the great potential to strengthen…
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American Workers Urge Feinstein
to Support Employee Free Choice ActA rally was held Wednesday outside the San Francisco Federal Building to urge Senator Dianne Feinstein’s support of the Employee Free Choice Act. Photos by Luke Thomas By Fanny Dassie May 8, 2009 Bay Area…
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Stay Tuned: Tourk It Up a Notch
Tourking it up a notch, hired gun Alex Tourk rubs shoulders with the new Billy Whiz kid on the block, BOS Prez David Chiu, following Chiu’s soliloquy to the building tradesters Tuesday. Photos by Luke…
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