Stay Tuned: Honey Hauler’s Parisian Soiree

Stay Tuned: Honey Hauler’s Parisian Soiree

March 03, 2009 | 1 Comment

Hope Johnson Photos by Luke Thomas By Hope Johnson March 3, 2009 Matier & Ross ventured out of the Chron’s comfort zone Sunday, questioning Willie Brown’s Do as I Say, Not as I Do birthday…

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No Better Time to End Cannabis Prohibition

March 02, 2009 | 6 Comments

Commentary by Patrick Goggin March 2, 2009 After staring down the barrel at California’s $43 billion budget deficit for the past several months, rookie San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano last week introduced legislation to legalize…

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Former Ethics Commissioners Articulate Basis for Lobbyist Reform

Former Ethics Commissioners Articulate Basis
for Lobbyist Reform

March 02, 2009 | No Comments

“If the citizens are to know who is paying to influence City Hall, how much they are paying, who they seek to influence, and what exactly they seek to influence, it is the Ethics Commission…

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Systemic Failure: Capitalism “Lays An Egg”

March 02, 2009 | 7 Comments

Photo by Margaret Bourke-White By Stephen Lendman March 2, 2009 After the 1929 October 24, 28 and 29 market crash, the weekly entertainment industry magazine Variety (on October 30) published its most famous ever headline:…

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Mayor Newsom, Bay to Breakers Announce Revised Policies for 2009 Race

Mayor Newsom, Bay to Breakers
Announce Revised Policies for 2009 Race

February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment

By Luke Thomas February 27, 2009 ING Bay to Breakers and Mayor Gavin Newsom released a statement today outlining revised policies for this year’s race. The new policy requires all wheeled objects and floats to…

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Daly Open to Discuss Alternative Fisher Museum Locations

Daly Open to Discuss Alternative Fisher Museum Locations

February 27, 2009 | 4 Comments

By Luke Thomas February 27, 2009 District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly said today he is open to considering a location in his district for the development of Gap Founder Don Fisher’s contemporary art museum (CAMP).…

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Historical Association Reacts to Presidio Trust Actions

Historical Association Reacts to Presidio Trust Actions

February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment

From the Presidio Historical Association and Save The Presidio February 27, 2009 The Presidio Trust Historical Association, a nonprofit group that has spearheaded the effort to keep a large, contemporary art museum, hotel and theater…

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