By Luke Thomas
October 10, 2008
An impromptu “respectful” and “professional” debate between Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and a PG&E employee occurred yesterday during a special meeting of the Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood Council (HANC). HANC held the meeting to consider Proposition H, the San Francisco Clean Energy Act, for its endorsement.
The employee said he feared PG&E workers would lose […]
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October 8, 2008
The solution to our climate crisis seems simple. Repower America with wind and solar. End our dependence on foreign oil. A stronger economy. So why are we still stuck with dirty and expensive energy? Because big oil spends hundreds of millions of dollars to block clean energy. Lobbyists, ads, even scandals. All to […]
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By Luke Thomas
October 8, 2008
A new Proposition H video features PG&E executives walking around San Francisco pointing to residents and saying “I want to f**k all these people.”
According to the video, PG&E is failing to meet California’s minimum targets for renewable energy and wants a 7 percent increase in rates while spending millions of rate […]
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By Luke Thomas
October 8, 2008
San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin echoed his support for Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her reelection bid yesterday and took aim at Cindy Sheehan’s grassroots campaign alleging Sheehan’s outsider status does not qualify her to represent San Francisco.
Sheehan, whose son, Casey, was killed in Iraq in April 2004, attracted […]
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By Luke Thomas
October 7, 2008
A prospective forum to debate Proposition H, the San Francisco Clean Energy Act, between the Sierra Club and Mayor Gavin Newsom, has been canceled, Fog City Journal has learned.
“It is my understanding that the Commonwealth Club has canceled the debate,” Newsom spokesperson Nathan Ballard said earlier today. Ballard said he learned […]
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Candidate for San Francisco School Board h. Brown
cracks an Irish smile during a meet and greet event with staff and board members
of the San Francisco Unified School District.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By h. Brown
October 6, 2008
Did you know that absinthe is 110 proof and bourbon is only around 80 proof? Oh boy, I do now. Really, […]
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From the Proposition H, San Francisco Clean Energy Act, campaign
October 6, 2008
Editor’s Note: Spokesperson Nathan Ballard told FCJ this evening that Mayor Newsom is “considering” the Sierra Club’s invitation to debate Proposition H.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Sierra Club today challenged Mayor Gavin Newsom to debate Proposition H, the Clean Energy Act that is on the […]
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Green Party Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Cynthia McKinney
October 6, 2008
At the precise moment when we couldn’t imagine it getting worse, it does. After all, the Democrats, since they acquired majority status in the Congress, delivered funding for George Bush’s wars several times. They authorized retroactive immunity for telecoms that […]
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By Luke Thomas
October 4, 2008
Endorsed by the Republican Party, the campaign to elect Rachel Norton to the San Francisco School Board joined forces with the pro-war ticket of Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin during a street fair in Portola, September 28, to support Proposition V (Pro-JROTC policy statement) on the November ballot.
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