Articles Posted in the Politics Category

  • San Francisco Rallies to Support CCA, Against PG&E Misinformation Campaign

    San Francisco Rallies to Support CCA,
    Against PG&E Misinformation Campaign

    CleanPowerSF will provide San Franciscans with tangible environmental and consumer benefits that individual households and businesses could not otherwise obtain. The program aims to inject an element of competition into San Francisco’s energy markets by giving consumers an alternative to PG&E’s dirty energy generation while maintaining competitive rates and long-term stability.

  • Constitutional Convention Needed
    to Address California Budget Crisis

    Cartoon courtesy Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com By Ralph E. Stone March 22, 2010 Fasten your safety belts. It’s budget time again in Sacramento. Prepare for a repeat of last year’s contentious budget battle. California is still…

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    Kucinich Capitulation: The Death of American Populism

    Single payer healthcare stalwart Rep. Dennis Kucinich says he flipped his support for President Obama’s healthcare legislation to save his presidency. Photo by Luke Thomas By Stephen Lendman March 20, 2010 Ideologically it believes governments…

  • San Francisco, Municipalities, Sue to Strike
    Prop 16 from June Ballot

    Dubiously self-entitled the “Taxpayers Right to Vote Act” by its proponents, despite having no bearing on taxation or government spending, the California Attorney General recently re-entitled the measure, “New Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for Local Public Electricity Providers.” The proposed amendment would impose a new super-majority vote threshold before public entities in California would be allowed to pursue virtually any energy services programs intended to benefit ratepayers or the environment.

  • Israel’s Snub of US, Mid-East Peace
    Heard Around the World

    Vice President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Photo: Flash 90 By Ralph E. Stone March 14, 2010 In President Obama’s June 2009 Cairo Islam speech, he called for a Palestinian state and a freeze…

  • Tenderloin Allure on the Rise: Newsom Announces Historic Preservation Initiative

    Tenderloin Allure on the Rise:
    Newsom Announces Historic Preservation Initiative

    The initiative, which includes $15 thousand to fund the design, purchase and installation of historic building plaques, is aimed at revitalizing and restoring the Tenderloin’s historic identity. The program funds will be used to create an historic museum as well as neighborhood banners and brochures with guides to historic buildings and restaurants in the area.

  • Minding Muni, Part II

    Minding Muni, Part II

    Concerned citizens watch a February 26 meeting of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency which met to discuss Muni service cuts and fare increases to close a $12.1 million budget shortfall in the current fiscal…