Articles Posted in the Politics Category

  • Meko Receives Campaign Boost from Adachi, Gonzalez

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    Meko Receives Campaign Boost from Adachi, Gonzalez

    Meko, who is running in a close race with School Board President Jane Kim, Human Rights Commission Executive Director Theresa Sparks and Building Inspections Commissioner Debra Walker, is the only progressive candidate in the D6 race that supports Proposition B, a controversial pension and healthcare reform measure on the November ballot that aims to rein in unsustainable pension and healthcare costs projected to exceed $1 billion by 2016.

  • Daly Honored During Annual SRO Convention

    Daly Honored During Annual SRO Convention

    The convention program included entertainment from SRO tenants, speeches from TURN Executive Director Mark Toney, Shaw and Daly, an awards ceremony led by CSCC Executive Director Jeff Buckley, and workshop sessions dealing with bed bugs, tenants’ rights, neighborhood issues, drug overdose prevention and mental health issues.

  • Kim Responds to Walker, Goes Negative in D6 Race

    Kim Responds to Walker, Goes Negative in D6 Race

    School Board President goes negative against Building Inspections Commissioner Debra Walker in the race for District 6 Supervisor.

  • Sparks IE Goes Negative in D6 Race

    Sparks IE Goes Negative in D6 Race

    Alliance for Jobs and Sustainable Growth, an independent expenditure committee supporting Human Rights Commission Executive Director Theresa Sparks, goes negative against School Board President Jane Kim in the race for District 6 Supervisor.

  • No Drama Meko Attracts Adachi, Gonzalez
    to Meet and Greet

    Are you tired of all the progressive infighting in the District 6 race? Come join Jim “No Drama” Meko, Public Defender Jeff Adachi, former Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez, and other special guests today from 2pm – 4pm at the Artists Alley Gallery, 863 Mission Street (across from Bloomingdales), for the final Jim Meko for District 6 Supervisor festivities. Free tee-shirts, fine food, fabulous beverages and great company are guaranteed in this gorgeous gallery space.

  • Walker Goes Negative in D6 Race

    Walker Goes Negative in D6 Race

    Building Inspections Commissioner Debra Walker goes negative against School Board President Jane Kim and Human Rights Commission Executive Director Theresa Sparks in the race for District 6 Supervisor.

  • Bob Dylan: “The Brazil Series” Paintings & Drawings in Copenhagen

    “The Brazil Series” is exhibited in a large well lit gallery. In a gallery alcove, there is a timeline of Dylan’s career. The painting are exhibited in the main part of the gallery. On a back wall, there a video of the curator discussing Dylan’s paintings interspersed with Dylan sketching and four persons expressing their views of the paintings. The timeline, the video, and the painting and drawing labels are in English. (English is the common language among the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden).