Articles Posted in the Politics Category

  • Ranked Choice Voting in D6: A Reality Check

    The main goal of progressives and liberals in District 6 this November is to minimize the number of exhausted ballots by shrewdly ranking our choices with these considerations foremost in our minds.

  • D6 Ranked Choice Endorsement Strategy in Flux

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    D6 Ranked Choice Endorsement Strategy in Flux

    It should come as no surprise then to know that Keys is currently reaching out to both Kim and Walker to secure a three-candidate ranked choice endorsement strategy that includes Keys and excludes Meko.

  • Overheard in Fog City: Chiu/Peskin Rift Rumor Persists

    Overheard in Fog City:
    Chiu/Peskin Rift Rumor Persists

    With a just three weeks before absentee ballots are sent to voters, word has it School Board President Jane Kim will officially announce this week her 2nd and 3rd place endorsements in the race for District 6 Supervisor.

  • DCCC Ranks Three Candidates for D10 Endorsement

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    DCCC Ranks Three Candidates for D10 Endorsement

    Wisdom apparently prevailed over politics last eve when the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) utilized the inherent mechanisms of ranked choice voting and endorsed three candidates in the race for District 10 Supervisor.

  • Daly: “Free Drinks for First Ten Commenters”

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    Daly: “Free Drinks for First Ten Commenters”

    Daly, who terms out of office in January, confirmed to NBC Bay Area today he intends to open a bar and grill in San Francisco, affirming an earlier rumor floated by the San Francisco Chronicle. He has narrowed his search to Buck Tavern, an eatery and drinking establishment located on Market Street, a short walking distance from his residence and City Hall.

  • Gonzalez, Dennis, Paul Address Nation’s Ills During Non-Partisan Rally in San Francisco

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    Gonzalez, Dennis, Paul Address Nation’s Ills During Non-Partisan Rally in San Francisco

    By Luke Thomas September 5, 2010 Former Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez, 8th Congressional District candidate John Dennis (GOP) and Congressman Ron Paul (GOP), drew as many as 1500 to an anti-war, anti-Washington and…

  • Why Americans Elect Awful Presidents

    Why Americans Elect Awful Presidents

    For years I hoped that some third-party presidential candidate would emerge, capture public confidence and offer a true reform program to repair our nation. But, sadly, the political system has been so corrupted that no third-party presidential candidate stands a chance against the two-party plutocracy.