Articles Posted on February 14th, 2012

  • Mayor Lee Testifies in Corruption Lawsuit That Could Cost the City $10 Million

    Mayor Lee Testifies in Corruption Lawsuit
    That Could Cost the City $10 Million

    City and County of San Francisco vs. Cobra Solutions and Telecon was being deliberated by jurors in Superior Court at press time. It centers on a fraud and kickback scheme engineered by convicted felon Marcus Armstrong, a former Department of Building Inspection information technology manager who bilked the city out of at least $482,000 between 1999 and 2001.

  • Treasure Island Commission Calls for Good Faith Dealings with Tenants

    Treasure Island Commission
    Calls for Good Faith Dealings with Tenants

    Some residents at the meeting with John Stewart Company representatives felt that the representatives had been condescending and unwilling to take their concerns seriously. Some residents also began to fear that their benefits as affordable housing tenants were going to be diminished or taken away, ostensibly to make it easier for the developer to get rid of them and replace them with market-rate tenants.