Daly Announces District 6 Symposium

Daly Announces District 6 Symposium

June 28, 2010 | 10 Comments

Daly forwarded to FCJ today what appears to be a postcard mailer that we are presuming he will send to all registered District 6 voters.

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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Legal Challenge to Ammiano Healthcare Program

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Legal Challenge
to Ammiano Healthcare Program

June 28, 2010 | No Comments

The high court’s action today ends a four-year legal challenge by the Golden Gate Restaurant Association.

Posted in News, Politics

Gonzalez Challenges Paulson to Debate Pension Reform Measure

Gonzalez Challenges Paulson
to Debate Pension Reform Measure

June 27, 2010 | 25 Comments

“I would love to have a debate with Paulson,” Gonzalez told FCJ on Saturday following a signature drive kickoff event for the measure. “If he wants to sit down and debate this issue publicly, or any issue in the City, I’ll do it.”

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Kim Campaign Kickoff Draws Two Former SF Mayors

Kim Campaign Kickoff Draws Two Former SF Mayors

June 26, 2010 | 34 Comments

The campaign launch drew as many as 300 hundred supporters to the event held at 111 Minna Gallery in the heart of Downtown San Francisco, far exceeding the attendances of previous kickoff events held by Kim’s closest competitors in the race.

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Medical News Reporting Today – It’s So Last Century

June 25, 2010 | No Comments

Winston Churchill once said that you can always count on Americans to do the right thing, once they’ve tried everything else. I only hope that we all wise up before it’s too late to repair the damages done to our bodies if we continue to shut out other healthcare professionals simply because those in the media shut them out of our news.

Posted in Opinion

SF Young Dems D6 Debate Format Best Ever

June 25, 2010 | 22 Comments

Credit a lively format that included candidates firing questions at each other and Melissa Griffin’s artful and entertaining moderating that combined to keep a well-attended audience engaged and on the edge of their seats. Mathew Drake, Glendon “Anna Conda” Hyde, James Keys, Jane Kim, Jim Meko, Theresa Sparks, Debra Walker and Elaine Zamora were the only candidates invited to participate in the debate. Zamora chose not to participate.

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Meko Qualifies for Public Campaign Financing

June 24, 2010 | 6 Comments

Meko joins Jane Kim, Debra Walker and Elaine Zamora as the only D6 candidates to date to be authorized eligible to receive public campaign funds.

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