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Labor Unions File Suit Against Adachi Pension,
Healthcare ReformThomas Willis, an attorney for the plaintiffs, stated, “The proponents of this measure took short cuts in drafting and circulating the measure, and as a result the voters lost. They lost because they didn’t get enough information about the measure and who was behind it. The measure is clearly invalid and should be removed from the ballot.”
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Overheard in Fog City: Daly Endorses Keys
Keys, a long-time aide and former 2006 re-election campaign manager for Daly, has earned this campaign’s highest profile endorsement, catapulting Keys to the top tier of candidates vying to replace Daly. With Daly’s endorsement, Keys will benefit from Daly’s ties to the District 6 community as well as Daly’s proven ability to win elections against well financed candidates.
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Bradley Manning: An American Hero
Defense Secretary Robert Gates called the leak “potentially dramatic and grievously harmful….The battlefield consequences of the release of these documents are potentially severe and dangerous for our troops, our allies and Afghan partners, and may well damage our relationships and reputation in that part of the world. Intelligence sources and methods, as well as military tactics, techniques and procedures, will become known to our adversaries.”
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Federal Judge Rules Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Unconstitutional
Today was an important day in the history of the nation, in the pages of democracy, and in the long battle for recognition by gay and lesbian couples.
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Adachi to Debate Pension, Healthcare Reform Measure
The debate, sponsored by San Francisco for Democracy, will be held tonight at 7 pm at Schroeder’s German Restaurant, 240 Front Street.
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Adachi Pension, Healthcare Reform Measure
Qualifies for November BallotThe measure aims to rein in unsustainable pension and healthcare costs projected to exceed $1 billion by 2016. If passed by a simple majority of voters, the measure will save $170 million per year through a combination of public employee pension and dependent healthcare contribution increases, according to Adachi.
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Board Notes
Turning to the other flashpoint of the day, Supervisor Sean Elsbernd, acting in accordance with the mayor’s wishes, attempted to pull a rabbit out of his hat with a parliamentary trick in a transparent effort to upend efforts by progressives to place a foot patrol ballot measure, sponsored by District 5 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, on the November ballot.
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