Articles Posted in the Politics Category

  • Eastern Neighborhoods: Lessons Learned?

    by Jim Meko on Nov 25, 2008 | 3 Comments

    By Jim Meko November 25, 2008 Eight long years of focus groups, workshops and public hearings have sucked the very last few ounces of passion from the land use wars that once dominated the headlines…

    Posted in News, Opinion, Politics

  • The CrackBerry Chronicles: Progressive Victory Cups Runneth Over

    The CrackBerry Chronicles: Progressive Victory Cups Runneth Over

    by Elaine Santore on Nov 24, 2008 | 8 Comments

      Elaine Santore Photos by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore November 24, 2008 How to Party, Progressive Style Fog City Journal attended last Thursday’s Progressive Victory Party, held at the Independent, expecting a raging party…

    Posted in Events, News, Opinion, Politics

  • Fire’s on Fire

    Fire’s on Fire

    by FCJ Editor on Nov 23, 2008 | No Comments

    By Marc Salomon (with help from Brian Eno) Editor’s Note: Mr. Salomon wrote this article December 29, 2007. November 23, 2008 Baby’s on fire/Better throw her in the water/Look at her laughing/Like a heifer to…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • Bold Pragmatism

    Bold Pragmatism

    by FCJ Editor on Nov 22, 2008 | 3 Comments

    Patrick Goggin By Patrick Goggin November 22, 2008 In his cabinet choices thus far, President-Elect Obama is following the Lincoln and FDR model of surrounding himself with incredibly bright, experienced intellectuals not shy about their…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • Shutting Down Gitmo

    Shutting Down Gitmo

    by Terry Canaan on Nov 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

    By Terry Canaan November 21, 2008 While the most visible military action is in Afghanistan, America is acting elsewhere. We now have troops in the Philippines, helping to train that country’s armed forces to go…

    Posted in News, Opinion, Politics

  • California Supreme Court Will Hear Prop 8 Legal Challenge

    California Supreme Court
    Will Hear Prop 8 Legal Challenge

    by FCJ Editor on Nov 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

    San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera Photo by Luke Thomas From the Office of City Attorney Dennis Herrera November 19, 2008 Debate Shifts from Same-Sex Marriage to Core Constitutional Principles of Separation of Powers, Equal…

    Posted in News, Politics

  • Statewide Day of Action to Save the Renters’ Rebate

    Statewide Day of Action
    to Save the Renters’ Rebate

    by FCJ Editor on Nov 19, 2008 | No Comments

    From Senior Action Network November 19, 2008 WHAT: Press Conference WHO: Senior Action Network, Tenants Together, Central City SRO Collaborative, Chinatown Community Development Center, SOMCAN, Mission SRO Collaborative, Planning for Elders, SF Tenants Union WHEN:…

    Posted in Events, Politics