Articles Posted February 2009
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Elsbernd Calls for Public Defender Budget Analysis
Supervisor Sean Elsbernd Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas February 4, 2009 Following Public Defender Jeff Adachi’s request for $50,000 to fund the replacement of two former paralegals, Supervisor Sean Elsbernd yesterday responded with…
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Goof Gifts Newsom Donor 20 More Feet
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Photo by Luke Thomas By Robert Selna, San Francisco Chronicle February 4, 2009 San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom used a clerical error to ensure that one of his major political…
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New Spirit of Cooperation My Ass
” District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly Photos by Luke Thomas By Chris Daly February 3, 2009 Last month when the new Board of Supervisors was seated, the Mayor and newly elected Supervisors went out of…
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Daly to Expose Cronyism, Lackeyism and Corruption
By Luke Thomas February 3, 2009 Expect things to get really sticky and stinky for Mayor Gavin Newsom and the conservative bloc during today’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Word has it; Supervisor Chris Daly will…
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Animal Welfare Groups Protest SPCA Shift Away from ‘No Kill’ Policy
Animal welfare groups allege the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has implemented new cost-cutting policies, detrimental to animal welfare, as a result of cost overruns for its new $30 million…
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It’s Not Going to Be OK
By Chris Hedges February 3, 2009 The daily bleeding of thousands of jobs will soon turn our economic crisis into a political crisis. The street protests, strikes and riots that have rattled France, Turkey, Greece,…
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The Dawning of a New Era
Commentary by Patrick Goggin February 2, 2009 Two weeks on since the US and the world let out a long, pent up sigh after former President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were finally…
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