Articles Posted in 2010
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World Cup Fever Draws Footy Fans to Civic Center
The match was broadcast live on a giant monitor at no cost to taxpayers courtesy of SF Recreation and Parks in partnership with American Scores, a non-profit non-profit organization that teaches soccer to children in Bay Area public schools, and Teacherbus, a for-profit organization dedicated to combing recreation with education.
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Disaster in the Gulf
Once toxins enter the food chain, none of it escapes harm, and some may be lost forever, the result of what Marine Environmental Research Institute director Susan Shaw calls “the biggest environmental disaster of our time.”
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Obama: The Environmental President?
Already his critics are attempting to paint the BP oil spill as his Hurricane Katrina. Obama should take the initiative and use the oil spill as an opportunity to be the environmental president. I do applaud him for suspending consideration of applications for exploratory drilling for oil in the Arctic until 2011 and extending a moratorium on permits to drill new deepwater wells for six months.
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Avalos, Maxwell Sponsor Resolution
Condemning Israeli Attack on Aid FlotillaThe resolution, filed with the Clerk of the Board, urges President Obama and Congress “to actively seek an end to the Gaza blockade,” and to “call for an independent investigation into the events surrounding the raid on the Freedom Flotilla and, in particular, into the raid itself, the use of force and rules of engagement by the Israeli Defense Forces.”
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Progressives, Newsom, Harris, Public Power Victorious
With all votes tallied, PG&E’s $50 million campaign to hoodwink the California electorate into voting against its best interests was defeated, as was Mercury Insurance’ Prop 17. Progressives also maintain control of the all important San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) wrested from Party moderate control by Chris Daly and Aaron Peskin in 2008.
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Politically Motivated: Rwandan Judge Jails US Professor
A Rwandan judge denied him bail on Monday afternoon.
Erlinder’s friends, family, and supporters had awaited the decision all weekend. Some responded in shock; others called the ruling predictable because Erlinder’s critique of the received history of the Rwanda Genocide, the Congo War, and U.S. and U.K. involvement, threatens too many powerful people.
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Political Junkies Alert: June 8 Elections Results
In years past, San Francisco political junkies who want instant elections returns information, convene in North Light Court at City Hall where election results are tabulated and displayed on a giant monitor. This option is still available and we’ll likely see the usual suspects rubbing shoulders, interpreting results, and blogging their thoughts on the results in real time.
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