Articles Posted in 2011

  • Adachi Candidacy Tosses Life Preserver to San Francisco

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    Adachi Candidacy Tosses Life Preserver to San Francisco

    San Francisco is poised to accept another 700 prisoners into our jail system. Thanking God that Sheriff Michael Hennessey chose to follow Federal court orders and construct a new jail sufficient to meet the legal mandate to provide adequate housing for the City and County’s jail population.

  • Adachi Declares Candidacy for Mayor

    Adachi Declares Candidacy for Mayor

    Adachi’s candidature, whose pension reform initiative was certified August 2 for the November ballot, is expected to sharpen the focus on the issue of unsustainable city pension costs and the need for increased contributions by city employees.

  • Joanna Rees: A Refreshing Alternative to Politicians as Usual?

    Joanna Rees: A Refreshing Alternative
    to Politicians as Usual?

    In an interview Monday following a mayoral debate at the Castro Theater in which interim Mayor Ed Lee was booed, hissed and air horned for breaking his promise to not seek a full-term, Rees, who describes herself as a “progressive independent,” told FCJ she was inspired by the late Ann Richards, the former progressive Governor of Texas who admirably became a symbol of pride and accomplishment for the advancement of women in State and National politics.

  • Lee Files for Mayor, Candidates Respond, Protester Calls for Lee to “Step Down”

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    Lee Files for Mayor, Candidates Respond,
    Protester Calls for Lee to “Step Down”

    If this morning’s announcement of interim Mayor Ed Lee’s official candidacy in the race for mayor, which included a protester calling for Lee to step down and fellow candidates lobbing accusations of dishonesty and lies at Lee, is any indication of what Lee will have to endure on the campaign trail, this year’s mayor’s race has the making of one of the most contentious battles in the history of San Francisco politics.

  • Explicit Video: Conversation Hour with Ed Lee & Rose Pak

    Explicit Video: Conversation Hour with Ed Lee & Rose Pak

    “Get over your fucking self,” Pak responds. “This is about Willie Brown and me. Fuck keeping your word and your fucking promises. This is about me and using you to advance my fucking agenda – and my agenda is me.”

  • “Lie, Ed, Lie” Video Surfaces

    “Lie, Ed, Lie” Video Surfaces

    “I stand before you to announce my candidacy for mayor,” the video, posted by “RunRosePakRun,” begins. “I did not make this decision lightly. After much pressure from Rose Pak, Willie Brown and Recology executives, I have decided that I really am a politician, a short mustached, lying one. My change of mind in seeking this office has everything to do with what’s best for Rose Pak and me. See, I’ve always been a liar, a stooge for Rose Pak and Willie Brown.”

  • Ed Lee to Announce Candidacy for Mayor

    Ed Lee to Announce Candidacy for Mayor

    “Mayor Ed Lee to make announcement about the San Francisco mayor’s race,” wrote former Mayor Gavin Newsom spokesperson Tony Winnicker in an email. “City Hall, Department of Elections, Room 48.”