‘Round the Rotunda: Bennett’s “Heart” Song
Wins Key to San Francisco
The rotunda was festooned with pink balloons and red roses. Citizen guests excitedly took seats under the dome and gathered at all the balcony rails. Dignitaries were ushered to their…
Gascón Charges Lee Campaign Donors
Go Lorrie's Travel & Tours, Inc., better known as GO Lorrie’s, is charged with making $11,500 in illegal contributions last September to the Ed Lee for Mayor 2011 campaign committee.…
Mayor Lee Testifies in Corruption Lawsuit
That Could Cost the City $10 Million
City and County of San Francisco vs. Cobra Solutions and Telecon was being deliberated by jurors in Superior Court at press time. It centers on a fraud and kickback scheme…
Treasure Island Commission
Calls for Good Faith Dealings with Tenants
Some residents at the meeting with John Stewart Company representatives felt that the representatives had been condescending and unwilling to take their concerns seriously. Some residents also began to fear…
Smallpox – Still a National Safety Issue?
The Obama administration recently awarded a $433 million no-bid contract to Siga Technologies, the maker of ST-246, an experimental smallpox antiviral drug. This staggering amount would have us believe we…
Jim Crow Never Left
Jim Crow was not the name of an actual person. Rather, it was a stereotype; the name of a rigid racial caste system. But it was more than a series…
The Federal Reserve: An Insight into the Most Powerful US Economic Body
Initially the Congress had established three major objectives for monetary policy: maximum employment; stability of prices and interest rates in the long term being moderate. Most often the first two…