Arnold Ignores Kennedy Legacy in Vetoing Farmworker Overtime

Posted July 30, 2010 by Randy Shaw

While it’s no longer news that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is a fraud (which helps explains poll numbers that are lower than George W. Bush and the pre-recall Gray Davis), his veto this week of an overtime bill for California
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The Eighth Annual Jerry Day Celebration

Posted July 30, 2010 by E. "Doc" Smith

This Sunday, the Excelsior Cultural Group and the San Francisco Parks Trust will present the 8th Annual Jerry Day Celebration at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, located at 45 John F. Shelley Drive. The first Jerry Garcia / Excelsior celebration happended
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Aussie Boys Drop the Towel

Posted July 30, 2010 by Buzzin' Lee Hartgrave

AUSTRALIAN MALE STRIPPERS SHAKE THE WALLS At the Rrazz Room before the actual show starts are two large screens on each side of the stage, where the audience can see Australia’s guys (Thunder From Down Under) showing off their buffed
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Ambiguities with City Charter …

Posted July 30, 2010 by

To the Editor: I appreciate your writings / reporting tremendously, given how many “typos” has occurred w/in the city’s records … (many many precedents) ONE can EASILY question the supposedly charter records on how much, how many, how long, grammars,
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Obama’s Fleeting Progressive Promise

Posted July 29, 2010 by Lincoln Mitchell

Frustration with the Obama administration from the left due to the failure of the administration to embrace and implement a progressive program seems to be increasing. It is now clear that while Obama is a far better president than his
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Burn the Koran Day

Posted July 29, 2010 by Tommi Avicolli-Mecca

The same creepy Gainesville, Florida folks who gave us the “no homo mayor” campaign (to protest an openly gay candidate for mayor) and who claim that queers hate good ol’ American free speech because they “don’t want to hear the
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Local Revenue Measures; UNITE-HERE Settlement; Meg Whitman and Black Voters; Gay Priests in Rome; More on Fred Bekele …

Posted July 29, 2010 by

To the Editor: San Francisco government does not need any more revenue. They need to give taxpayers more for their money by cutting their outrageous costs and increase productivity. They have plenty of money. They just waste a lot. Kevin
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Lessons of the UNITE HERE-SEIU Deal

Posted July 28, 2010 by Randy Shaw

The July 26 settlement between UNITE HERE and SEIU ended a divisive conflict that badly hurt the labor movement. It hindered cooperation between SEIU and the AFL-CIO, and divided labor activists and unions. Millions of dollars were squandered over Bruce
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