Email Author Benjamin Wachs

Awards

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "The Worst Run Big City in the U.S."

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published April 14, 2010

  "The Muni Death Spiral"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published October 20, 2010

  "Let It Bleed"

• 2011 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published October 20, 2010

  "Let It Bleed"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 16, 2009

  "The Worst-Run Big City"

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2008 Stories by Benjamin Wachs

• Hey Morons: Pay ATTENTION! This is why San Francisco is Drowning in a Pile of its own Governmental Drool!

  published Aug 18, 2008

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• The Chief Is In: Is She Accountabler

  published Aug 07, 2008

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• Give me Liberty or give me Compost!

  published Aug 01, 2008

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• Obama is Coming! Obama is Coming!

  published Jul 30, 2008

  By Benjamin Wachs Presumptive Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama will alight upon San Francisco for an Aug. 17 fundraiser, where he is expected to save us all. According to the Obama ... More >>

• Someone SAVE us from the Offensive Cartoons! Whoa, Wait a Minute

  published Jul 26, 2008

  By Benjamin Wachs It's just a matter of time before Fred Flintstone appears on America's Most Wanted, and nobody thinks it's ironic. We're not that far off. First there were the Danish cartoons... More >>

• Grasshopper Kaplan Runs Again! Does Democracy sufferr

  published Jul 25, 2008

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• Chiu on This

  published July 23, 2008

  After failing to convince San Francisco media that District 3 supervisorial candidate David Chiu is a Republican agent who helped elect George... More >>

• Daly calls Nevius a Liar - UPDATED (Now with Explanation)

  published Jul 22, 2008

  By Benjamin Wachs UPDATE - Before I hit "publish" on this post this morning, I remember thinking "Am I not taking this seriously enoughr" Then decided "Naaaaah!" But Chuck Nevius just called to... More >>

• What's Wrong with Care Not Cashr The Same Thing that's Wrong with Every Good Idea in San Francisco!

  published Jul 19, 2008

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• Chron Gets Middle America Wrong Again: Globalization was Good for My Small Town

  published Jul 16, 2008

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• When Hospitals Become 'Hoods: Evidence That Privatizing Security Guards is a Baaaad Idea

  published Jul 11, 2008

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• Salary.com Survey Says: You Will Be Poor

  published Jul 09, 2008

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• Now that We're a Scandal-Plagued Sanctuary City, What Have we Learnedr

  published Jul 03, 2008

  By Benjamin Wachs Someone must have told Gavin Newsom that illegal immigrants can't vote for Governor, because he made a spectacular about-face yesterday. He'll have to eat crow for a little whi... More >>

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• Gavin is "Powerlessr" Since whenr

  published Jul 02, 2008

  By Benjamin Wachs So Gavin Newsom's "powerless," huhr That's what he says, at least when it comes to how the city deals with illegal immigrant juveniles caught dealing drugs. According to the C... More >>

• Why Doesn't JROTC Count as Physical Educationr Oh, Right! Because we Hate the Army

  published Jun 28, 2008

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• Crime Cameras Work, but SF Doesn't Work the Cameras

  published Jun 27, 2008

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• Scott McClellan Tells Us Who To Blame

  published Jun 24, 2008

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• The "Taliban Mayor" the "Pandering Show Host" And Me

  published Jun 19, 2008

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• Media Analysis: Gay Marriage Looks Good On Us

  published Jun 18, 2008

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• Go Gavin! Newsom Offers "Understaffed" Counties Help Performing Gay Weddings

  published Jun 12, 2008

  Upon hearing that Butte and Kern Counties could not perform gay weddings because ... ahem (cough cough) ... they're "understaffed," the Mayor of Love today offered an elegant solution: SF can send ... More >>

• Sandoval Ducks, Mirkarimi Covers, and the Community Justice Center goes Down Down Down...

  published Jun 11, 2008

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• Far Left Turn

  published June 11, 2008

  Every would-be Napoleon has a Waterloo, and political observers are wondering if last week wasn't Chris Daly's. We've heard that kind of talk... More >>

• published Jun 06, 2008

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