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1997 Stories by George Cothran

• The Grid

  published December 17, 1997

  Money, Flubs, and Lawyers Amid the tens of thousands of words Bay Area scribes have written about Eddie DeBartolo's recent legal troubles,... More >>

• Poisoned Probe

  published December 3, 1997

  When indictments against members of the Tene-Bimbo Gypsy tribe were handed up early in November, Bay Area daily papers responded with appropriate... More >>

• Dog Bites

  published December 3, 1997

  More Holiday Fun in Cyberspace The mass layoffs at Wired Ventures may have been a blow to the 33 employees who lost their jobs, but they... More >>

• The Grid

  published October 29, 1997

  The Grid Endorses! You Must Obey! For several decades, San Franciscans were told, over and over by pols and the press, that our former... More >>

• The Grid

  published October 15, 1997

  If Cats Were Kids, and Dogs Delinquents Likewise, no juvenile walks into the Youth Guidance Center, San Francisco's juvenile hall, without... More >>

• Dog Bites

  published October 8, 1997

  You're Slipping, Warren Last week, SF Weekly writer George Cothran made an involuntary appearance in a local political conspiracy exposed... More >>

• Foul Ball

  published October 1, 1997

  The environmental impact report for the San Francisco Giants' planned ballpark at China Basin expresses a certain eloquent regard for the Pacific... More >>

• Dog Bites

  published September 10, 1997

  Another Crack at Walnut Creek The San Francisco Chronicle's Kevin Fagan wrote last Friday how Walnut Creek is now hip. His editors flagged... More >>

• The Grid

  published September 3, 1997

  Gavi-Davi-Pyyeeewwww Back in March, Supervisor Susan Leal got into a tangle with a new board colleague, restaurateur Gavin Newsom, who was... More >>

• The Black Hole of San Francisco

  published August 27, 1997

  Billy Besk was 18 years old when he was jailed in 1990 on a minor pot charge, his first criminal offense, while vacationing in San Francisco with... More >>

• The Grid

  published August 20, 1997

  The Map of Kaufman Anyone who has attended a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting knows what it is like to be bored by the board.... More >>

• Dog Bites

  published August 6, 1997

  Absences Without Malice That was some bold, decisive move by Board of Supervisors President Barbara Kaufman when she stripped Supervisor... More >>

• The Grid

  published August 6, 1997

  Campus High Jinks Euphemism is an important political tool. No one but a naif should expect a president (for example) to acknowledge that... More >>

• Dog Bites

  published July 30, 1997

  In Like Clint Political consultant and real estate baron Clint Reilly dropped by our swank new offices the other day, dragging behind him... More >>

• All Booked Up

  published July 23, 1997

  McDonald's Books covers 3,500 square feet at 48 Turk St. on the first block off Market, as unsavory a stretch of street as the city offers.... More >>

• The Grid

  published July 23, 1997

  Missionary Position Across China Basin Channel from our stylish new offices is a gritty triangle of land bounded by the channel and Third... More >>

• The Grid

  published July 9, 1997

  Sly Finance An advertisement in the Wall Street Journal last month was cheesy enough, even by advertising standards, to be worthy of note.... More >>

• The Grid

  published June 18, 1997

  Money for Nothing Last month, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors agreed to pay more than $10 million for a 73-year-old building that is... More >>

• Shouldn't We Just Kill This Dog?

  published June 11, 1997

  Death row smells like dog piss. The inmates, five pit bull terriers, have fouled their cells. Repeatedly. They're yowling in indignation.... More >>

• Dog Bites

  published June 11, 1997

  And the First Nominee for Stupid Criminal of the Year Is ... The thin margin by which the 49ers won their stadium initiatives, Propositions... More >>

• The Grid

  published June 4, 1997

  Honest Shaft Last December, campaign consultant and Yber-lobbyist Jack Davis took one of his clients, San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, to... More >>

• The Grid

  published May 21, 1997

  Treasure Island Giveaway At a Board of Supervisors meeting last month, San Francisco Supervisor Leland Yee ruined everyone's good time for... More >>

• Will the Soul-Jacker Go Free?

  published May 21, 1997

  The first week of April wasn't a happy one for Floyd Andrews, a gang prosecutor who is trying to convict alleged contract killer Bernard Temple --... More >>

• A Tale of Two Neighborhoods

  published May 7, 1997

  "Oh my. Oh no," Jay Sciarra mumbled as he flipped through a criminal case file in a records room at the San Francisco Hall of Justice. The file... More >>

• The Grid

  published May 7, 1997

  Questionable Developments Earlier this year, when political infighting threatened a compromise effort to gain federal funds for extending... More >>