Subject: Arnold Schwarzenegger

• Schwarzenegger Planning Hostile Takeover of Something

  February 26, 2008

• Tom Ammiano Compares Capitol to "Alice in Wonderland" -- and He's Alice

  San Franciscans already know that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't the only Sacramento politician with a background in film. That was Assemblyman Tom Ammiano playing himself in Milk -- and while it wasn't a stretch for Ammiano to play Ammiano, his next project may call for a bit more range. When asked for his his impressions of Sacramento after a month and change as a legislator, the former supervisor immediately replied, "It's kind of like Alice in Wonderland and I guess I'm Alice right now." A

  January 16, 2009

• David Chiu's Proposed Vehicle License Fee Could Net City $70M -- But Requires 'Hail Mary'of a Senate Bill to Pass

  These guys could make San Francisco lots of moneyThe Vehicle License Fee proposed this week by Supervisor David Chiu could net the city as much as $70 million. And the lottery ticket you bought this week could net you $70 million, too. Okay, that's a bit of a stretch, and the VLF won't benefit local liquor stores. But just as a billiards shot grows ever less likely with each additional ricochet, the city's would-be windfall requires a number of interlocked events to come to pass -- and all of it

  February 5, 2009

• Dish

  July 12, 1995

• Leno: State Harvey Milk Day Entirely in Schwarzenegger's Hands

  Learning about John Muir has hardly made the state's schoolchildren conservationists ... so how could curriculum on Harvey Milk turn them gay?Milk, on the whole, tends to suffer when left out -- but Sen. Mark Leno feels a year of exposure is just what his Milk bill needed. The San Francisco State Senator has re-introduced a bill he authored last year that would designate May 22 as a "day of special significance" for slain city Supervisor Harvey Milk. That bill passed -- on party lines -- last ye

  March 3, 2009

• Outlander

  January 21, 2009

• November ballot measures promise eco-confusion

  August 6, 2008

• Running with Arnold

  January 9, 2008

• Double Payer

  SF is out of the health-care business if the governor's new plan goes through.

  December 26, 2007

• Demo Sale

  The party's leaders are putting their lack of ethics on display once again

  December 19, 2007

• Unhealthy Union

  Could there be a secret deal with Arnold on health care that will inflate union rolls?

  December 12, 2007

• Whale Watchers

  We offer tips for returning lost whales to the ocean the next time they get lost in the delta

  June 6, 2007

• A Union Made in Political Heaven

  January 10, 2007

• Pol Dancing

  August 30, 2006

• Muscle & Fitness for Office

  Did a multimillion-dollar deal with bodybuilding magazines sour you on the Schwarzenegger? Take quiz, find out.

  July 27, 2005

• Number Crunch

  May 4, 2005

• Requiem for a Pension Fund?

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger launches an attack on CalPERS. The giant pension fund's Democratic allies aren't taking it lying down

  April 6, 2005

• Not About Nightingales

  This Tennessee Williams production packs a punch, but it's too loud

  March 2, 2005

• A Bridge Too Far

  Is it your fault that the seismic retrofit of the Bay Bridge will be years late, billions over budget, and uglier than ever? Maybe.

  January 26, 2005

• Jackpot

  How four tiny Indian tribes, with help from powerful gambling interests, are trying to transform the Bay Area into a slot machine Mecca

  October 27, 2004

• Vote El Vez

  September 29, 2004

• Terminator or Bloviator?

  September 8, 2004

• Yes, These Pictures Really Are Republican Propaganda. We're Not Making This Up.

  The Republican Party wants you to know it's left no child behind

  July 28, 2004

• What Would Jürgen Do?

  July 28, 2004

• The New California Adventure

  June 9, 2004

• Democracy in Suburbia

  May 26, 2004

• Learning to Compete

  April 7, 2004

• Pumping Irony

  Gavin Newsom should look to Sacramento for political inspiration

  December 17, 2003

• The Migden Chronicles

  October 29, 2003

• Slip 'n' Slide

  In which we discover the dark side of Jell-O wrestling

  October 8, 2003

• Using Arnold to Get Gavin

  After watching the mind games of Pumping Iron, mayoral candidate Matt Gonzalez talks of turning slick political marketing against itself

  October 8, 2003

• Reps Etc.

  October 1, 2003

• Play Rotorecall

  October 1, 2003

• Unintended Consequences

  Right-wingers cooked up the Gray Davis recall only to see it hijacked by a political moderate named Arnold

  August 20, 2003

• Christ on a Crutch

  November 24, 1999

• Identity Crisis

  American movies once enthralled the world with their exuberance and clarity. What happened in the 1990s?

  September 24, 1997

• Chronic City: New Poll Shows 52 Percent Nationwide Support Pot Legalization; Gov. Calls For Debate

  About.comLately, new cracks appear in the facade of marijuana prohibition on an almost daily basis, and this week is certainly no exception.On Tuesday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, undoubtedly aware of recent polls that show a solid majority -- 56 percent -- of Californians supporting the legalization of marijuana, called for an open debate on the issue, while still maintaining he doesn't personally support such a policy.Then on Wednesday, in what is apparently the first reputable national poll t

  May 7, 2009

• California Voters Emulate Mel Brooks Song. Yes, Things Have Gotten Out of Hand.

  Let's put it this way: When the Howard Jarvis anti-tax zealots are crowing in victory and San Francisco voters roundly reject a series of ballot measures -- well, something was out of kilter in this election universe to begin with. The straightforward portrayal of this as an anti-tax voters' uprising -- already under way -- is simplistic. A wide variety of liberals, libertarians, and conservatives soundly defeated these measures -- because they were crap. Not that we're in for good times as a r

  May 20, 2009

• Schwarzenegger Proposal Could Burden Underfunded S.F. Jails

  Be sure to wear a flower in your hairThis week has seen California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger scrounging for a few billion dollars beneath the sofa cushions after his stop-gap measures for narrowing the state's budget shortfall went down to defeat in Tuesday's special election. Among the consequences of the election results, which necessitate immediate cuts to state services across the board, could be the release of up to 40,000 inmates from California prisons. Schwarzenegger has proposed transf

  May 21, 2009

• Governor's Plan to Save Money By Killing Puppies and Kitties Shouldn't Lead to Spike In Euthanizations Here (For Now)

  The governor has suggested saving money by speeding up the process of killing dogs and cats in shelters. You think voters might object? Look at this picture -- LOOK AT IT! You know you've sailed into truly surreal political waters when the governor of a modern state suggests -- seriously suggests -- we save money by slaughtering more puppies and kittens. Either that or Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, like an adolescent hypnotically toying with a painfully loose tooth, is trying to see how low his po

  June 23, 2009

• Long Live Jack Rebney

  October 3, 2007

• Ammiano: Schwarzenegger's Legacy 'In the Toilet'

  There are worse things than having your legacy land 'in the toilet.' In Conan's realm, they didn't even have toilets.Reached a couple of minutes ago on the floor of the Assembly, Tom Ammiano said that Californians who woke up this morning and were shocked by the news that the budget stalemate has resulted in billions of dollars of anticipated savings being whisked away should not be angry with Republicans. Ammiano suggests directing anger toward a Republican -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

  July 1, 2009

• Breaking: Governor Will Not Grant 'Cooling Off' Period to BART, Unions

  http://world.nycsubway.orgNo cooling off period for you!A member of the BART board just told SF Weekly that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has let it be known that he will not grant the transit agency's unions a 60-day cooling off period if asked -- which could ratchet up the possibility of a pending strike. At around 4:40, Doug Hoffner, the acting cabinet secretary for labor called all the chief negotiators for the transit agency and its unions and read a statement Schwarzenegger will release at ar

  July 14, 2009

• How Much City Will Bleed Following State's Budget Grab Still Unclear -- But It Certainly Won't Be Good Times

  But how bad will it be?​With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expected to sign a somewhat modified state budget today, just how badly San Francisco will make out is still as clear as a pint of Guinness. But there'll be no good news delivered today and for the rest of this week -- only relatively good news (something akin to the doctor telling you "this is treatable -- and most people go on to live fairly normal lives"). We reported yesterday that the state hopes to snatch $28.7 million from our loca

  July 28, 2009

• Burgeoning Legal Battle Over What an 'Appropriation' Is Could Mean Millions For San Francisco

  The most unkindest cut of all?​A decade ago, Bill Clinton was roundly excoriated for answering a question from Paula Jones' lawyer with the memorable non-answer, "That depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." Clinton's perfidy led to eight years of President George W. Bush and Jones cashing her celebrity chit to appear on Celebrity Boxing vs. Tonya Harding. Both of these events had a huge impact on the nation.  Now another seemingly arcane legal definition could add or subtract m

  August 7, 2009

• Stimulus Wreckage

  September 30, 2009

• It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

  Justin PageStay classy, San Francisco​Witness intimidation! Religious and sexual harassment! Bacteria-infested sandwiches! If that's the week it was, we're extra glad it's Friday. Also, time for a quiz: 1. Which of the following epithets did Assemblyman Tom Ammiano shout when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sauntered into a Democratic event in San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel? A. "I wish it was a tumor!" B. "Out, Nazi! Achtung! C. "Kiss my gay ass!" D. "Shit! He is back!" 2. Seven men -- and, later,

  October 9, 2009

• Ammiano: 'Kiss My Gay Ass' Commentary Didn't Bite Him in the Ass

  His ass is intact...​When Rep. Joe Wilson bellowed "You lie" at President Barack Obama, most folks thought it was pretty uncouth. Still, the ones who were impressed were really impressed: The South Carolina Congressman quickly saw his fund-raising efforts skyrocket.So when Assemblyman Tom Ammiano bellowed "you lie" in mock-homage to Wilson at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and bolted out of a Democratic party event with the memorable exit line "Kiss my gay ass," we wondered if  those words ha

  October 20, 2009

• Odds Schwarzenegger's 'I F--k You' Message Was Coincidental? About One in Two Billion, Says Math Prof.

  What were the odds of this happening?​ In examining Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's letter to the California State Assembly in which the letters I F-U-C-K Y-O-U appear vertically down the left-hand side, it is hard to imagine that it could have happened randomly. The letter purportedly explains Schwarzenegger's refusal to sign AB 1176 -- an ordinary piece of legislation regarding the Port of San Francisco's finances -- which happened to be sponsored by Assemblyman T

  October 28, 2009

• Drivers Still Going Too Fast On Bay Bridge? How About Putting Up Risqué Billboards?

  You can't see her if you don't survive the trip -- it's an incentive!​Over the past week it has evolved into something of a parlor game to come up with novel methods for making people drive at safe velocities on the Bay Bridge's precarious new S-Curve. We suggested stark signage noting that the penalty for speeding could be death: "Speed Limit 40 -- Or You Might Die." But why focus on death and destruction? Why not, instead, celebrate our sex-positive Bay Area culture by installing racy billbo

  November 12, 2009