Subject: Bill Barnes

• Fiona Ma's Right-Hand Man Bill Barnes Quits, Heads Back to S.F.

  Assemblywoman Fiona Ma's chief of staff, Bill Barnes, surprised his fellow San Francisco politicos earlier this month by abruptly handing in his resignation. Barnes didn't give the standard line of wanting to spend more time with his wife and children -- he doesn't have any. Instead, he told SF Weekly "We've got a progressive majority on the Board of Supervisors and I wanted to be back in San Francisco. There's no more to it." We'll give it to Barnes, commuting to Sacramento is a grind. Rumors

  November 18, 2008

• Let It Bleed

  Prosecutors' reluctance to charge murder suspects in S.F. leaves alleged killers on the street, flush with bravado

  January 18, 2006

• Letters to the Editor

  Week of Wednesday, September 14, 2005

  September 14, 2005

• The Daly Deal

  August 31, 2005

• Letters to the Editor

  October 20, 2004

• Sup-Ee-Oh!^TM

  Duel for the soul of democracy

  October 6, 2004

• Paradise Lost

  June 18, 2003

• Out With the New, In With the Old

  The fear of change has been an ongoing parable of San Francisco. The city needs a new parable.

  July 25, 2001

• Pop Philosophy

  No parking on the dance floor -- unless you like soft rock

  June 20, 2001

• In the Land of Tennessee

  January 24, 1996

• Follow the Bouncing Bill: Alioto-Pier's New Aide Says Job Was Spur-of-the-Moment Offer

  FacebookNewly minted Alioto-Pier legislative aide Bill Barnes displays decor he no longer needsWhen former Chris Daly legislative aide Bill Barnes quit his post as Assemblywoman Fiona Ma's chief of staff last year, we asked him if the rumors were true -- was he going to work for Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier? Barnes told us no, and that was that. But, for those of you who follow city politics with the rapacity my mother watches shows featuring cops, vampires, or a combination of both already kn

  June 18, 2009

• The Man Who Cried Dust

  July 1, 2009

• The Daly Show

  August 29, 2007