By Benjamin Wachs
I have to admit something before I begin: Gavin's ability to be boring is stronger than my ability to be funny.
I'm slipping.
I think I can hold the line for seven-and-a-half hours, but if he posts a sequel (perhaps "State of the City: Revolutions," or "State of the City: Attack of the Moderates") I'll be overwhelmed.
In the meantime, here's the State-of-the-Citysode on Transit. For the Citysode on Healthcare, Education, and the Environment, click the respective links.
Where's Gavin? Far from San Francisco. Far from our problems. Today the Board of Supervisors begins the nails-on-chalkboard, surgery-sans-anesthetic, Adam Sandler Film Festival-painful process of adopting hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts. Gavin Newsom won't be there. Not that the mayor skipping a supes meeting is news -- he's made avoiding dealing with the Board his top priority in recent years -- but usually he manages to be on the same continent. Not today. As the city begins the
Rumors have been swirling about the imminent departure of Margaret Brodkin, the head of San Francisco's Department of Children, Youth & Their Families, since late last year. Turns out they were true. Mayor Gavin Newsom's press office sent out a release announcing Brodkin's departure (and the elevation of her deputy, Maria Su to "acting director") at 1:40 p.m. Brodkin sent a letter to her friends and associates at 2:15 -- indicating Newsom may well have axed her today, during his trip t
