Hut, hut, hikeThese days are just packed for Mayor Gavin Newsom. He just introduced a city financial plan that's a dead cert to induce enough fevered statements about "balancing the budget on the backs of the poor" to make outsiders think the city's indigent population is working on a circus novelty act. Within a matter of days, he'll have the names of San Francisco's potential next police chief placed on his desk. And, tonight, Santa Clara's city council votes on greenlighting a $937 million st
We don't know what's in Gavin's head -- but now we know what's on itGavin Newsom is young, handsome, successful, and, most of all, people like him. San Franciscans love the guy. Elected him mayor twice, we hear. That being said, with rare exceptions, we tend not to take his advice -- especially when it comes to who (or what) we should vote for. Bluntly, the man can't get San Franciscans to vote for his pals. Remember Rob Black? Doug Chan? Hillary Clinton? Okay, maybe the last one, but you get th
Aaron FarmerTapioca Ed Jew now blames a brain-freeze (of sorts) for his corruptionA tired writer could describe Ex-Supervisor Ed Jew's rise and fall as "meteoric" -- but, then, meteors don't really rise that often. So let's liken Jew to a bottle rocket -- he ascended gloriously before flaming out for all to see and falling back to the earth in singed chunks.Jew's final descent concludes -- so far as we can tell -- on Friday, when he is sentenced for extorting $80,000 from San Francisco tapioca-d
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