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Ed Harrington

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    February 27, 2012

    Cole Hardware Guilty of Defrauding S.F. Taxpayers

    ​Cole Hardware -- which prides itself on being "San Francisco's favorite"  has been found guilty of bilking San Francisco taxpayers in a procurement scam, according to the District Attorney's Office. Cole Hardware is one of 10 co-defendants who conspired to defraud the San Francisco Public Ut ... More >>

  • News

    April 20, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​Cole Hardware -- which prides itself on being "San Francisco's favorite"  has been found guilty of bilking San Francisco taxpayers in a procurement scam, according to the District Attorney's Office. Cole Hardware is one of 10 co-defendants who conspired to defraud the San Francisco Public Ut ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2011

    Double Drain: Program Pays Cops Pensions While Still on the Force

    ​Cole Hardware -- which prides itself on being "San Francisco's favorite"  has been found guilty of bilking San Francisco taxpayers in a procurement scam, according to the District Attorney's Office. Cole Hardware is one of 10 co-defendants who conspired to defraud the San Francisco Public Ut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    'Mayor Mustache' In San Francisco?

    Is Ed Lee a whisker away from making history? ​First Mayor With Facial Hair Since 1944? When Mayor Gavin Newsom suggested his successor during the San Francisco Giants World Series parade, he borrowed one of the team's catchphrases: "Fear the beard." Tightly wound progressives at the time thought ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    'It's On Like Donkey Kong': San Francisco Politics Illustrated

    ​When Supervisor Chris Daly last night punctuated his promise to Board President David Chiu that he'd "haunt him politically" by uttering "It's on like Donkey Kong," he transcended the bizarre and entered the sublime. He caused a legion of hardened City Hall-watchers to say something they never th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Drink up: SF Tap Water "Safer" Than Bottled Water

    sfwater.orgWorth every penny​Take a long, cool drink of the Hetch Hetchy the next time someone hands you a bottle of Fiji: city officials have long said that the imported mountain water which provides San Franciscans' tap water is better than bottled H20, and now they have a study to prove it.The ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2010

    Power Surge: Program could raise your electric bills

    sfwater.orgWorth every penny​Take a long, cool drink of the Hetch Hetchy the next time someone hands you a bottle of Fiji: city officials have long said that the imported mountain water which provides San Franciscans' tap water is better than bottled H20, and now they have a study to prove it.The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    What Does Latest Proposed Muni Hike Mean? It Means Muni Never Meant What It was Telling Us Before.

    Speeding out of your price range...​Since paying more and getting less seems to be the order of the day worldwide, it's good to know that we in San Francisco have been in the vanguard once again. Delegations of government officials will, no doubt, be arriving here shortly to take notes on just how ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Smoked Out: City Announces Plans to Close Mirant Power Plant -- This Time, Definitely!

    Going, going, gone​The final word is in: after more than a decade of activism and negotiations, the Mirant Power Plant will be closing for good by the end of 2010. "There was really no need to have these dirty power plants continue to exist in San Francisco," City Attorney Dennis Herrera tol ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2009

    Signs of Progress

    San Francisco politics were dysfunctional in the 2000s,but recent changes suggest there's reason for hope.

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.

    Spend more. Get less. We’re the city that knows how.

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    State Not Ready to Shut Down Mirant Power Plant Just Yet

    ​City clean power activists and politicos were split in their reactions to the outcome of a state power regulatory body meeting today in Folsom, as San Francisco's plans to shutter the Mirant power plant "irrevocably" by 2010 took something of a hit. While Cal-ISO -- the state body that determines ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2009

    Fixing Hetch Hetchy Dam costs $1 billion more than it should

    ​City clean power activists and politicos were split in their reactions to the outcome of a state power regulatory body meeting today in Folsom, as San Francisco's plans to shutter the Mirant power plant "irrevocably" by 2010 took something of a hit. While Cal-ISO -- the state body that determines ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    No Smoking: City Attorney Announces Settlement to Shut Mirant Potrero Power Plant 'Irrevocably' By 2010

    Joe EskenaziCity Attorney Dennis Herrera delivers the big news, backed by (from left) PUC head Ed Harrington, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, and former Board of Supes President Aaron Peskin​The answer has been revealed to the "mystery settlement" announced yesterday by City Attorney Dennis Herrera ... More >>

  • News

    May 20, 2009

    S.F.'s tasty tap water about to get a little murkier

    Joe EskenaziCity Attorney Dennis Herrera delivers the big news, backed by (from left) PUC head Ed Harrington, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, and former Board of Supes President Aaron Peskin​The answer has been revealed to the "mystery settlement" announced yesterday by City Attorney Dennis Herrera ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    San Francisco Politicos Continue War Dance

    Joe EskenaziCity Attorney Dennis Herrera delivers the big news, backed by (from left) PUC head Ed Harrington, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, and former Board of Supes President Aaron Peskin​The answer has been revealed to the "mystery settlement" announced yesterday by City Attorney Dennis Herrera ... More >>

  • News

    May 3, 2006

    Doublespeak With Forked Tongue

    When dealing with Chris Daly and his political objectives, it's best to leave reality behind

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    Dollars for Dentists

    When dealing with Chris Daly and his political objectives, it's best to leave reality behind

  • News

    November 9, 2005

    The Deal With Treasure Island

    Tony Hall's firing casts the spotlight on a real estate mega-deal that slogs along under a veil of secrecy

  • News

    August 10, 2005

    Noir You See It, Noir You Don't

    Naming one of the masterminds of the SFO Enterprises scandal as a "watchdog" over billions in public investment: city government or pulp fiction?

  • News

    July 16, 2003

    A Glimmer of Hope

    In the city of sleaze, someone's finally doing something about SFO's shady little side business

  • News

    December 16, 1998

    Policing the Vice Squad

    Investigations launched into money collected from massage parlor workers

  • News

    December 20, 1995

    Dome and Dumber

    Q: How's it possible to spend $244 million to renovate one city building? A: Do the words "toilet partition metal head assembly" mean anything to you?

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