Subject: Grover Norquist

• 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

• Leno Says He'll Have Measure on Ballot to Kill 2/3 Threshold for State Budget Votes By 2010

  Sen. Mark LenoMark Leno just told SF Weekly he's slept two hours out of the past 48 and he may or may not be hallucinating. He's tired, he's angry, and he's about to cash in some of his political connections and kick start a fund-raising drive to ensure it never happens again. The San Francisco State Senator said he will soon hold a series of meetings with both labor and business interests to raise the serious money it will take to gather signatures and craft legislation so a ballot measure can

  February 19, 2009

• 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

• Sonic Dissidents

  Stop Bush! Stop the Republicans! Slackers unite: It's time, once again, to "Rock the Vote."

  October 8, 2003