Subject:

Phil Burton

  • News

    July 23, 2008

    The Pork Park

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is quietly trying to keep the Presidio on the public teat. That's a good thing.

  • News

    March 5, 2008
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    November 2, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, November 2, 2005

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    November 19, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of November 19, 2003

  • News

    April 2, 2003

    Bringing Up Baby Gavin

    How William Newsom's pipeline into the Getty fortune has put money -- lots of it -- in his politically ambitious son's pocket

  • News

    February 27, 2002

    Mark of Effectiveness

    Why Mark Leno ought to serve in the Assembly, and Harry Britt should go back to New College

  • News

    February 6, 2002

    The Last of the Burtons?

    They have dominated state and local politics for 50 years. Now, for the first time, the future of their "family business" is in doubt.

  • Calendar

    April 28, 1999
  • Calendar

    February 3, 1999
  • News

    October 30, 1996
  • News

    February 28, 1996

    Judging Matthew Rothschild

    Why is the Democratic Party elite backing an underqualified party operative for the local judiciary?

  • News

    January 10, 1996

    Off-Base (Part II)

    The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

  • News

    October 18, 1995

    The Last Seduction

    Spurned by term limitations, Willie Brown turns his political affections on San Francisco. But how long will our small-town ways hold his fancy?

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