The narrow bandwidth of San Francisco politics makes most elections a contest between liberals. The DA's race, which pitted prosecutor Bill Fazio against centrist Arlo Smith and progressive Terence Hallinan, promised to change all that. But when Fazio zig
Lucky for them, Texas ain't in Carmen Chu's jurisdictionPetite, understated, and measured Supervisor Carmen Chu isn't the first person one might choose to face off against crowds of angry hookers.
But after months of chaperoning controversial legislation that tightens the City's reigns on massage parlor brothels, Chu has gained a reputation as San Francisco's top neutralizer of harlots. Today, in fact, she was scheduled to meet with anti-porn and -prostitution crusader Melissa Farley,
An idea whose time has comeLast month a German brothel owner pulled off the amazing stunt of getting positive recognition worldwide by offering a discount to patrons who headed to the Berlin house of ill repute via bicycles or public transportation. He also offered observers on every continent and speaking God knows how many languages to make a variation of the following joke: What's the difference between a bus and one of the prostitutes at Maison d'Envie? One is large, unclean, and entered