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March 18, 2009
Bidness as Usual
Firm that won $26 million contract donated to campaigns tied to supervisors and the mayor.
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December 19, 2007
Demo Sale
The party's leaders are putting their lack of ethics on display once again
Music
December 5, 2007
Butter
The party's leaders are putting their lack of ethics on display once again
News
April 22, 2009
Democratic Party contest pits bad boy Chris Daly against dark-past-lugging August Longo
The party's leaders are putting their lack of ethics on display once again
News
January 3, 2007
Porkmistress Pelosi
Madam Speaker says she wants to tame pork-barrel spenders. Takes one to know one.
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February 22, 2006
Letters to the Editor
Week of Wednesday, February 22, 2006
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February 15, 2006
Greening the Left
Tycoons will pay to generate leftist ideas in voters' minds, but now they want to see results
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December 15, 2004
Housing Democrats
Why Democratic mayors must build America's cities by establishing an urban real estate cartel
Culture
May 28, 2003
Dem Blues
The left, turning right, was plain wrong to attack pop culture
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.
News
November 29, 2000
Letters to the Editor
Letters from November 29, 2000
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November 15, 2000
Revenge of the Wimp
Why Miami's Democratic mayor abandoned Al Gore and cost him all the votes he needed to be president
News
January 1, 1997
La Nueva Fuerza
With attacks on immigration and affirmative action, the GOP has fueled a new Latino political apparatus. But can the Democrats master the machinery?
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November 6, 1996
The Grid
With attacks on immigration and affirmative action, the GOP has fueled a new Latino political apparatus. But can the Democrats master the machinery?
News
October 30, 1996
State and National Candidates
With attacks on immigration and affirmative action, the GOP has fueled a new Latino political apparatus. But can the Democrats master the machinery?
News
February 28, 1996
Judging Matthew Rothschild
Why is the Democratic Party elite backing an underqualified party operative for the local judiciary?
Blogs
November 3, 2009
And the Most Partisan District in California Is ... Compton? San Francisco Doesn't Even Crack Top-10.
We may not be his best friend after allSan Francisco may be the national Democratic Party's ATM. But, counter-intuitively, it does not flaunt the most lopsided percentage of registered Democratic voters in the state. Or the second-highest. Or third. Or tenth. According to the city's Department of ... More >>
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November 24, 2009
Supervisors Try to Save Jobs of Those Who Got Them Their Jobs
For the past two weeks, the progressives on the Board of Supervisors have been falling all over themselves to protect the jobs of health department workers who belong to SEIU Local 1021. Why are lefty board members going to such lengths to protect these jobs in the midst of a financial meltdo ... More >>
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February 12, 2010
Leno: Even if Maldonado Becomes Lt. Gov, Republican Voters Won't Back a Latino
La respuesta del Senador Maldonado en español from CA Senate GOP on Vimeo. Sen. Mark Leno, the sole San Francisco legislator to vote in favor of installing Republican Abel Maldonado as the state's next Lieutenant Governor, said he has good reasons for casting his vote the way he did. But he said M ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
Guardian: A Vote for Condo Project is a Vote Against Abortion Rights!
Not just a building -- a Trojan Horse for right-wing, anti-San Francisco values! According to an editorial in this week's Bay Guardian, a proposed 400-foot condo tower next to the Transamerica Building should be rejected by the Planning Commission on the merits. The paper then devotes most of its ... More >>
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March 22, 2010
Gays Fed Up With Ineffective Queer Leadership
Dan Choi's not gonna take it anymore ... and neither is Uppity Fag The raucous events of last week -- protests at Nancy Pelosi's offices and the arrest of Dan Choi and Jim Pietrangelo at the White House - indicate that the LGBT community is no longer willing to abdicate its power to advocacy grou ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!
Another week in the books here in San Francisco...By now you should be well acquainted with the drill. Answer all the questions right, mail us a perfect score, and we'll give you a prize. Nice! 1. Who is Gregory Giusti? A. The Cal State East Bay professor charged in a bevy of child porn/molestati ... More >>
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April 13, 2010
Same-Sex Marriage in 2012? That'll Be the Day.
Sorry, pal. Maybe next year. Or the year after that. Or not. Yesterday Restore Equality 2010 announced it was abandoning its efforts to repeal Prop 8 on the November ballot. The not-unforeseen announcement was also posted at a handful of blogs on Monday: Autumn Sandeen reported at Pam's House ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
Will Tea Partiers Kill Pro-Marijuana Measure?
Fibonacci BlueSo paranoid. So uptight. So stiff. What could cure this? Hmmm...On today of all days, marijuana is on everyone's mind. But that goes doubly for politicians: Just last week, state Democratic Party chairman John Burton told media that he and fellow Dems (like that Jerry Brown guy) ... More >>
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May 21, 2010
The Week in Gay: Celebrate Milk Day By Giving Money to Do-Nothing Politicians
Which ineffective politician would Harvey donate money to? Everybody knows what today is, right? Harvey Milk Day Eve!! Get ready to have trouble falling asleep tonight and prepare for visions of trod-upon dog poop (Harvey's legislative legacy) to be dancing in your head. Speaking of Milk and hi ... More >>
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May 24, 2010
Nancy Pelosi Pledges Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell by Christmas. Hmmm.
I can't wait for Christmas. The holiday means nothing to me ordinarily, but this year I'm going to put my stockings on the mantle early. Does anyone know where I can get a blue spruce in May? Speaker Nancy Pelosi was the headlining act last Friday night at the Equality California fund raising e ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Gavin Newsom Pays For Endorsement in Bogus 'Voter Information Guide'
How much more official could it look -- there's an eagle on its cover, isn't there? But the "Voter Information Guide For Democrats" landing in San Francisco mailboxes has nothing to do with the state Democratic Party and is merely a paid political mailer funded by the candidates and propositions ... More >>
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May 28, 2010
The Week in Gay: You Call *That* a Repeal of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'?
You'll still have to stay in the closet for now, sailorThursday night the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that claims to repeal the ban on gays serving in the military (Don't Ask Don't Tell). But the details of the bill reveal that the policy is not really repealed and it won't be unt ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
The Week in Gay: Dan Choi Eats!
Well, the good news is, Lt. Dan Choi can probably fit back in his old uniform now...Lt. Dan Choi chose life this week by putting an end to his "dignity fast." Choi explains that his fast was a success because people were educated about the political history of hunger strikes. But, I think his ... More >>
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June 23, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
Well, the good news is, Lt. Dan Choi can probably fit back in his old uniform now...Lt. Dan Choi chose life this week by putting an end to his "dignity fast." Choi explains that his fast was a success because people were educated about the political history of hunger strikes. But, I think his ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
David Plouffe Tells Panicked S.F. Dems They've Never Had it So Good
David Plouffe says to give Obama a break...Democratic strategist David Plouffe was in San Francisco Wedensday to inspire panicked Democrats with an obvious-yet-overlooked message: Irrespective of his plummeting poll numbers, Barack Obama has been an extraordinarily successful president, and li ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Election 2010: Democrats Look Safe in Bay Area -- For Now
Rep. Jerry McNerney: First off the island?With all the sturm und drang gripping the Democratic party as the fall election approaches -- some observers are forecasting a Republican take-back of the House of Representatives, prompted by widespread anger over the economy and some of President Barack ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
What a Week in Gay it Was!
Photo illustration | Audrey FukumanJudge Vaughn Walker gave Prop. 8 the pimp slapSeriously, this was one mother fu**ing gay week! Can I hear a what what?You may have heard that Vaughn Walker, the gayest judge in the world -- even gayer than Supreme Court's new softball coach, Justice Elena Ka ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
Her House Divided
The most powerful female politician in the country now teeters between long-term victory and instant defeat.
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September 3, 2010
Republicans' Love/Hate Relationship With the Gays
Is pink the GOP's color after all? The Week in GayRepublicans are much more entertaining than Democrats, don't you think? They make the most outlandish and flamboyant statements without a hint of irony about the incredible insincerity of their positions. Democrats usually just bite their lips wai ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Lady Gaga Destroys DADT -- While Wearing Meat
Can Lady Gaga do away with DADT before this dress goes bad? In the last episode of the Week in Gay, a federal judge ruled that the military ban on gays serving in the military (Don't Ask Don't Tell) was unconstitutional. Since then, Lady Gaga won 101 Video Music Awards on MTV and then kicked some ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
Senate To Vote On DREAM Act Tuesday. Local Activists To Picket Feinstein's Office.
You may recall our July cover feature on young undocumented immigrants waiting for the DREAM Act, a bill that would give illegal immigrants who go to college or serve in the military a path to citizenship. At the time the story came out, many advocates predicted that Democrats would lack the ball ... More >>
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October 11, 2010
How the Tea Party Is Screwing Over Republicans
Tea Party candidate Christine O'Donnell: "I'm not a witch"A new Harris Poll indicates that Democrats are gaining ground ahead of the November mid-term elections, and that the assortment of right-wing extremists who call themselves the "Tea Party" have something to do with this last-minute success.
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October 13, 2010
Democratic Candidate Portrays San Francisco as Haven of Dirty Hippies
Dirty hippies! It's a bit odd for a Democratic candidate to use, as a selling point, how little he has in common with the Democratic Party. But, if that's the chosen route to electoral success, it's not very surprising that said candidate should portray San Francisco as a den of bizarre, gyrating ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Poll: Dems Abandoning Pelosi. Does Nancy-Challenger John Dennis Have a Chance?
Still just a dreamJohn Dennis may live in Pacific Heights, but his similarities to fellow posh neighborhood resident Nancy Pelosi end there. The Republican challenger to most-powerful San Franciscan Pelosi supports Proposition 19, wants a repeal of the Defense of Marriage act, and is even OK with ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Democratic Excuse: Blame the Gays!
If this election goes as poorly for the Democrats as everyone says it's going to you can lay odds that there is one population that will be blamed for the defeat: the GAYS. Yep, that's right. The gays are gonna screw this up for everyone -- again. The target on the gays was drawn thi ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
Gary Numan's New Wave Mastery Owns the Fillmore
Gary Numan MotorNovember 2, 2010@The Fillmore Better than: Carly Fiorina's concession speech.News on the car radio spoke in graveyard tones of a wholesale rout for President Obama and Democrats as we inched through traffic to the Fillmore for my first-ever visit. Months of ritual ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
Nancy Pelosi's Daughter to Lead Young Democrats
For Just $13 Per Hour, Nancy Pelosi's Daughter Will Teach You How To Lead The PublicNancy Pelosi may no longer count herself the leader of Old Democrats -- thanks to an election that ceded the House to Republicans. But her family today captured leadership of the Young Democrats.The House minorit ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
Former SF Photographer's Weird Jerry Brown Photo Book Might Be Reissued
Remember the early 1990s? For some of us, it meant the advent of gourmet coffee, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the first and last legitimate appearance of fashionable flannel. For more mature and/or serious minds, it also meant Jerry Brown's 1992 presidential campaign.The spoils of the De ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
California DA's Association Is Fighting Bill to Make Pot Growing a Misdemeanor
Mesage receivedYou don't need to tell David Eyster about marijuana crime. As Mendocino County district attorney, he deals with pot crimes more than anyone else in the state. Yet the prosecutors in California's "Emerald Triangle" pot-producing region all sponsor AB 1017 -- the bill in the st ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
Joanna Rees Gives a Large Chunk of Money to Democratic Party For No Good Reason
The best way to support the Democratic Party is to JOIN the partyIn the San Francisco's mayor's race Joanna Rees has played the part as the unknown, nonpolitical candidate who has confounded people by claiming she is a "progressive independent" -- whatever that means. But now it seems the apoliti ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Pelosi Takes Shots at GOP, Lobbyists for Targeting Occupy Protesters in 'Message War'
Standing with OccupyHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is rallying Democrats to defend the sundry Occupy movements that have sprung up across the country, appealing in a fundraising e-mail for money to help combat a "message war" against protesters orchestrated by GOP-connected lobbyists.Pelosi's ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
San Franciscans Are Not Googling "the N-Word"
Hey Barry! Guess what my constituents haven't been Googling!In 2008, Barack Obama was the rising tide that buoyed all San Francisco ships -- at least the ones that floated a bit to the left. A massive turnout for "Hope" and "Change" -- 84 percent of a swollen turnout voted for Obama -- also led t ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
Did California Democrats Rig the Redistricting Process?
The term 'gerrymander' originated with this 1812 political cartoonThe California Citizens Redistricting Commission, formed by a 2010 ballot initiative, was supposed to drain the drawing of Congressional districts of the political influence that has poisoned it for decades. California Democrats -- ... More >>
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