AltWeeklies Wire
The Man Who Would Be Feinsteinnew
So you've never heard of Christopher Dahl -- he'd still like to be your U.S. Senator.
Useless Resolvenew
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors likes to tell the world what to do -- the world could care less.
No Justice, No Peace ... Whatevernew
In the country’s putative activist capital, all the protests and rallies may do more to sow apathy than draw people to the cause.
The Bayview Battlernew
More than ready to take on politicians and redevelopers, Willie Ratcliff is in the most important fight of his life.
Filling the Civic Gapnew
Meet Donald Fisher, the private billionaire with unprecedented sway over ordinary San Franciscans' lives.
Greening the Leftnew
Tycoons will pay to generate leftist ideas in voters' minds, but now they want to see results.
Please, In Our Backyardnew
San Francisco needs increased housing density as a way to protect the poorest residents and get them out of the ghetto.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
01-18-2006 |
Commentary
Tilting at Political Windmillsnew
San Francisco attorney Paul Melbostad continues relentlessly trying to prove campaign finance violations involving Gap Inc. founder Don Fisher and political consigliere Jim Sutton.
Pretty Rowdy in Pinknew
San Francisco leftist gadfly Medea Benjamin, and the anti-war women's group she co-founded called Code Pink, ironically has members of the passionate right seeing red in defense of their proclaimed enemy: Democrat Hillary Clinton.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
12-29-2005 |
Commentary
Free Love and Enterprise in San Francisconew
Peace and wow gets San Francisco an image to sell to tourists, but the threat of bogusness has always hung over the city's famed countercultures.
The Deal With the Navy's Treasure Islandnew
Charges of favoritism darken San Francisco's plan to transform what is perhaps the city's last and best undeveloped urban oasis.
Tags: California, Bay Area, a political supporter of the mayor, and Los Angeles grocery billionaire Ron Burkle, Lennar Corp., Mayor Gavin Newsom and his predecessor, or TICD. Its principals lobbyist Darius Anderson of Sonoma, real-estate megadeal, Tony Hall, Treasure Island Community Developers, Willie Brown.
Welcome to Talkalotnew
Mayor Gavin Newsom sees San Francisco as an aristocratic kingdom existing only in the realm of fantasy. He espouses employment in modern high-tech industries while allowing a return to the industrial age.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
11-08-2005 |
Commentary
San Francisco Political Battles Worthy of Science Fictionnew
Like Godzilla vs. Mothra, marijuana clubs are fighting their neighbors, a left-wing politician is battling wealthy members of the San Francisco Tennis Club, and Green Party activists face off against local parents.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
10-18-2005 |
Commentary
Sign of the Cult-Busternew
An outspoken ex-Moonie, lawyer and anti-cult crusadeer, Ford Greene has gotten in trouble with the town of San Anselmo, Calif., for putting up signs making statements like "Christmas Is No Fun in Fallujah."
Dumb As a Potted Plantnew
California legislator Mark Leno aligned himself with potheads by introducing a bill that would create special agricultural licenses allowing farmers to grow industrial hemp.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
04-12-2005 |
Commentary
