AltWeeklies Wire
The Fight Over California's Pension Fundnew
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger battles with the Democrats for control of an investment portfolio that exerts more global financial influence than the entire economies of many sovereign nations.
Democrats Should Establish Urban Real Estate Cartelnew
The Democratic Party needs to wrap the greenest of its Utopians together with its fiercest capitalists in a strategy to protect the environment, house the homeless, and uplift the values of racial and cultural tolerance.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
12-21-2004 |
Commentary
San Francisco Suffers Reputation As Little City That Couldn'tnew
Democrats need to retake the can-do mantle if the Republican Reich is ever to end. I can think of no better place for this to happen than San Francisco, the place America sees as the epitome of liberal ideals.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
11-12-2004 |
Commentary
Motivating Undecideds: Exploit Their Apathynew
Apathy is only a reasonable option when things are going relatively well, and things are going badly in America right now. So if you've got an undecided cousin in Des Moines, call her up and explain why her ability to watch daytime talk shows is threatened, and why she needs to vote for John Kerry.
Bay Area Political Groups Get Out the Nation's Votenew
A massive national voter-registration, vote-canvassing and poll-watching operation organized by Bay Area political groups will have an unpredictable effect on the presidential election.
What Will It Take to Make John Kerry Speak the Plain Truth?new
Three decades ago, Kerry was an authoritative voice for an angry generation that said no to official lying, and no to war. Back then, as a war veteran, he spoke eloquently, but directly and from the heart. How we need that young, angry Kerry now.
SF Weekly |
John Mecklin |
09-20-2004 |
Commentary
Movie Theater Restoration Initiative Is Ballot Box Monsturdnew
Struggling filmmaker Greg Stephens put an initiative on the San Francisco ballot that would divert a percentage of the hotel-occupancy tax to a theater-restoring organization that he would lead himself. His plan to save single-screen theaters and help independent filmmakers like the creators of Monsturd hasn't impressed the city's elected officials.
Why Progressives Should Get the Boot in San Francisco This Electionnew
The "progressives" on San Francisco's Board of Supervisors don't represent a philosophical or ideological movement in any meaningful sense. Rather, they're a political faction, allied around specific, self-centered financial interests, brought to office four years ago on an anti-growth mandate.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
08-13-2004 |
Commentary
