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Is Adachi's pension reform a Tea Party initiative?
And can Mayor Ed Lee fashion a pension reform measure that is suitable to all sides? Sarah Phelan With all eyes on Wisconsin, local labor leaders are suggesting that Public Defender Jeff Adachi’s...
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Police Commission braces for another Taser debate
The proposal to equip SFPD officers with Tasers originated with former Police Chief George Gascon, now interim District Attorney Photo by Charles Russo The San Francisco Police Department, police...
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Snap Sounds: Forest Swords -- and the spirit of Aaliyah
FOREST SWORDSDagger Paths E.P.(No Pain in Pop/Olde English Spelling Bee) High on the "Ideas I Wish I Had" list is Forest Swords' cover of Aaliyah's "If Your Girl Only Knew," a different (if equally...
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Secret cajun kitchen discovered, evidence of gumbo
Oyster po' boy, bathtub of coleslaw. Thanks Tasty's! PHOTO BY HANNAH TEPPER Those who enjoy strolling amidst a certain vibrant stretch of 24th Street in the Mission might be under a common misguided...
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Protest this weekend in support of Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Morocco uprisings
There’s a protest this weekend in San Francisco, in support of folks in Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Morocco, and other Arab popular movements as they struggle against dictatorships and repressive...
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Behind the Twitter tax break deal
T stands for Twitter, or the taxes it doesn't want to pay There's much political intrigue and anticipation swirling around the Central Market Payroll Tax Exclusion, aka the Twitter Tax Break, which...
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Hot sexy events: February 23-March 1
Hey Rihanna, look familiar? (Hey David, don't sue us!) PHOTO BY DAVID LACHAPPELLE Perhaps you recall a few weeks ago when I espoused my love for Rihanna and slightly-less-intense love for the new...
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5 Things: February 24, 2011
Each day, SFBG staff pick five (or so) things that might interest you >>1. BEARING JOY A little while ago, a Potrero Hill resident took the concept of neighborhood watch to new (artistic)...
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The truth about pensions
David Cay Johnston, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning former New York Times reporter, has a brilliant piece on his blog about public-employee pensions. His basic point: the mainstream media, including his...
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Taser proposal will move forward
Following a hearing at the San Francisco Police Commission that stretched late into the night, the seven-member panel voted 6 to 1 to authorize the San Francisco Police Department to develop a...
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Ammiano takes on prison costs
Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-SF) is taking on a crucial, but challenging task: trying to cut down on the costs of the prison system by eliminating some expensive waste in two sensitive areas: Drugs...
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Henderson drops out of D.A’s office and race, SFPD Chief turned D.A. Gascón...
I wondered what Willie Brown was talking about when he wrote that making sure that D.A. office insider Paul Henderson was “taken care of” was one of only two details to be worked out, following former...
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Live Shots: Pearls over Shanghai at the Hypnodrome, 2/19/2011
Glitter, check. Feathers, check. Pearls, check. Add in some fabulous lyrics, a few wildly inappropriate lines, and you've got yourself a full blown production of “Pearls over Shanghai,” performed by...
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The dance of motherhood as ... a dance
From Amy Chua’s “Tiger Mother” rules to Ayelet Waldman’s “Bad Mother” guilt, the stories about motherhood are not only filling bookshelves and mommy blogs, they’re being danced on stage. Sat/26, Ellis...
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Reminder: John Ross memorial Sat Feb. 25
Friends and fans will gather Saturday Feb. 25 n the Mission to remember investigative poet and hell raiser John Ross. The festivities (and trust me, it will be festive) start at 3 pm at United Mission...
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Using “blight” as a corporate welfare ruse
Is this blight? The SF Mart at 9th and Market is included in the expanded definition of the distressed "Mid-Market Area" www.sfmart.com The proposed Twitter tax break is about helping what the...
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Paul Henderson denies D.A. deal with Willie Brown
Paul Henderson doesn’t mince words when it comes to debunking the notion that Willie Brown helped him get his new job as Mayor Ed Lee’s public policy czar. Or that his decision to drop out of the...
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Good Fortunes, Song Dong, and you
We're throwing a party tonight at YBCA (2/25) to celebrate Chinese New Year -- and the opening of the amazing Song Dong exhibit (if you're a fan of "Hoarders" you will not weant to miss this). Jonas...
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5 Things: February 25, 2011
"Sacred Heart" painted in the Mission by Ohlone artists Each day, SFBG staff pick five (or so) things that might interest you >>1. OHLONE, NOT BANKSY Jet Martinez and other Bay street artists...
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SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY! Monster trucks, y'all!
Courtesy of Feld Entertainment For many of us that grew up in the 1970s and 80s, the recent slew of TV commercials for this weekend’s “Monster Jam” monster truck event in Oakland has been bringing...
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