WashPost gets the headline right
Somehow, you never see headlines like this in the Chron: Former SF Mayor Newsom endorses hand-picked incumbent Ed Lee amid ballot tampering charges Pretty much says it all.
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The Hangover: Oct. 19-23
Anthrax showed up at Baker Beach for the nude badminton. In our minds. GUARDIAN IMAGE BY CAITLIN DONOHUE Jounce with us, if you will, through the Guardian staff's frenzied weekend. Here's our live...
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A vote-fraud video primer
The Leland Yee campaign has produced a nice little video primer on the Ed Lee vote scandal. It's short, to the point, and gives you a sense of what has been going on with volunteers who are supposedly...
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Lee under fire over voter fraud accusations (VIDEO)
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom endorsed Mayor Ed Lee at a campaign event. Photo by Rebecca Bowe Just over two weeks before election day, allegations of voter fraud carried out by agents of an independent...
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Localized Appreesh: Debbie Neigher
Singer-songwriter Debbie Neigher, lovely as ever. PHOTO BY MATTHEW WASHBURN Localized Appreesh is our weekly thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. Each week a band/music-maker with a...
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Oakland occupiers vow to fight back against police raid
The Occupy Oakland encampment, which was established Oct. 10 in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement in Oakland's Frank Ogawa Plaza, was dismantled by police in an early morning raid on...
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Lee fraud bumped by Hammer
Ron and Ed: Rap masters The San Francisco Chronicle finally -- finally -- put the story about voter fraud by Ed Lee's supporters on the front page Oct. 25, and it was on the top of sfgate for a few...
View ArticleEditorial: Mirkarimi vs. the conservatives in the sheriff's race
The Chronicle, Examiner and Mirkarimi's conservative opponents promptly pounced on Mirkarimi's proposal to give a tax break to businesses to hire ex-convicts as a cheap and effective way to reduce...
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WTF, Chuck?
And now for a new installment in the ongoing saga of What the Fuck, Chuck?, our attempt to figure out the unfathomable positions of the Chron's local columnist, C.W. Nevius. Today's episode: Why is...
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Interview with a master pumpkin carver: Shawn Feeney of Team Bling Bats
Pumpkin power carver Shawn Feeney gets consumed by his work. The triumphant Team Bling Bats might owe some of their success to German electronic music pioneer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Without it, the...
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Live Shots: Anamanaguchi at Slim's
The self-proclaimed “nerds” behind me in the will-call line at Slim’s Sunday night were lamenting the theft of their culture. “I hate it when hipsters try to act like us,” one said, with threatening...
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A journey through "Gay in America" with photographer Scott Pasfield
Jacques and Abi of Sacramento, from "Gay in America" Incredibly, considering what a visual people my lavender tribe are, there has been no major photographic survey of gay men in America until now....
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Powerful, mostly peaceful Oakland action ends badly
After a long day of mostly peaceful demonstrations by thousands of protesters who joined OccupyOakland's General Strike and Day of Action yesterday, it's still unclear why the Oakland Police – which...
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On crowd size during the Occupy Oakland General Strike
Having spent all day in Oakland Wedesday for the General Strike launched by Occupy Oakland, I knew something was wrong when I read reports like this one, which appeared in the San Jose Mercury News:...
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Miyamoto and jail abuse
A new video produced by lawyer Ben Rosefeld includes disturbing footage of deputy sheriffs under the supervision of Paul Miyamoto using excessive force on peaceful protesters. It reflects charges in a...
View ArticleDick Meister: Searching for Joe
By Dick Meister Dick Meister, former labor editor of the SF Chronicle and KQED-TV Newsroom, has covered labor and politics for more than a half-century. Contact him through his website,...
View ArticleCorrection: Prop. E isn't retroactive
In the hustle-bustle of getting our last pre-election issue out the door, we made a significant error in describing Prop. E in the “Buying power” section of this story. The measure does not apply...
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We love the sound: Wild Flag will play the Great American Music Hall
Wild Flag's tour lands in San Francisco this weekend. PHOTO BY NAPKINSHOE/CREATIVE COMMONS Back in 2010, when the members of Wild Flag initially started playing music with one another, whether a band...
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Author Christopher Ryan and the socio-evolutionary reasons for non-monogamy
The new book on love. Love your partner and love to fool around with other people? Author Christopher Ryan says that’s perfectly natural. A psychologist and historian who insists that human beings are...
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Impertinent questions to Sup. Sean Elsbernd
Sup. Sean Elsbernd At Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting, Sup. Sean Elsbernd voted against a sensible resolution supporting regulated and safe patient access to medical cannabis in San Francisco....
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