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The GOP has no answer on the state budget
The Republican leaders in Sacramento have absolutely no solutions to the state budget problems. They're against the guv's tax plan for November, they're against raising any new revenue, they have...
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Green presidential candidate seeks to energize the disenfranchised
Dr. Jill Stein is the likely Green Party presidential nominee. Steven T. Jones After participating in last weekend's Green Party presidential debate against Roseanne Barr in San Francisco, which we...
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Recology's slate cards
It's everywhere! Wow. Every single slate card I've seen so far for this election has been paid for at least in part by Recology, which is fighting a measure that would require competitive bidding on...
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Live Shots: Livening up Mendell Plaza
Every Saturday, as part of a 12-week free concert series, the Bayview Opera House transforms Mendell Plaza into a music-filled oasis. (I visited on May 12 and fell in love with the sounds and sights...
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What small business owners care about
Since the mayor's office still insists that any business-tax reform ought to be revenue-neutral, and since he and other continue to talk about the myth that a payroll tax hurts job growth, I found the...
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The Beat: The two sides of Birds & Batteries
Birds & Batteries: playing with dualities What do a parrot and a vibrator have to do with a well-known San Francisco band you ask? Well let me tell you. <!--break--> Birds & Batteries is...
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The Performant: Traveler's tales
The WE Players' courageous Odyssey on Angel Island It’s an overcast morning, typical San Francisco springtime, but upon disembarking from the Angel Island ferry at Ayala Cove, we are transported...
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Battles without honor and humanity: this week's new movies
Shirley MacLaine and Jack Black in "Bernie." Photo courtesy of Millennium Entertainment While all the cool kids are at Cannes, us losers are stuck stateside to contemplate the two big Hollywood movies...
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June 6 hearing may spell the end of HANC recycling center
Some beds at HANC's community garden, with the recycling center in the background GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF It’s just a triangle of land on Frederick Street, right next to Kezar Stadium. But the...
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"Charitable beer circus"?! Is this a miracle?!
Come one, come all (unless you’re under 21) to Petaluma this Sat/20, and witness death-defying displays -- with a twist. A screw-top twist, that is, har har. Attendees of the Lagunitas Beer Circus can...
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New JFK bike lanes are bad for everyone
Golden Gate Park visitors have had a couple months to get used to the confusing new lane configurations on JFK Drive – with bike lanes along the edges of the road and a row of parked cars in the...
View ArticleMeister: Another presidential step against anti-gay bias
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,...
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Sex Talk with Princess Donna: Squirting and the ass icon
Donna believes communication is always more effective when wearing leopard print. You have to have communication skills if you're going to responsibly wield the amount of sexual power that Princess...
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Facebook IPO: The good and the bad
Facebook went public and the people who got in at the initial price of $38 made a little money, but the stock is hardly exploding in the way that suggests social-networking is the next stock market...
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SF-born legend Terry Bozzio on UK's reunion, his dad's accordion, and the...
A rather impressive drum kit. Bay Area-born and raised drummer extraordinaire Terry Bozzio (who plays the Regency Ballroom Fri/18 with reunited band UK) has performed with Frank Zappa, Missing...
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Nite Trax: Yes, the 2012 San Francisco Nightlife Awards are real
... and apparently I am hosting them with Anna Conda on Thursday, May 31. What the heck are the 2012 San Francisco Nightlife Awards? No worries, they are magical, and you should totally go because...
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Dum Dum Girls drummer Sandra Vu doubles as SISU's lead singer
Sandra Vu behind a comforting cage of drums. PHOTO BY CHRIS STEVENS If you've ever caught Dum Dum Girls live, you've likely asked yourself, “who is that babe with the flying black hair who's slaying...
View ArticleThe return of Willie Brownism to the sunshine task force
As an advocate for the passage of the San Francisco sunshine ordinance and task force in the early 1990s, I felt obligated to take my first and only City Hall position and serve as a founding member...
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Heads Up: 7 Must-See Concerts
Toys that Kill, straight outta 'Pedro. Weirdo jazz, San Pedro punks, free daytime brewery parties, the highly desirable remains of the Misfits, and more, in this week's Heads Up. <!--break-->...
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Fresh Cuts: Kimbra makes good, Girls get limited, and the return of an...
Kimbra gives you wandering limbs This week in new music explores the depths of an ingenue with a siren attitude, the quiet ranges of Mount Eerie, mom as muse, and more. Kimbra: Vows (Warner Bros.) I...
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