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Guardian event on Plan Bay Area

05.29.13 - 10:31 am | Tim Redmond |
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There's going to be profound change in San Francisco over the next 25 years. If regional planners have their way, we're talking 280,000 more people -- and massive displacement of existing populations. Is that ok? What should we do about it? Is there any alternative, a better way to plan for growth?Read more »

I agree with a three-star General

05.29.13 - 9:55 am | Tim Redmond |
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I don't find myself in agreement with military leaders that often, but Lt. General Karl Eikenberry and historian David M. Kennedy have a fascinating piece in the New York Times that I have to say makes a lot of sense.Read more »

Hasta La Vista, Michele Bachmann

05.29.13 - 6:26 am | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Michele Bachmann, unsuccessful 2012 presidential candidate, subject of FBI inquiry, Congressman and wife of "Pray The Gay Away (Except For Mine)" Marcus Bachmann, has decided to call it a day.Not seeking re-election in 2014. Read more »

Sarah Palin = REO Speedwagon

05.28.13 - 2:20 pm | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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One of the more remarkable components of the so-called "Right Wing Entertainment Complex" (Fox/AM Radio/a gazillion reactionary websites) is the agonizing and complete predictability of its content. Read more »

Lawyer who flipped Greenlining for Mercury considers run for office

05.28.13 - 1:19 pm | Steven T. Jones |
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When Mercury Insurance last year failed in its second attempt to fool voters into allowing the industry to raise rates on drivers that don’t maintain continuous car insurance coverage, resulting in the failure of Prop. 33, it enlisted the unlikely support of the Greenlining Institute, the Berkeley-based social and environmental justice nonprofit that had opposed Mercury’s similar effort two years earlier.Read more »

Obamacare works -- up to a point

05.28.13 - 1:15 pm | Tim Redmond |
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The good news, as supporters of the president have been happy to point out, is that the insurance figures the state has released for the Obamacare benefits plans aren't really that awful. The naysayers were wrong; the Affordable Care Act almost seems .... Read more »

Former planning director explains 8 Washington lies

05.28.13 - 11:45 am | Tim Redmond |
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Nice oped piece in the Examiner by former City Planning Director Allan Jacobs about the lies behind the campaign to save 8 Washington from ignominous ballot-box defeat. Jacobs, who knows what he's talking about, explains the problem with spot-zoning, which is pretty common now in San Francisco.:Read more »

Justice For Trayvon -- maybe?

05.28.13 - 10:20 am | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Summer's here and the time is right for neither dancing nor fighting in the streets down in Florida. George Zimmerman--accused of second degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin--is about to go on trial for same.Read more »

To The Valiant That Served

05.27.13 - 8:38 am | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Let's take a moment out of our day to salute the men and women that gave all in defense of our homeland. Memorial Day's purpose is just that (although its actual origins may surprise you).

For me, the people that had it the hardest were those who, after agonizing reflection, realized that their war effiorts were best served by not serving at all. Like:Read more »