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Pride reverses course, schedules public meeting May 31

05.25.13 - 4:02 am | Marke B. |
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In a surprising but welcome change of course -- after it locked out Bradley Manning supporters and press at a meeting last month, and its statement that it would not hold any more public meetings until after Pride because its decision to rescind the grand marshalship from Manning was "final" -- the SF Pride board has scheduled a public meeting for May 31, 6:30pm, at the Metropolitan Community Church.

And yet the letter to "community members" couldn't resist a couple of digs:

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Pot, domestic worker bills win approval

05.24.13 - 3:49 pm | Tim Redmond |
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Two bills that we've been following, one to regulate medical marijuana and the other to give domestic workers some basic rights, won approval from a key state Assembly committee and are headed for the Assembly floor.Read more »

Talk Radio's Funny Secret

05.24.13 - 2:38 pm | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Most folks do one thing for a living and are happy that way. I'm not. I need a lot of challenges that change all the time. Read more »

Mind Boggling

05.24.13 - 11:27 am | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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Today on the 101 headed home from gym, I saw a 2010 GMC SUV with the bumper stickers "Who Is John Galt?" and "I Love Capitalism" on the back.

If memory serves, said vehicle was made after the US Government saved said company via loans, that is, taxpayer dollars.

I guess this is the right-wing whackaloon version of "Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac".

 

 

 

 

Phobic Phatheads

05.24.13 - 11:00 am | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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No issue in America has had as abrupt a public opinion turn as gay rights. Once a third rail that could never be touched by politicians lest the juggernaut of America's homophobes land on them, gay rights are now on their way to be accepted for what they actually are--basic human rights. Same sex marriage polls favorably by almost 3-2, ten years go, that figure was reversed. Read more »

Democrats reject 8 Washington

05.23.13 - 3:52 pm | Tim Redmond |
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The San Francisco Democratic Party has voted to oppose the 8 Washington project and to endorse the ballot measure that would halt it.

By a 15-4 margin, the Democratic County Central Commitee, which makes policy for the local party, endorsed a No vote on the fall referendum that would negate the height limit increase developer Simon Snellgrove says he needs to build the ultra-luxury condos. The units would be the most expensive in San Francisco history.Read more »

Da Mayor, local hire advocate

05.23.13 - 3:24 pm | Rebecca Bowe |
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Even as Sup. John Avalos continues to be raked over the coals by San Francisco Examiner columnist Melissa Griffin for his so-called “peacocking, disrespectful demeanor” and “flexible hate speech standards,” the progressive District 11 supervisor nevertheless earned something akin to praise May 22 from an unlikely figure: former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.Read more »

Enough already

05.23.13 - 2:04 pm | Johnny Angel Wendell |
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The gruesome and sordid attack in Woolwich, UK has alarmed and horrified that nation and a fair amount of the world. Read more »

Airbnb is still snubbing SF, even after a NY judge rules it illegal there

05.23.13 - 1:37 pm | Steven T. Jones |
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Now that a judge in New York has ruled that Airbnb is illegal there, a model that violates city tenant laws and state law, that should put pressure on the San Francisco-based company to finally stop snubbing cities and find a way to exist within local regulatory frameworks and finally start paying its taxes.   Read more »