Bashing Gavin's plans to pay for his staff members (and lobbyists) from the MTA budget isn't just something us local folks can do. It's something everyone can do! Like a U.S. Senator. A Republican Senator. From Oklahoma. Wha?...

And here's your latest on Gleegate-- -One of the of the 415 Gang who was charged is in police custody, that being Brian Dwyer who surrendered to the police. He is said to have admitted to kicking one of the Yalies while he was on the ground with the intention to hurt him. The ringleader of the 415 Gang, Richard Aicardi, hasn't gone to the police yet but is telling everyone that the whole thing is more complicated than it comes off as and that he was acting in self-defense. In fact, his whole call to his "20 strong" (we see a sequel to 300 in which twenty local Catholic school boys hold off a horde of glee club members, sacrificing themselves to save San Francisco from acapella groups) because he thought he needed back up to save him from a possible glee club attack. He did admit, however, that he threw a couple of "haymakers" and for those who don't know what a haymaker is, according to the Urban Dictionary, a "haymaker" is a an exceptionally loud, resounding fart. Hmmm... maybe we grabbed the wrong definition there. On the other hand, going around viciously farting on people could be seen as assault. ...

As you know, this correspondent is unabashedly in favor of this election season's Proposition I Question Time -- because we're in favor of anything that makes local politics entertaining! (We can discuss offline whether or not we thought it was a good idea when it was originally proposed, but given that it's out there now -- we're solidly pro!) We gotta have something to write about -- it's like how political cartoonists all voted......

Guess who got endorsed on the cover by last week's winner, the Bay Guardian? Where's the green beads, Chris? Letters about fixie bikes, and Tim Redmond notes that Renee Saucedo shouldn't have endorsed Prop 90 (the overbroad eminent domain one). Dan Noyes, gadfly. Also endorsed by the Guardian: Phil Angelides, Jerry Brown, Leland Yee, Barbara Lee, and Krissy Keefer. And Steven T. Jones had nothing at all to do with their endorsement of Alix Rosenthal.......

We know you're probably just dying to know what's been happening on all those fascinating news items we've been telling you about. Well, fret no more! Your prayers have been answered! Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval argued on behalf of himself yesterday that he shouldn't have to pay Don Fisher's political committee any more money. The judge seemed sympathetic to District 11's finest, calling Fisher's request "odd." Man, the New York Liquor Store in Oakland's having a bad week. Not only does it get targeted for vandalism by Your Black Muslim bakery, then set on fire, and then its owner gets kidnapped and left in a car truck, but now folks in the neighborhood are looting the charred, broken remains of the store. After agreeing to host a ping-pong tournament with Shanghai, Gavin Newsom travels to Beijing and checks out the Great Wall. Also -- dude, check him out playing basketball at Yao Ming's elementary school. What are those shoes? And Gavin, have you gotten us a panda yet? And Tookie Williams's request for a stay on his execution order was denied. Only Arnold Schwarzenegger can save him now. ...