<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[citizen - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA[SFist is San Francisco's source for fun, witty, & serious news. With updates about restaurants, events, sports, politics & more, SFist reaches millions of users in California.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/</link><image><url>https://sfist.com/favicon.png</url><title>citizen - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, &amp; Sports</title><link>https://sfist.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 2.12</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:39:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sfist.com/citizen/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[More Measure G Lethargy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unidentified Women On Horseback In Golden Gate Park, October 29, 1934 San Francisco Public Library Historical Photograph Collection We’re all for citizenship and all—we would even consider ourselves t...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2007/11/06/measure_g_letha/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24254244ad066cdcf34903</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[citizen]]></category><category><![CDATA[DMV]]></category><category><![CDATA[election]]></category><category><![CDATA[Golden Gate]]></category><category><![CDATA[golden gate park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Horses]]></category><category><![CDATA[library]]></category><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><category><![CDATA[Office]]></category><category><![CDATA[people]]></category><category><![CDATA[SF Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[post office]]></category><category><![CDATA[Public Library]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco Public Library]]></category><category><![CDATA[voting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[SFist_Jonathan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:22:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/04/entry132162_thumb-thumb-640xauto-167841.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/04/entry132162_thumb-thumb-640xauto-167841.jpg" alt="More Measure G Lethargy"><p>We’re all for citizenship and all—we would even consider ourselves to be citizenship geeks. We love voting (of course) and jury duty (jury <em>opportunity</em>, we like to call it). We love the Post Office and even the DMV (especially those the traces of the Eisenhower era that remain here and there in those temples of citizenship… call it a fetish). </p>

<p>But in perusing our <a href="http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp?id=59382">Voter Information Pamphlet</a> today, we realized that <em>the system is broken</em>. We had to spend nearly three minutes thinking about whether or not there should help pay for stables in Golden Gate Park, and people, that is <em>just plain wrong</em>. </p>

<p>So just to clarify:<br>
1. Yes, we only looked at the ballot today. Citizenship may be our hobby, but procrastination is a way of life.<br>
2. What’s wrong again? The fact that we had to spend almost <em>two hundred precious seconds</em> of our short lives thinking about this ballot measure.</p>

<p>What to do? After the jump.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>