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?...

Remember how the city is supposedly facing yet more budget problems? Well, that hasn't stopped the Gavster from doing some spending. Budgets shmudgets....

Yeah, pretty much the only thing everyone's talking about is Ed Jew's arrest. But here's some other news! --The SF Dept. of Elections tossed out the Recall Peskin papers for procedural defects. As we probably could have guessed after seeing the plethora of signs at their rally the other day, they listed too many different reasons why he should be recalled. Stick with one, guys! We LOVE this "Peskin doesn't care about your pets" platform.......

Here's our Caption Action entry for the picture above! Oscar winner Al Gore, Oscar-less Leonardo diCaprio, and our pick in the pool for Best Supporting Actor (in the role of John Nelson), Peter Ragone. And yes, you heard it correctly from commenter Ragone Has Resigned -- former mayoral press secretary Peter Ragone is leaving his recently retitled job as Director of Communications in City Hall to move up the street to work out of......