Entries from SFist tagged with 'sanfranciscopeople'
December 4, 2006
Careful readers of our daily news summary Day Around The Bay may have noticed that the Golden Gate Restaurant Association has filed a lawsuit against Gavin Newsom and Tom Ammiano's proposed citywide health insurance plan. How can people who support the health care plan show their outrage? Well, never let it be said that the progressives in town don't come up with some entertaining protest ideas! So get your top hat and/or velvet bonnet, warm......
Continue Reading "Now Bring Us Some Figgy Pudding"February 8, 2006
Dick Cheney and President Bush can draw a sigh of relief this morning as Chris Daly's resolution calling for the impeachment of the President was scuttled off to committee by Sean Elsbernd. The resolution directs the Clerk of the Board of Supes to send copies of the resolution to statewide political leaders, the Democratic National Committee, and members of the House Judiciary Committee where it will probably sit in a very large in-box on all of their respective desks along-side credit card offers, Value Pak coupons, and pleas from Hurricane Katrina victims for more money to keep them from being evicted. ...
Continue Reading "Bush/Cheney Escape Another Close Call"June 20, 2005
In case you missed it, here are a few stories that fell through the proverbial SFist cracks last week: --Arnie kicked off the special election campaign with the traditional scaring of the old folks. The claim this time? If the three resolutions he's backing don't pass, Prop. 13 will have to be revoked and all the old folks will then have their property taxes increased so high that they would have to sell their homes......
Continue Reading "More More News than You Could Ever Possibly Want to Know"June 6, 2005
So late Friday we get an email reminder about a San Francisco People's Organization party at 111 Minna. You may have read about them in the Guardian a few weeks ago (though we won't blame you if you skipped it and chose to read about carless camping instead), or maybe are planning on attending their founding convention on Saturday. Well, little did we know that not only was it a chance for the city's......
Continue Reading "Happy Birthday, Matt Gonzalez!"