The Usual Suspects passed us the following note in homeroom recently: Word is that a high-level staffer is departing the Mayor's office. But since none of the Real Media have confirmed anything, we won't name names, because we're too chicken to do so. But stay tuned - we'll post links as soon as some reporters and editors agree it's worth running with... But who, you ask? Well, according to San Francisco Sentinel (An aside:......

The good folks who bring local political junkies our daily news updates and analysis at The Usual Suspects are all affiliated with a political lobbying/consulting group known as Barbary Coast Consulting. So you know when you see the bright green headline on Usual Suspects that says "Supes Question Giving Contract To Lobbying Firm" and the note in bold from Usual Suspects publisher Alex Clemens that says "We think everyone who reads Suspects should be aware......

We're baaaaaack! (Did you think we'd ever left?) Well, we've moved on to relentlessly houding Gavin Newsom to show up for Question Time and we're also starting to gear up to cover the 2007 Mayoral Election -- but you all know we've still got a special place in our heart for the District 6 election that was. So what's the latest? Well, it's the moment we election geeks have all been waiting for --......

SFist Rita has been going on and on about the District 6 City Life Supervisor Candidate Forum, or, as we refer to it at SFist HQ, "Everybody Hates Chris: Special Debate Edition!" See District 6 candidates Rob Black, Chris Daly, Matt Drake, George Dias and Robert Jordan (sadly, neither George nor Robert agreed to interview requests from SFist, so no links for you!) answer to The Usual Suspects' Jaime Rossi, as he poses quality-of-life questions......

On Wednesday we relished reading Matier and Ross's column about a brouhaha involving the San Francisco Film Commission. Seems that while shooting days in The City are up, all is not well between the commissioners and the executive director, Stefanie Coyote -- whom loyal SFist readers will remember from her previous brouhaha with deposed Treasure Island impresario Tony Hall over the Rent production. So Stefanie gets in a fight with former deputy director Michael Billington......