Two stories from last week are still being stories this week, so we thought we'd update everyone on what the latest has been.

First up, North Beach, where yet another big, fun festival has had the fun taken out of it. This time it's the North Beach Jazz Festival which also got it's liquor license revoked by the Parks & Rec Department. That means no booze will be allowed. Once again, it's at the bequest of the Telegraph Hill Dwellers and their Errand Boy, Aaron Peskin who are upset about the possibility of the peasants running around all drunk and ruining their jazz music & wine drinking. The vote had the usual not-quite-on-the-up-and-up shenanigans and suspicions that Peskin is sticking it to Marsha Garland of the North Beach Chamber of Commerce again. Organizers of the Jazz Fesitval are claiming that they'll have to close up shop because most of their money comes from booze sales.

And yes, this is and the alcohol ban at the North Beach Festival is making some people think that we're going back to the bad old days of the late 90's when the city tried to get a whole bunch of clubs to close. Where, oh where, is that SF Party group? Hello, party people.

Also rearing its ugly head is the battle over the closure of Kennedy Drive on Saturdays. The measure came up to a vote again (don't ask) but was shot down mainly by advocates for the handicapped who claimed that closing the park on Saturdays would be bad for disabled people. This means disabled people move up several places in the San Francisco Politically Correct Interest Group charts, well above bikers and environmentalists. It was Michaela Alioto-Pier who put the kibosh on it, first by offering amendment to amendment to try and change the legislation, then voting against it after all the amendments were added. This brought the nasty comments from Mr. McGoldrick and Mr. Ammiano. Questions have also been raised about how we're going to pay for all the new shuttle services to and fro as we don't have money for anything. And the neighbors are getting extremely restless. Gavin is still remaining mum, not wanting to interrupt his dinner with John Travolta, Tom Cruise, and his hot girlfriend, to weigh in.

There will be one more vote next week.