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Willie Brown's Chronicle Column Is Ending After 12 Years

Former SF mayor Willie Brown will no longer be lending his gossip and opinions to the Chronicle as of next month. The controversial — and many would say highly problematic — "Willie's World" column is coming to an end after 12 years, and it sounds like it was not Willie's choice.

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Willie Brown Appears To Defend Donald Trump In Chronicle Column

In his latest Chronicle column under the innocuous headline "Trump could drag the Republican Congress down with him," former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown appears to defend republican presidential hopeful Donald

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Willie Brown Says Newsom Should Be Hillary's Veep, Calls Peskin A 'Troll,' And Likes <i>Furious 7</i>

This week's Willie's World is full of terrific tidbits from the man we all once called Da Mayor. First off he'd like everyone to know that Gavin

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How Jerry Brown Is Re-Shaping The CA Supreme Court: Unconventional Nominations

The California Supreme Court, often cited as the most influential state supreme court in the country for its historic stances on issues like interracial and same-sex marriages, has just seen the most

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Willie Brown Defends Bill Cosby Against Rape Allegations, Says Longtime Pal 'Can't Disprove A Lie'

On CBS yesterday morning, Willie Brown, San Francisco's 41st mayor and author of the autobiography Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times , reportedly came to the defense of his embattled friend

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Willie Brown's City Hall Lights Guessing Game

"The lighting of City Hall has to be one of San Francisco’s most wonderful traditions," or so wrote Willie Brown in his Chronicle column this weekend. "It’s almost

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Willie's Weekly Ramblings: Da Mayor Wants Da Olympics

Willie Brown, the Assembly speaker-turned-mayor-turned-lobbyist-turned-columnist, who the Chron inexplicably continues to hand a megaphone to, has bestowed upon the city another window into "Willie's