June 6, 2003

NEWS HOLE

6.6.03 Coalition on Homelessness: Lies Behind Proposition N Exposed
6.6.03 Mobile Residents for Civil Rights: SFPD Officer Retaliates Against Mobile Residents
6.6.03 News from Precita Eyes: Mural in Russia, Award in the Mission

HUMBLE Opinions

6.6.03 The Eye
The Eye is getting sleepy.
6.6.03 Alexa Llewellyn, Closing Notes from a Political Novice
There is a reason why there are 11 supervisors -- use it to your advantage.
6.6.03 Sue Cauthen, A 21st-Century Library for San Francisco: Books Are Still Pores in the Face of Life
City Librarian Susan Hildreth said her vision for the 21st-century library is a blend of "entertainment venue," "community living room," and "mall experience."
6.6.03 h. brown, Watching City Hall
I have another glass of wine & plenty of pot to finish this column for the last SFCall.com posting.
6.6.03 Scott Harrison, House on a Cloud
One reason the system has broken down is that it has become brilliant at suppressing, stifling, and smothering anyone who would make a complaint against it.

Culture Shock

6.6.03 Larry-bob, The Renegade Idealist: Alabama Summer
I'm visiting my brother and sister-in-law. Both of them work the swing shift, so I'm left to fend for myself in the evenings.
6.6.03 Casey Stangl, Voodoo Tower -- An Excerpt
My world soon would become front-page news from Lihu'e to Honolulu to Washington, D.C., where I faced near-criminal persecution by the Federal Communications Commission.
6.6.03 Poem. Eric Marks, Becky, at a crossroads

June 3, 2003

NEWS HOLE


6.3.03 Jim Reid: Golden Opportunity Missed

HUMBLE Opinions

6.3.03 Eileen Left, Major Flaws: A Techie Looks at San Francisco's Voting Machines -- The software vendor has the customer "over the barrel."
6.3.03 h. brown, Watching City Hall
-- I told you 3 years ago when Willie bought the Eagle II voting machines that there was probably some backdoor way to cheat on them.

May 28, 2003

NEWS HOLE

5.28.03 Michael Denny: An Open Letter to Adriel Hampton
5.28.03 Center for Voting and Democracy: SF Election Watch -- Instant Runoff Voting

HUMBLE Opinions

5.28.03 Alexa Llewellyn, Da DA's Race -- If you are like me, you have not given much thought to the job of the District Attorney.
5.28.03 h. brown, Watching City Hall (1) -- In which h. brown leaves the Sentinel and starts a website of his own.
5.28.03 h. brown, Watching City Hall (2) -- The column that led to h. brown leaving the Sentinel.
5.28.03 Scott Harrison, Men's Group (Part 2) -- "I’ve reviewed your case, Mr. Harrison. First I want to say you are a very good writer, Mr. Harrison."

Culture Shock

5.28.03 Larry-bob, The Renegade Idealist: Talking to Strangers -- He made a quip -- "Let he who is without a stone commit the first sin."

May 23, 2003

HUMBLE Opinions

5.23.03 Alexa Llewellyn, Legacies Make the (Political) World Go 'Round -- Burton's greatest talent was identifying talent and, more important, helping that talent into the spotlight.
5.23.03 Steven Hill & Rob Richie, Progressives Can Learn from Scotland and Wales -- Progressives, people of color, and women advocates, stuck in the doldrums of Bush's America, should look toward Scotland and Wales for relief.
5.23.03 Scott Harrison, Men's Group (Part 1) -- I will alter details and not use real names, but I just don’t feel I can tell this story without a sampling.
5.23.03 h. brown, Watching City Hall -- "When his numbers fall below 30%, you’ll get to debate him."

Culture Shock

5.23.03 Larry-bob, The Renegade Idealist: Acker and Ginsberg -- On two different nights last week I took a bus and a cable car to the intersection of Columbus and Broadway -- North Beach...
5.23.03 Keith Keener, Positive Movie Review: The Matrix -- Loaded -- The philosopher Cornell West (playing himself) has a rap duel with Eminem and loses badly, then moves back to the "amateur circuit" and is beaten badly by Joe Lieberman.

May 16, 2003

NEWS HOLE

5.16.03 Michael Denny: An Open Letter to the SF Chronicle Insight Section
5.16.03 Treasurer Susan Leal Adds TransLink^®Transit Fare Purchase to Services at City Hall

HUMBLE Opinions

5.16.03 The Eye -- The media were so busy giggling at the Richmond supe’s long-windedness that they missed the content of his remarks.
5.16.03 h. brown, Watching City Hall -- Willie wants to make Sophie Maxwell Empress of the Hunters Point Shipyard Development Authority.
5.16.03 Scott Harrison, Dominos (Part 2) -- The police took her over to a “showcase” house for runaways, Huckleberry House.

Culture Shock

5.16.03 Love, 3 Ways -- Poems by Eric Marks, Wally Shore, and Susannah Martin

May 13, 2003

NEWS HOLE

5.13.03 Coalition on Homelessness Calls for Closer Scrutiny of Proposition N
5.13.03 Angela Alioto Outlines Homeless Plan

HUMBLE Opinions

5.13.03 Alexa Llewellyn, Breaking the Mold -- Let's face it. You hear "political candidate" and you think of a stereotype.
5.13.03 Gino Rembetes, Prop. N Ruling Helps Newsom -- Conservatives always vote, and Quidachay’s ruling will turn them out in droves this November.
5.13.03 David Freedlander, A Cold Day for Oakland Schools -- A massive state hostile takeover that threatens to set the progress of educational reform in Oakland back at least thirty years.
5.13.03 Scott Harrison, Dominos (Part 1) -- For several years a neighborhood girl named Mary Jones has spent many of her afternoons at my used bookstore in the Mission District.

May 9, 2003

NEWS HOLE

5.9.03 Alioto for Mayor Campaign Office Burglarized
5.9.03 Gavin Newsom, Care Not Cash
5.9.03 Alioto Says Superior Court Action About Competency Not Ideology
5.9.03 Jim Reid Opens Smallest Campaign Office
5.9.03 Michael Denny Blasts "Living Wage" --
Calls for Full Employment of San Franciscans
5.9.03 SEIU: San Francisco’s Largest Union Announces Support for Angela Alioto for Mayor
5.9.03 Precita Eyes: May Is Mural Awareness Month

HUMBLE Opinions

5.9.03 Alexa Llewellyn, Photo Ops -- Photos of Gavin with Ann; Kimberly with Gordon; Danielle with Stanlee; and Charlotte, George, and Willie...
5.9.03 Scott Harrison, Trust (Part 3) -- I had no idea that many of these letters were cooked up by her father and his friends.
5.9.03 Richard Lombardi, Take It from a Native (Part 2) -- I can’t see Schroeder even being shown where the bathroom is if he had the courage to set a foot in America.

Culture Shock

5.9.03 Larry-bob, The Renegade Idealist: Out of Michigan -- MC5 and John Sinclair -- The MC5 were a rock band from Michigan...
5.9.03 Keith Keener, Positive Movie Review: X2: Xmen United! -- They said that Robert Altman couldn't do it again, but with "X2: Xmen United!", the 116-year-old director has made a smash followup to his now-classic film "Short Cuts."

April 30, 2003

HUMBLE Opinions

4.30.03 The Eye -- This was the 4H Club of mayoral aspiration: homelessness, housing, handshakes, healthy smiles.

Culture Shock

4.30.03 Dennis Lawlor, It's Baseball Season Again -- The mayor assured me that the kids we took to the games at The Stick would be considered when tickets became available at PacBell. I'm still waiting.
4.30.03 POEM. GULF WAR 2 Day 33: Norman Meyer, pacifist

April 28, 2003

NEWS HOLE

4.30.03 Michael Lyon: Major Cuts to Primary Care Health Centers Still a Danger
4.28.03 Bay Area Chinese Adopt Jim Reid

HUMBLE Opinions

4.28.03 Alexa Llewellyn, Homeward Bound -- Looking for the one place that has the welcome mat out for Alexa.
4.28.03 Scott Harrison, Trust (Part 2) -- I started getting love letters from Khadija.
4.28.03 Richard Lombardi, Take It from a Native (Part 1) -- I grew up in the 1950s on 12th and Clement.

Culture Shock

4.28.03 Larry-bob, Countercultural Venues -- There are still places left where marginal artists can perform and have their visual art seen.

April 18, 2003

NEWS HOLE

4.18.03 Save Public Health: Demonstrate to Save Public Service
4.18.03 SF Environment: State PUC Approves $16 Million for San Francisco Energy Efficiency Efforts
4.18.03 Supes Consolidate Fee Collection in Treasurer's Office
4.18.03 Newsom News
4.18.03 Caleb Kleppner, Center for Voting and Democracy: San Francisco Instant Runoff Voting Action Alert

HUMBLE Opinions

4.18.03 The Eye -- Aaron Peskin: Click here.
4.18.03 Sue Cauthen, Planning for Mediocrity: Don't BLIP the Branch Libraries -- "People have to get over the idea that books are sacred."
4.18.03 Scott Harrison, If People Were Made of Paper, This Just Might Work: Trust (Part 1) -- Her husband-to-be was a pure stranger. Her decision didn’t count.
Contributors' Forum -- On Heavy Fines for Protestors:
4.18.03 Alexa Llewellyn, An Open Letter to Supervisor Tony Hall
4.18.03 Michael Denny, An Open Letter to the Citizen Action Network and Supervisor Tony Hall
4.18.03 Sarosh Kumana & Michael Denny Discuss the New Proposed Ballot Initiative to Discourage Public Disruption
4.18.03 Citizens Action Network: Open Letter to Supervisor Matt Gonzalez, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Culture Shock

4.18.03 Larry-bob, The Renegade Idealist: Being Funny in San Francisco -- Comedy in San Francisco is now on the brink of extinction due to lack of habitat.

April 14, 2003

NEWS HOLE

4.14.03 From Michael Lyon: More Proposed Cuts to the City’s Health Services
4.14.03 From Citizens Action Network: Proposed Ballot Initiative to Discourage Public Disruption

HUMBLE Opinions

4.14.03 Alexa Llewellyn, The Greening of America -- With Gonzalez as Attorney General, we might have a Justice Department that works for the people rather than against them.
4.14.03 h. brown, Watching City Hall -- This was simply yet another proof that the cops need their tail feathers trimmed big time.