Category: Government 2.0
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Bob Brigham, BlogPAC consultant, on the race for chairman of the Democratic National Committee: “With [Howard] Dean we will get a movement, with [Simon] Rosenberg we’ll get an empire, with [Martin] Frost we’ll get an exodus, with [Donnie] Fowler we’ll get a monarchy and with [Tim] Roemer we’ll get a Republican.” … More in Tuesday’s…
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Alex Clemens, host of the online news digest Usual Suspects, principal of Barbary Coast Consulting and poker-playing pal of Supervisor Chris Daly, is advertising with Frank Chu, the ubiquitous “12 Galaxies” preacher who shows up at rallies and news conferences around the Bay Area bearing a sign of indecipherable import. The back of the sign…
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Laura Spanjian of the Public Utilities Commission and Deputy City Attorney and Democratic County Central Committee member Scott Wiener (succeeding Rich Kowalewski) were elected co-chairs of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club on Monday night. …
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Highlights from supervisors’ schedules, based on a six-month review of “Legislative Week” and regular calendars, with a bit of analysis in Tuesday’s Body Politic: Aaron Peskin: Standing meetings with budget staff; cameo appearances at events sponsored by city and state elected officials; a week off after election Michela Alioto-Pier: Meetings on disability issues; participation in…
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Thorough interview with Matt Gonzalez in the San Francisco Observer. … And when you fail to set up house, it just doesn’t bode well. … Good to be back. …
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A few observations from Tokyo, for Beyond Chron editor Randy Shaw, who suggested comparing public transit with that in the Bay Area. Randy, no comparison. The largest rail system, Japan Railways, has 35 lines in Greater Tokyo alone. Many of those have express and rapid service, and that total does not include the smaller subway…
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to San Francisco’s political people, and a bountiful new year. … Any AdrielHampton.com for the next two weeks comes from Toyko. …
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Gay.com/Plantet Out has a very long interview with Mayor Gavin Newsom, touching on issues from the presidency to bath houses. …
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One of the more interesting things Controller Ed Harrington said in a recent editorial board meeting with The Examiner was that government operates “in some sense to stabilize and create a middle class.” That’s because it’s one of the few remaining places where employees can find decent wages, good health care and guaranteed retirement. …
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