When a candidate for governor starts running against the president, and on top of that promises to make major foreign policy decisions from Sacramento, it’s a fair guess he’s run out of ideas. So is Democrat Phil Angelides conceding defeat through desperation?
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At first glance, it might seem a bit Scrooge-like to be congratulating Gov. Schwarzenegger for vetoing a last-minute bill that would have doubled workers’ compensation payments for permanent disability injuries such as losing a leg. But the governor did the right thing for California’s strongly recovering economy by holding the line on a key factor of workers’ compensation reform.
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Nancy Pelosi is a compelling national figure, destined even — if November’s political stars align in her favor — to be an historic figure. San Francisco’s very own member of Congress, if enough Democrats win seats in its chamber, could become the first female speaker of the House of Representatives, second in line to become president.
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If the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission was following that old-folk advice about training a mule — "First you hit it over the head with a 2-by-4 to get its attention" — then its threat to sue Daly City over delays in fixing the recurrent city line flooding probably succeeded.
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We wonder if the young Thomas Alva Edison, called "addled" by his first despairing teacher, would have been arrested under San Francisco’s newest crackdown on truancy. It’s not an entirely fanciful question.
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Of course it’s true that, even when a district attorney starts winning more convictions, we still don’t have an exact index to that elusive goal called a safe city. But Kamala Harris, San Francisco’s DA, deserves appreciation for raising the felony conviction rate nearly 15 percent since winning office two years ago.
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Facing its 30th birthday with a midlife crisis of declining ridership, yearly multimillion-dollar deficits and fare increases, the San Mateo County Transit District finally is assembling a dramatic plan to reinvent its bus service for a changing market.
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Page five of Wednesday’s Examiner consisted of several wildly contrasting business news stories. On one hand, The City’s economy is about to suffer an approximately $20 million loss next year as one-fourth of the Port of San Francisco’s cruise ship port of calls are being eliminated by Princess Cruises, the port’s biggest client, and Celebrity Cruises.
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The good news is that California tied with Utah for No. 1 in U.S. college affordability. The bad news is that our state’s college affordability was only good enough to earn a mediocre "C-" grade in last Thursday’s report from the nonpartisan National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. This means California is in danger of losing its edge in the international work force.
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It is true, as those at the frontlines in the war on terror insist, that we cannot be reminded enough of that horrible day five years ago when America was attacked by Islamic jihadists. Those attackers intend for us unspeakable harm.And yet, if we are to survive and live productive lives in a liberal civilization, we must have surcease from all those excruciating images. We let them vanquish us if we smother our pursuit of happiness in ongoing grief.
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