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Traffic laws shouldn’t cater only to cyclists

01/01/13 10:10 PM
For several years, the San Francisco government, and particularly the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, has prioritized the needs and wants of bicyclists to the detriment of motorists and pedestrians.   Now, a member of The City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee is proposing changing the timing of the stoplights at 12th and Market streets because impatient bicyclists won’t wait up to one minute for the red light to change, choosing instead to run the light. Read More

Memories matter, not old landmarks

12/26/12 10:50 PM
Another San Francisco icon is gone. The abandoned Fleishhacker pool house joins the Fleishhacker Pool, Sutro Baths, Playland at the Beach and countless other recreational venues that were enjoyed by city residents for years, only to overstay their welcome and fall into disrepair and ultimately extinction. Read More

Don’t blame guns, blame violent culture

12/19/12 7:46 PM
Sure, guns are a big part of the problem, but what about the rest of the issue? In the past 20 years, Hollywood has doubled down on violence, yet I don’t see anyone going after the Quentin Tarantinos and Martin Scorseses of the world. And what about all the violence in teen-directed video games? Just this Christmas season alone, there’s a new addition to the “Assassin’s Creed” and “Call of Duty” series of games. Read More

Busting falsehoods about ‘fiscal cliff’

12/13/12 5:00 AM
Top five “fiscal cliff” myths: Read More

Keep wrecking ball away from Fleishhacker Pool

12/12/12 5:00 AM
The unexplained “suspicious” fire that destroyed the interior of the Fleishhacker Pool house at Ocean Beach on Dec. Read More

Lawmakers should take clue from Thomas More

12/09/12 10:42 AM
Melissa Griffin’s columns about San Francisco’s state legislators seemed entirely based on what new laws they have sponsored. I was reminded of a passage from Thomas More’s “Utopia”: Read More

CCSF faculty grateful for voters’ support

12/06/12 9:58 PM
We faculty at City College of San Francisco want to say, “Thank you, San Francisco!” Thank you for your show of support for City College by approving Proposition A by a resounding 72 percent. Your vote of confidence shows us that City College is valued, vital and essential to our city. Thank you also for approving Proposition 30. Read More

Free Muni youth passes show San Francisco's bad priorities

12/05/12 1:28 AM
I think I’m losing my mind with what’s going on in San Francisco these days, but I still have a much better grip on reality than Supervisor David Campos and his crusaders for free Muni youth passes. This insanity can’t get much more obvious than when two facing pages in The San Francisco Examiner feature stories about Sunday parking meter enforcement and free passes for the kids who bring loud music, litter, cussing and fighting onto the buses. Read More

Supervisors, here is a reader’s to-do list

11/15/12 10:30 PM
The San Francisco Examiner made a fine start in enumerating issues the supervisors, new and returning, should take up (“Lee, board must pull together to solve big issues,” Editorial, Nov. 9). There are more. Maybe readers should propose some and winnow them down?   I’ll toss my three into the ring, all involving the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which handles water, sewer and power issues:   Read More

San Francisco politics' musical chairs encourage cronyism

11/12/12 9:10 PM
Because of the appointive powers granted to the mayor by the City Charter, a corrupt game of musical chairs is played every time a local politician moves up in office (“Ting win puts mayor in tight spot,” Friday). Read More
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