Wow, I’ve never seen the residents of the Sunset District so fired up as they are over the continuing closure of the Upper Great Highway.
Commentary: Paul Kozakiewicz
Commentary: The Great Highway Robbery
This four-lane Highway closure stands out as being done without lawful authority and through an undemocratic policy overreach by non-elected bureaucrats and commissioners.
Commentary: Sandra Lee Fewer
As I started to think about what I should write about this month, I began to reflect on this past year. This was the first time in 12 years that I was not an elected official.
Commentary: Ugly Recall Campaign Will Only Get Worse
A campaign with the stated purpose of returning “law-and-order” to San Francisco’s streets has been caught overstepping the bounds of propriety – and often breaking the law.
Commentary: Quentin L. Kopp
Professor William Shughart of Utah State University described accurately the inaccuracy of “characterizing government spending as investment.” He reminded us public entities don’t “undertake projects based on expected rates of return, payback or any other sound financial criteria.”
Commentary: Sandra Lee Fewer
Last month, Michael Durand, the editor of the Richmond Review, asked if I might be interested in submitting a monthly column for the newspaper. He thought my perspective on city issues – in particular, political matters – would be of interest to readers by offering a different “view” on current issues. I hesitated to respond to him for weeks. Then, something clicked. And so, here we go!
Commentary: ‘The Best of the Richmond’
I am excited to introduce a new project we will be starting in December: “The Best of the Richmond.”
Commentary: How to Be an Ally to Our Unhoused Neighbors
Earlier this month, the Coalition on Homelessness released a damning report on our City’s efforts to support homeless San Franciscans.
Commentary: ‘The Mayor of Clement Street’
“I love seeing all the wonderful people that come by (the farmers market) on Sunday,” he said. “They really are so fun. Interacting with them is wonderful. The drive really is the only thing that isn’t fun.”
Commentary: Quentin L. Kopp
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administrator of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) proclaimed in September 1938: “We are going to spend and spend and spend, and tax and tax and tax, and elect and elect and elect.”
Commentary: Here Comes Nextdoor, There Goes the Neighborhood
uneasy about crime. The results are not pretty.
Commentary: Westside Residents Push Back Against Tone-Deaf Politicians
Closure of the Great Highway has INCREASED carbon emissions and hurt working people — but a compromise is possible.
Commentary: How the SFPUC Flooded Stern Grove – the Untold Story
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) should be really embarrassed to allow a commonplace air release valve, essential for controlling pressures in every pipeline and pump station, to fail thereby causing the pipeline to rupture.
Commentary: A Chinese Neighbor’s Perspective on 2550 Irving St.
ion of Sunset neighborhood groups has voiced major concern about the size and density of the proposed building, and its adverse effects on the neighborhood and the small single-family homes that would surround it.
Commentary: Quentin L. Kopp
In a 1958 book about Sir Winston Churchill, the author described a woman who gushed to Churchill: “Doesn’t it thrill you, Mr. Churchill, to know that every time you make a speech the hall is packed to overflowing?”
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