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Apr. 7 - Apr. 13, 2004• Vol 38, No. 28
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Assessing
blame
As the city grapples with a crushing budget deficit, big downtown
businesses are pushing for huge property tax cuts.
By Steven T. Jones
Assessed
out
An underfunded, understaffed Assessor's Office is fighting well-oiled
teams of corporate experts over almost $10 billion worth of tax
appeals on massive commercial properties - all on a shortened
time frame. At least $39 million in city money is at stake.
By Tali Woodward
In
this issue
Editorial:
Stop the tax cuts
Editorial:
Reelect Jane Morrison
Opinion:
Keep public power clean
By Marie Harrison and Karl Krupp
Police
politics
Will
the new commission differ from the old one?
By
Sitara Nieves
Citizen
Brown
Quirk in Oakland open-government law lets “strong mayor”
off the hook
By
Matthew Hirsch
SLUG-fest
As city leaders rally around those accused of election improprieties,
new questions arise over how the nonprofit used public funds
By
A.C. Thompson and Matthew Hirsch
Security
breach
Is a private rent-a-cop firm shortchanging the state?
By
A.C. Thompson
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Neighborhood
Business:
Doggy
business
The canine demographic is well served by San Francisco's
boutique pet stores.
By Anna Mantzaris
Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business
scene.
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Being
There
Alone on the mountain
by camper english
alt.sex.column
By Andrea Nemerson
Double
Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo
Flat
Earth By Lynn Rapoport
Techsploitation
By Annalee Newitz
Hall
monitor
Alerts
Dine
Only intersect
By
Paul Reidinger
Without
Reservations
It's tops
By
Paul Reidinger
Cheap
Eats
Ate speech
By
Dan Leone
Table
Ready
Hot and bothered
By
Stephanie Rosenbaum
Bottle
Rockets
Bare, with beer
Matt
Markovich
Meatless
Mac friendly
By
Miriam Wolf
Take
That
By Giorgio
By
Gabriel Roth
The
Food Snoop
Sweet liberty
By
Masha Gutkin
Well
Done
By
Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe
DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more...
The
Blender
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This
week in Noise:
Dueling
dreams
The road to this battle of the bands is paved with hope
and leads straight to San Francisco.
By Duncan Scott Davidson
Sonic
Reducer
By Kimberly Chun
Sitting
pretty
Laptops aren't the new Stratocasters — but you'd better
get used to them, because they aren't going away.
By Ken Taylor
See
Hear
By
J.H. Tompkins
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Film:
Celebrity skim
Two docs contemplate fame and obscurity.
By Johnny Ray Huston
Film:
Critic's Choice - ‘The Alamo’
Forgettable
By Cheryl Eddy
Art:
Armed forces
Adi Nes taps the insidious allure of military maneuvers.
By Glen Helfand
Stage:
All together now
William Saroyan’s The Time of Your Life celebrates
the subversive qualities of community.
By Robert Avila
Stage:
Critic's Choice - Alonzo King's Lines Ballet
By Rita Felciano
Tiger
on beat By
Patrick Macias
Plus
One By
Vivian Host
Wandering
eye By
Glen Helfand
Press
play
Script
Doctor
Grooves
Local
Grooves
2nd
time around
The
Void
Local
Live
Full
Circle
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