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Pioneering policy Sodomy, wedding bells, and a safe place to pee: how the West – and the rest of the country – will be won. By Tali Woodward Heavens to Betsy Local comedy writer and stand-up comedian Betsy Salkind is a novel dose of funny on the national stage. By Larry Roberts Event highlights
The year in queer Our annual guide to Pride events, activities, and happenings. By Heather Smith		Love city Our transgender-friendly city provides a dating-scene playground. By Charlie Anders
news & culture In This Issue A conversation with the mayor Newsom backs police crackdown, defends budget. By Steven T. Jones Full text of our interview with Mayor Gavin Newsom By Steven T. Jones Appeal to reason Bank of America Building targeted as assessor fights for the resources to get tough. By Steven T. Jones The rich flush too San Francisco's sewer system is a mess largely because developers and the wealthy haven't been paying their fair share. By Matthew Hirsch Obit: WILLIAM CLARK ANDERSON Neighborhood Business: The Mission Bay explosion Can local businesses and big box stores coexist in this SoMa neighborhood? By Matthew Schaefer Neighborhood Business: Biztips Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene. Alerts - Political Events By Deborah Giattina Talkback - Letters to the Editor Life During Wartime Arrested developments. By Liam O'Donoghue Editorial: A fair sewer tax Editorial: Reject BofA's lies Opinion: Reagan: silence equaled death By Tommi Avicolli Mecca extra Life During Wartime The Bay Guardian's regularly updated section dedicated to war-related news and perspectives from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world, protest and event information, and web links. Journalists under fire Digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe PG&E PG&E and the California energy crisis First amendment alerts		a&e Film: 'Fahrenheit 9/11' 's mercury rises The harsh truth of the camera's eye. By Johnny Ray Huston Film: Will Fahrenheit 9/11 help George lose the election – or win it? By B. Ruby Rich Film: Moore stays Flinty, even in Iraq. By Susan Gerhard Film: Moving America backward, one movie at a time. By Camille T. Taiara Film: Leth is more Great Danes Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth battle it out in a self-mocking documentary about filmmaking. By Chuck Stephens Film: 'The Notebook' Hurts so good. By Cheryl Eddy Music: In a major way The Stratford 4 – victims of an indie-major doubleheader – wait for an album-release date, and wait, and wait some more. By Duncan Scott Davidson Stage: Money makes the world? Campo Santo and Dave Eggers search for life before death in Sacrament!. By Robert Avila Stage: Critic's Choice - Dandelion Dancetheater By Rita Felciano Art: Critic's Choice - 'Dislocation: New Bay Area Photography' By Clark Buckner See Hear By J. H. Tompkins Wandering Eye By Glen Helfand Script Doctor Local Live - show reviews Grooves - record reviews Local Grooves - record reviews 2nd Time Around - record reviews The Mix food & drink Dine review Rules of engorgement By Paul Reidinger The Food Snoop By Masha Gutkin Well Done By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe The Blender

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