Tim Redmond

More cookie madness

12.05.06 - 9:19 am | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

The more I think about this cookie-odor thing, the worse it sounds. There's some real agitiation out there from people who are allergic to or offended by chemical odors, and who rely on public transit. Read more »

Good bye Klein's Deli

11.30.06 - 12:17 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond
I’ve been buying turkey sandwiches at Klein's Deli on Potrero Hill for more than 20 years. Back in the early 1980s, when the Guardian was in an old building on 19th and York, and the old Best Foods factory was still spewing fumes or mayonnaise wind over the neighborhood and there weren’t many places around to get food, we used to pile into somebody’s car and drive to 20th and Connecticut, where a former Guardian distribution manager named Deborah Klein was making great sandwiches. Read more »

New York mayor shows up Newsom

11.29.06 - 7:08 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

When New York City cops fired 50 shots outside a Queens nightclub, killing an unarmed 23-year-old African American man, the mayor, Michael Bloomberg, quickly met with black leaders and publicly announced that the shooting was excessive and "unacceptable". Read more »

EDITOR'S NOTES

Why "shop locally" is really a pretty radical idea

11.28.06 - 8:37 pm | Tim Redmond |

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Like far too many liberals, I spend far too much time listing to NPR, which can lead to a special kind of brain rot: I once actually sat through an hour-long program on Mormon folk songs that included a long, upbeat, and respectful ode to Brigham Young "and his five and 40 wives." Jesus, that's a lot of wives.
But there are things I love, and Science Friday is one of them. Read more »

EDITOR'S NOTES

11.21.06 - 7:57 pm | Tim Redmond |

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It sucks to be in jail. Trust me on this.
I've never been in a state prison, but I've done my time — in small stretches — in county, mostly for political protests, and while it all seemed so noble ahead of time and may sound noble in retrospect, when I was there it wasn't anything except really shitty.
I was a white guy locked up for nonviolent crimes that even the authorities didn't take too seriously and never had to stay for more than 10 days. I was never in a high-security unit or stuck with really hardcore criminals. Read more »

Secrecy wins, 4-3

11.16.06 - 8:00 am | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

Late last night, after all the debate about surveillance cameras was over, the San Francisco Police Commission narrowly voted down a plan that would have made a strong statement against secrecy in police discipline.

The vote was 4-3,. with the usual pro-cop suspects, Louse Renne, Joe Marshall and Yvonne Lee joined by the swing vote, Joe Alioto Veronese. Read more »

EDITOR'S NOTES

Pelosi is not one of us

11.14.06 - 8:27 pm | Tim Redmond |

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I started getting all the usual calls last week, from all of the usual national media outlets, with all the usual questions that a local political reporter gets when a local politician makes good. "Who is Nancy Pelosi, really? What do her constituents think of her? Is she going to bring Burning Man and gay marriage to Washington?"
My answer to everyone, from the liberals to the conservatives, was exactly the same:
Relax. There's nothing to get excited about. Pelosi is by no means a San Francisco liberal. Read more »

Turning point

Progressives prove that district elections and ranked-choice voting really work

11.14.06 - 8:22 pm | Tim Redmond |

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It's amazing what the New York Times can find newsworthy. Read more »

What's with the pot bill?

11.13.06 - 7:17 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

Sup. Tom Ammiano has a real simple measure coming to the board that ought to pass unanimously. It's worked fine in Berkeley for many, many years. It works fine in Seattle, Santa Cruz, and Santa Barbara. And yet, it faces what could be a tight board vote and a mayoral veto. Crazy.

What Ammiano wants to do is make enforcing the marijuana laws the city's lowest police priority. We're just talking about possession laws, not sales. The city's narcotics cops say it won't be a problem. Read more »

Midnight reflections

11.07.06 - 10:25 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

The evening started out as a resounding victory for the national Democrats, a train wreck for California Democrats, and a defining night for San Francisco progressives. But the state results are getting a little tigher, and it now appears that Arnold Schwarzenegger's huge victory won't drag down every Democrat running for statewide office. John Garamandi may survive to be lieutenant governor (keeping far-right loon Tom McClintock out of that office). Jerry Brown will be the next attorney general, and Bill Lockyer the next treasurer.

And Prop. Read more »