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The Simpsons had a Monorail, We have the America’s Cup: “Benefits” Slashed...
TweetOh, no no no no no. The original estimate of the “economic benefits” (whatever the Hell that amorphous amorphism means) of the 34th America’s Cup was $9.9 B-as-in-boy billion. Check it: So that...
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Mid-Market Renaissance: Using a Hand Mirror to Shoot Drugs into Your Neck at...
TweetVia Bluoz – Your Source For Mid-Market Intel. This is out in the open, a stone’s throw away from the SFPD “safety hub” / substation on 6th Street: Auweia – click to expand
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Learning From Japan, 2013: Cell Phone Towers Everywhere – Excellent Coverage...
TweetNow this is how you get good cell phone service. A common scene in the Land of the Rising Sun. These antennas are all over the place: Click to expand If San Francisco is the “World Capital of...
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Explaining to the Employees of Yammer Microsoft How They’re Not Really...
TweetI don’t know, you can look right here for one version of the story about why Yammer Microsoft is doing so, so, soooooo many great things for San Francisco. Or you can ask Microsoft Yammer why it...
View ArticleSURPRISE: San Francisco Chronicle Writer CW Nevius Comes Out AGAINST the...
TweetAll right, first of all, if you want CW Nevius to Block you from his Twitter feed, start up a crappy WordPress blog and call him one of the following: “SHARP-AS-A-MARBLE, EX-JOCK, EVERYMAN NEWS...
View ArticleHey, Look Who Supports the Golden State Warriors Waterfront Arena Plan: All...
TweetWell I suppose if the San Francisco Establishment wanted to claim that it had support “across the spectrum” for the arena deal, they’d have Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Aaron Peskin and a whole bunch...
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San Francisco City Hall Goes Blue and Yellow to Help Steal the Golden State...
TweetThusly: Click to expand At first I was thinking…Easter? And then I thought Boston Marathon. And then I realized it was for the GSW. Is it a little cheesy to do this so far ahead of time? Yep, IMO....
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Golden State Warriors Modify Semi-Publicly-Financed Arena Proposal – Say...
TweetWell the announcement is officially coming this AM, but Messrs. Matier und Ross already have the skivvy on the brand-new, slightly-more-NIMBY-friendly proposal. And, here, check the latest...
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Instead of Paying Its Taxes, Twitter Offers Up a “Safer 6th Street” Focus...
TweetHere’s what 6th and Stevenson is like today… Auweia – click to expand …and here’s the vision for its future, below. So, just as the horrible SFMTA recently conducted focus groups on the future of...
View ArticleUh Oh: “Substantially Lower” Prices for Some Tickets for the Exceedingly...
TweetCrowd estimates for some days of our so-called “Summer of Racing” have gone down more than two orders of magnitude from just last year. Yes, that means that the estimates are now at less than 1%...
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News from Inside the America’s Cup: SFGov “is very unhappy with the promised...
TweetSo let’s hear from America’s Cup 2013 Safety Committee member Jim Farmer, QC [Her Majesty's Counsel learned* in the law]: “The City of San Francisco is very unhappy with the promised financial...
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The 2013 America’s Cup 2013 is a Lie – This Empty “Village” Shows Why Mayor...
TweetI understand that Mayor Ed Lee has a cheerleading function as a part of his job. Fine. But what’s this? What the Hell? “We expect to have some 500,000 people on a daily basis…” Take a look on the...
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America’s Cup Party: Obsequious Ed Lee Laughing Along With His Boss Willie...
TweetOne way that you can tell that the America’s Cup isn’t the third largest sporting event in the world is that our Mayor no-showed the opening ceremony. Oh well. Anyway, here’s your yachting match...
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How San Francisco Works, in a Nutshell – City Commissioners Listed by “Race,”...
TweetNow this is from a decade back, but it shows how SFGov thinks these days as well. It shows the racial identity of some San Francisco Commissioners: Click to expand Look at Alternate Commish...
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What’s This, All of a Sudden SFGov Thinks That There Just Might Be Something...
TweetThe news of the day: “Obviously all of us have disappointments about what we thought the America’s Cup might be and what it’s turning out to be,” he said. “I don’t think that’s a reason for us to...
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Mayor Ed Lee Should Be Forced to Drive Around Solely in This Orange Vehicle...
TweetHey, didn’t appointed Mayor Ed Lee inherit a World Champion baseball team? Yes. And didn’t he feel bummed out when nobody cared about him in DC when the San Francisco Giants met Obama a couple...
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Now That the Smurfs 2 Movie is Out, Let’s Recall the Time in 2011 When Mayor...
TweetHere’s a retread post from 2011. Enjoy: OMG, it’s SMURFS WEEK in San Francisco, just like they had in NYC. Hurray! So, even though we might not have a blue* Mayor… …we do have a blue City Hall....
View ArticleActual Sailors Weigh In on Christopher Caen’s Bizarre Attack on the Respected...
TweetWell, I guess you have to start off with this: Cup of Caen: Follow the Money So that’s what I’m calling a Bizarre Attack on the Respected America’s Cup International Jury.* (Speaking of our...
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Announcing San Francisco’s “Entrepreneurship-in-Residence” (EIR) Program –...
TweetRemember Oskar Schindler and the Third Reich? Would you consider that whole deal a successful “public-private partnership?” I mean, was it “world-class?” Did it address “government pain points?”...
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District 10 Supervisor Malia Cohen vs. Fresh & Easy and All Other Grocers in...
TweetHere’s the news, from J.K. Dineen, Reporter, San Francisco Business Times. Oh dear: District 10 Supervisor Malia Cohen, who represents the Bayview, said that Fresh & Easy did little to support...
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