Politics Blog

Forget loyalty -- the guy's a liar

02.08.07 - 10:31 am | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

Randy Shaw is calling on the mayor to fire Press Secretary Peter Ragone, saying that Ragone lacks loyalty. Read more »

Outcry as Caged Wolf enters Guiness Book of Records

02.07.07 - 1:18 pm | Sarah Phelan |

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By Sarah Phelan

“I thought this was going to be about Newsom resigning,” said a bicyclist, who’d screeched to a halt to see what yesterday’s noon-time commotion at City Hall was about.
No such mayoral luck (for now) and definitely no sign of the disgraced Newsom as demonstrators gathered on the steps of City Hall to protest the continuing incarceration of freelance journalist Josh Wolf.
At 169 days inside, Wolf has made it into the Guiness Book of Records as the longest-imprisoned journalist in U.S. History. Read more »

Daly Cleans Up Dirt

02.07.07 - 11:43 am | Sarah Phelan |

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By Sarah Phelan

No wonder District 6 Sup. Read more »

Don't cry for Newsom

02.07.07 - 11:40 am | Steven T. Jones |

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By Steven T. Jones
So the Examiner thinks we should all just back off of Mayor Gavin Newsom, in the process contradicting its own reporter's story a few pages earlier on how brittle and unaccountable Newsom has been behaving. If the mayor had announced he was taking some time off to deal with his problems, then the Ex editorial might have a point. Read more »

Newsom's dodge

02.06.07 - 4:10 pm | sfbg |

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By Chris Albon
Mayor Gavin Newsom is still dodging questions about his affair with his campaign manager’s wife and his alcohol problem, even as masses of reporters show up at his public appearances, such as today’s event touting a PG&E program.
The small press conference at the Academy of Art University on San Francisco’s new $11.5 million Energy Watch program, sponsored primarily by PG&E, was Newsom’s first event since he announced yesterday that he was seeking treatment for alcohol abuse at Delancey Street Foundation. Read more »

Into the void

02.06.07 - 2:38 pm | Steven T. Jones |

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By Steven T. Jones
Mayor Gavin Newsom has refused to take any questions about his affair or drinking problem -- and we don't intend to turn to his press secretary for answers anymore -- so I called his campaign spokesperson Eric Jaye this afternoon to pose a couple questions and let him know that we expect to pose a few more directly to Newsom, whether or not he wants to answer them. Read more »

The ick factor

02.05.07 - 4:48 pm | Steven T. Jones |

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By Steven T. Jones
There are lots of icky aspects to Mayor Newsom's sex scandal, most not actually involving the sex which, lets face it, involved two hot young people. No, the icky parts deal with the betrayal of a close friend, the reckless disregard for his public responsibilities, and what it says about Newsom's character. Read more »

On a lighter note (maybe)

02.05.07 - 4:45 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

I still wonder if our mayor is really an android. A Soong-type android.

I mean, Data had some problems of his own when he hit the Polywater.

What's the cop union pissed about now?

02.05.07 - 4:45 pm | G.W. Schulz |

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By G.W. Schulz

Welcome to another edition of "What's the cop union pissed about now?" where we summarize the open contempt and paranoia filling the POA Journal, the official publication of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, which leads each month with a generally aimless yet sometimes hilarious diatribe on somebody or something in the city from the union's outspoken president Gary Delagnes.

The mayor seeks "counseling"

02.05.07 - 4:04 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

So Gavin Newsom admits he has a drinking problem and is going to get counseling. Good for him. I hope he joins AA, goes to meetings, takes it seriously and cleans himself up. If he really has an alcohol problem, it won't be easy, and he deserves all the support he can get.

But frankly, his brand of treatment sounds a bit weak. He's not going into residential rehab; he's not giving up any of his duties. Read more »