Columnists and Columns

Quentin Kopp / Ruminations of a Former Citizen Supervisor

Sep 2010 Degraded, Disrespected and disregarded
Jul 2010 Supervisors Salaries
Jun 2010 Election Season Observations
May 2010 Jig is up for SF Justice
Apr 2010 Dismantling Voter Mandates
Mar 2010 High-speed Historical Perspective
Dec 2009 Terminal Turmoil-SF Terminal Requires A Full Review
Nov 2009 About the Election
Oct 2009 Beaches, Bridges and Buses
Sep 2009 Been There, Done That
Jun 2009 Where's the Brotherhood?
May 2009 Remembering Gene McAteer
Mar 2009 Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Feb 2009 The Kindness of Strangers
Dec 2008 A Little Perspective
Nov 2008 History Repeats Itself
Jul 2008 Domestic Violence
Jun 2008 Pacific Rod and Gun Club Endangered?
May 2008 California's high-speed rail dilemma
Mar 2008 Life in the Fat Lane (Supervisor's Salaries)

Will Durst / My Two Cents

Sep 2010Creed Cred
Sep 2010Mosquerade Party
Sep 2010Swamp Drainage Detritis
Sep 2010Flag Raising Robester
Sep 2010Star Spangled Bog
Sep 2010Screw You, Kiss Me
Jul 2010Worldcup Frenzyless
Jul 2010Dead Solid Summer
Jul 2010Vampire Nation
Jul 2010Politics As Usual Exponential Factor Four
Jul 2010Cowboy Down
Jul 2010The Bright Side of the BP Oilspill
Jun 2010The Third Gulf War
May 2010Secret Weapon
May 2010Manhattan Flannel
May 2010Brainless Pinheads
May 2010Earth Attacks!
May 2010Sloppy Pool of Tizzi in the Gobi Desert
Apr 2010Loose Nukes
Apr 2010Nice Miracle, May We Have Another?
Apr 2010Watching Sausages
Apr 2010Kooky Kabuki Terrain
Mar 2010Some Advice for the President

Business Corner

Sep 2010Dimitra's Medi-spa
May 2010 Alma Via
Apr 2010 Community Business District
Mar 2010 Dr. Victoria Tobar: The Art of Personalized, Caring Dentistry
Feb 2010 West Portal Merchants/Firefighters Toy Program Catches Fire
Dec 2009 Shop SF and Support the Local Economy
Nov 2009 Que Syrah Wine Bar
Oct 2009 Dr. L. Bruce Mebine and Associates
Sep 2009 Sterling Salon and Spa
Jul 2009 Ken Topping Home Improvements
Jun 2009 Baby Streets—For Babies On the Go!
May 2009 Alfred's — The Classic Steakhouse
Apr 2009 Take a tour of India at Restaurant Roti
Mar 2009 Customized Massage for Everyone at MASSAGE ENVY
Feb 2009 Now is the Time to Shop Locally
Dec 2008 Just Because Gift and Card Shoppe
Nov 2008 Sunset Pet Supply
Oct 2008 Italian American Social Club
Sep 2008 Back to Sports
Jul 2008 The Dog Spa

West of Twin Peaks Central Council Report

Jul 2010 Annual Meeting
Jun 2010 Monthly Meeting
May 2010 "Fix MUNI"
Apr 2010 Monthly Meeting
Mar 2010 Monthly Meeting
Feb 2010 Monthly Meeting
Dec 2009 Monthly Meeting
Nov 2009 Monthly Meeting
Oct 2009 Monthly Meeting
Jul 2009 Monthly Meeting
Jun 2009 Monthly Meeting
May 2009 Monthly Meeting/It's All About the Water
Apr 2009 Monthly Meeting
Mar 2009 Monthly Meeting
Feb 2009 Monthly Meeting
Nov 2008 Monthly Meeting
Oct 2008 Monthly Meeting
Sep 2008 Dist 4 and 7 Candidates Night
Jul 2008 News and Views...
Jun 2008 Civic Advocacy in Action, By Mitch Bull
May 2008 On Fame, Fortune and Principle – Dispatch from the Westside By Denise LaPointe
Apr 2008 Neighborhood Alert By Denise LaPointe
Feb 2008 You can't always get what you want By Denise LaPointe

Tony Hall

Sep 2010Fantasy Island One More Time!
Jun 2010 Oh The Games People Play
May 2010 The Tail That's Wagging the Dog
Apr 2010 The Dual at the Boathouse at Lake Merced
Mar 2010 The Art of Governance and the Economy
Feb 2010 The Good Ship Lollipop Marooned on Treasure Island
Dec 2009 HOPE Revisited
Nov 2009 Harding Park Neglected, Rebuilt — and Now Raided!
Oct 2009 Observations and Predictions
Jul 2009 Tellin' It Like It Is
Jun 2009 An Island View
May 2009 Enough Already With The Parking!
Apr 2009 Treasure Island or Fantasy Island?
Feb 2009 The Truth Wins Out
Sep 2008 Why I Bowed Out of the Race for District Supervisor
Jul 2008 Another Family Exodus Is Another Loss for San Francisco

Jeff Adachi

Sep 2010The Facts About Healthcare Under Prop B
Jun 2010SF's Broken Pension System Is Breaking You
Mar 2010Why San Franciscans Must Support Pension Reform
Dec 2009 Solving San Francisco's Budget Problems
Nov 2009 Prop A: Local Budget Measure Falls Short Of True Reform
Jun 2009 Mayor's Cuts are Taxpayors' Disaster

George Wooding

Sep 2010Is Jeff Adachi Now Public Enemy #1?
Jul 2010 A Park Commission Gone Wild
Jun 2010Vote No on A June 8
May 2010Deja Vu: Tackling the Breach at Ocean Beach
Apr 2010MUNI: Operators Salaries v. Riders
Mar 2010Will Kids Go To School In Their Own Neighborhoods?
Feb 2010 Paving Over Golden GAte Park
Feb 2010 Questions Laguna Honda Needs To Answer
Dec 2009 Traffic Nightmare Ahead: St. Francis Circle $18 Million Project
Nov 2009 San Francisco Cars Pay for Mass Transit
Oct 2009 Raiding the Parking Meters
Sep 2009 Decaying Streets of San Francisco
Jul 2009 Save Our Firehouses
Jun 2009 Death, Taxes and Your Morning Shower
May 2009 Westside Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Solution in Search of a Problem
Apr 2009 Taxation Without Representation
Mar 2009 Tax Increase? NO!
Feb 2009 Here Come Da Taxes!
Oct 2008 A Bond Dressed in Emporer's Clothes
Sep 2008 Boondoggle II: General Hospital Bond>
Jul 2008 Audit the Department of Public Health
Jun 2008 General Hospital Rebuild Questions Remain
May 2008 Dangerous Precedent Involving Laguna Honda Hospital
Mar 2008 Downsizing Laguna Honda Betrays the Voters

Joe O'Donoghue

May 2010 Full Employment for Rasputins, Puppets and All their Apparatchiks
Apr 2010 The Little Guy Gets It Again
Mar 2010 They Frankly Own the Place
Feb 2010 The No Loan Banks
Dec 2009 Plain Talk, Straight Talk

Real Estate Report/Jed Lane

Sep 2010Distressed Sales In San Francisco
Jul 2010 Pricing a Property to Sell Fast and at the Highest Price
Jun 2010 Is the Real Estate Storm Passing?
May 2010 Jumbo Loans for Westside Homes
Apr 2010 Do You Qualify for a Loan?
Mar 2010 Tax Credits, Low Interest Rates Pay Off
Feb 2010 Westside Special Report/Real Estate Holds Its Value

Patrick Monette-Shaw

Sep 2010Black Holes At Laguna Honda
Jul 2010 Unanswered Questions Remain for the Patient Gift Fund
Jun 2010 Raiding the Public Trust
May 2010 LHH Lessons Unlearned Impacts All Bond-Financed Projects
Feb 2010 Laguna Honda Delays
Dec 2009 Deja Vu Haunts Laguna Honda
Oct 2009 Laguna Honda's Unkindest Cut
Jul 2009 Laguna Honda: Pot-bellies v. Beds
May 2009 Mortgaging Laguna Honda's Future
Apr 2009 Mourning Laguna Honda's Hospital Changes
Mar 2009 War on Laguna Honda Seniors Heats Up
Jun 2008 Prop G's False Promises
Feb 2008 Laguna Honda: Who Gets the Boot?

Steve Lawrence

Sep 2010Water Bills and the WISP
Jul 2010 Whats Happening with Community Choice Aggregartion? | Steve Lawrence
Jun 2010 Pro & Con: Community Choice Aggregartion | Steve Lawrence / Michael Campbell
Feb 2010 Will the City Have Enough Water? | Steve Lawrence

Around the Town

By Mitch Bull

Sep 2010 Dec 2009 Nov 2009
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Hank Basayne / On the Plus Side

Sep 2010My Superior Forgettery
Jul 2010 Conversations With the Other Me
Jun 2010 Hope Springs Internal!
May 2010 Getting To Know You
Apr 2010 Getting Ready
Mar 2010 I NEVER Exaggerate
Feb 2010 MEridian 7-1212 or POpcorn
Dec 2009 Out With the New In With the Old
Nov 2009 Two Threads
Oct 2009 What I know For Sure
Sep 2009 Flotsom & Jetsam & Me
Jul 2009 Nothing to Be Done
Jun 2009 Save It or Spend It?
May 2009 Never Mind
Apr 2009 Unexpected Detour
Mar 2009 When We Don't Know What To Do
Feb 2009 Pink Feathers
Dec 2008 Fly on the Wall
Oct 2008 In a Very Strange Land
Sep 2008 Can a Victim Be Responsible?
Jul 2008 The Slough of Despond
Jun 2008 Some of us are taller than others
May 2008 Don't Remember Mama
Apr 2008 The moment that is not yet
Mar 2008 We'll never be best friends
Feb 2008 Who am I, really?
Dec 2007 The impatient patient
Nov 2007 Dying Young

Phyllis Sherman / Phyllis' Findings

Sep 2010 Jul 2010 Jun 2010 May 2010
Apr 2010The Case Against Vanity Plates
Mar 2010This and that
Feb 2010A Story With Teeth
Dec 2009
Nov 2009IRS Audit
Oct 2009Lad, Ho
Sep 2009How to Smell a Rat
Jul 2009 Jun 2009
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Mar 2008 Feb 2008 Dec 2007 Nov 2007

Jack Kaye

Sept 2010Responding To Our Loss
Jul 2010 The Oil Spill Symbolism
Jun 2010 Requesting Moderation
May 2010 Are We All Created Equal?
Apr 2010 Addressing Our Regrets
Mar 2010 Where Is Our Fourth Estate?
Feb 2010 What Is Real Wealth?
Dec 2009 Loving Your Neighbor
Nov 2009 Weather We Can Believe In
Oct 2009 To What Are We Entitled?
Sep 2009 Punctuation Marks in the Grammar of Life
Jul 2009 Am I Old Yet?
Jun 2009 Is the Market Really Free?
May 2009 Reflections on Lost Memories
Apr 2009 How To Reduce Cancer and Heart Related Deaths, Save the Tobacco Industry, Raise Tax Revenue, Destroy the Drug Cartels and Make People Happier
Mar 2009 What Motivates Us To Excel?
Feb 2009 When Bad News Leads To Good News
Dec 2008 In Praise of the English Language
Nov 2008 When Does a Person Become an Adult?
Oct 2008 Is San Francisco an American city?
Sep 2008 Can a Victim Be Responsible?
Jul 2008 When Is More of a Good Thing Not Better?
Jun 2008 Just between you and me
May 2008 Serious crimes going uninforced
Apr 2008 Can Globalization go too far?
Mar 2008 Affirmative Action for the Rich and Famous
Feb 2008 This is confidential, don't tell anyone
Nov 2007 Why do highly paid people need incentives?

Carol Kocivar / On Education

Sep 2010What'd I Say???
Jul 2010 Baby Baby
Jun 2010 State Budget Crisis Hits Local Schools and Children
May 2010 The Art of Closing the Achievement Gap
Apr 2010 Celebrate Talent in Our Schools
Mar 2010 Can't We All Agree on Children?
Feb 2010 Don't I Know You From Somewhere?
Dec 2009 Tis the Season!
Nov 2009 A Night On the Town: Chicago, Chicago That Toddlin gTown
Oct 2009 Psst...Have You Joined PTA?
Sep 2009 No More Pencils, No More Books
Jul 2009 A Good Summer Read
Jun 2009 Invest In Children
May 2009 Thank You!
Apr 2009 The Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Mar 2009 You Are What You App
Feb 2009 OMG Another Bad Budget 4 Kids :-(
Dec 2008 One More List
Nov 2008 Voting For Kids
Oct 2008 Time, Time, Time is on...
Sep 2008 Stand Up for Children
Jul 2008 What I Say...
Jun 2008 Your future is in our classrooms
May 2008 Thank a teacher today
Apr 2008 Flunk the budget Fridays
Mar 2008 Pink slips in the mail. Shame on you!
Feb 2008 Take my pulse
Dec 2007 spelll check

Sharon Caren / Sharon the Health

Sep 2010 Lip Service From Water Departments
Jul 2010 Burns, Bugs and Basics
Jun 2010 Peaceful Touch Massage Program
May 2010 SFPMG: Specialist in Natural Medicine
Apr 2010 What Is Naturopathic Medicine?
Mar 2010 Osteopathy:The Best Kept Secret
Feb 2010 Healthy Eating, Healthy Heart
Dec 2009 Swine Flu Vaccination Programs '09-10
Nov 2009 Rub a Dub, Dub…Know what’s in your Tub?
Oct 2009 Your Body's Many Cries for Water
Sep 2009 Citizens Concerned About Chloramine (CCAC)
Jul 2009 Fresh Clean Water: The Next Generation
Jun 2009 Our Drinking Water—Healthy Or Not?
May 2009 Why Posture Matters/AKA Straighten Up and Fly Right
Apr 2009 Hard Times and Canines
Mar 2009 Massage—Therapeutic or Fluff?
Feb 2009 Matters of the Heart
Dec 2008 Win the Battle of the Holiday Bulge
Nov 2008 Got Stress? And How To Handle It
Oct 2008 Kill Winter Cooties Naturally
Sep 2008 Antioxidents, Free Radicals and Aging
Jul 2008 Why Can't I Lose Weight?
Jun 2008 Do you have a personal water shortage?
Jun 2008 Water or Coke? (PDF)

From the Border/Hillary Gordon

Sep 2010 What We're Hungry For
Jul 2010 Butterflies in the Garden
Jun 2010 The San Francisco Peninsula From Long Ago
May 2010 Newborn Spring Meadow Lawn Replacement
Apr 2010 The Nutritious Solitude of Gardening
Mar 2010 Winter Showers Bring Winter Flowers
Feb 2010 Revisioning the Garden/Losing the Lawn
Dec 2009 Fall Blooming Salvias
Nov 2009 100 Words for Drought Tolerant
Oct 2009 Go Outsde and Play!
Sep 2009 Helichrysum Eradication
Jul 2009 Nostalgia and the Transplanted Gardener
Jun 2009 Spring Blooming Bulbs for Bay Area Climates
May 2009 What's In A Name?
Apr 2009 California Natives Show Off Their Winter Colors
Mar 2009 A New Gardening Year
Feb 2009 The Blessings of Rain
More Hilary Gordon at gardenfortheenvironment.org

Jed Lane

Jun 2010 Civil Sidewalks-The Sit/Lie Ordinance
Apr 2010 Tasers: Controversy or Political Fumble?
Apr 2010 Neighborhood School Admissions Policy
Mar 2010 Big Changes In SFPD
Nov 2009 Beyond Discretionary Review
Oct 2009 Big Changes Evident at SFPD
Sep 2009 SPUR Displays More than Change
Jun 2009 Why Plan? What is the Housing Element and Where is it Taking Us?

Chris Arnold

Jun 2010 Politics and Personal Financial Planning
Sep 2009What to consider when considering a financial advisor

Real Travel for Real People

By Sergio Nibbi

Sep 2010Like the Rock of Gibraltar
Jul 2010From Russia With Love
Jun 2010Mayday, Mayday! (London)
May 2010Oh Dear! (Porto Cervo)
Apr 2010Running With the Jackrabbits
Mar 2010 The Luck of the Irish
Dec 2009 Looking For Santa (New York City)
Nov 2009 Civita di Bagnoregio
Oct 2009 The Madness of It All
Sep 2009 HappyBirthday To Me
Jul 2009 A First Time for Everything

Guests and Other Writers

Sep 2010Mismanagement: Harding Park Contract—The Final Insult | Nancy Wuerful
Jul 2010What I Heard at City Hall | Gregory P. Miller
Jul 2010 Pension Tsunami: The Billion Dollar Bubble
Jul 2010 The Regulatory Morass of the SFPUC Financing System | Brian Browne
Jun 2010 The Peril To Our Parklands Pt. 3 | Gregory P. Miller
Jun 2010 Infrastructure Along Ocean Beach Needs Repair | Jonathan Farrell
Jun 2010 Parents Take on School District | Bayard Fong
ay 2010 The Peril To Our Parklands Pt. 2 | Gregory P. Miller
May 2010 Fix MUNI Now | Supervisor Sean Elsbernd and Alex Volberding
Apr 2010 City Big Winner as Sunshine Proves Its Value
Apr 2010 The Peril To Our Parklands | Gregory P. Miller
Mar 2010 Bright Lights, Artificial Turf in Rustic GGPark | Katherine Howard
Feb 2010 Why Just About Everything You Hear About California’s Water Crisis Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong | Yasha Levine
Feb 2010 A Winning Treatment for Sciatica | Scott Swanson, DC
Dec 2009 To X-ray or Not To X-Ray | Scott Swanson, DC
Nov 2009 Sutro Forest Endangered!
Nov 2009 PGA Tour: Having a Blast In Our Own Backyard | Peter Bencharsky
Nov 2009 Dudum Accentuates the Byzantine | Jonathan Farrell
Oct 2009 New Harvey Milk Center Opens
Oct 2009 Montessori Celebrates 33 Years Serving Children
Oct 2009 Loma Piereta 20 Years Later 2009-Are You Prepared for An Earthquake?
Oct 2009 Smuin Ballet Launches 2009 Season| Mitch Bull
Sep 2009 The "1909" Cliff House Celebrates 100 Years | Mitch Bull
Sep 2009 Bud Wilson: The Mayor of West Portal | Doug Comstock
Sep 2009 Parkmerced: Imagines A Better Future | Staff Report
Sep 2009Laguna HondaHospital's Identity Crisis | Staff Report
Jul 2009 A New Book by Manfred Wolf | Charles Pfister
Jul 2009 Quotation Marks: Where do the commas and periods go—and why? | Tina Blue
May 2009 Bike To Work Westside |Wes McCuloughs
May 2009 Home Based Businesses Thrive on the Westside | Florence Alberts
Apr 2009 City Ignores Safety of Unsound Structures | John Barry
Apr 2009 Drunken Driver Rams House Sticks Elderly Couple With Bill
Mar 2009 Golf is Better When Your Spine is in Line! | Dr. Jamie Stern, D.C.
Mar 2009 Cancer Cooking and Prevention Course
Feb 2009 City Carshare Expands to West Portal
Feb 2009 Strokes Now Have a New Indicator: the Tongue
Feb 2009 How To Go Non-Toxic When Cleaning Your Home | Jorge Lee
Feb 2009 Human Error, Murder or Steroid Abuse? | H. Brown
Feb 2009 The Ethical Inquisition of Tony Hall | Michael Strickland
Dec 2008 City PUC Falling Behind on Water Fix-up? | Brian Browne
Sep 2008 Cow Palace: Not Dead Yet. | Kevin Patterson, Friends of Cow Palace
Jun 2008 A walk through Chinatown | Marjorie Leet-Ford
Apr 2008 Dangerous 19th Ave. at Sloat demands an EIR | Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai
Mar 2008 SF General Hospital: Rebuild vs. Retrofit | Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai
Feb 2008 Get rich quick, join City Hall | Myrna Lim
Dec 2007 From the deck | John Shanley
Nov 2007 Save the nursing beds at Laguna Honda | John Farrell

Annette Lust /Flora Lynn Isaacson | Theater

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Don Lee Miller | At the Movies

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Clint Reilly

May 2009 The PG&E of Newspapers
Apr 2009 Madam Speaker I Object!
Nov 2008 Reagan Revolution RIP
Sep 2008 Why Readers Reject Daily Newspapers
Jul 2008 Followship, Not Leadership
More Clint Reilly at www.clintreilly.com

Warren Hinckle

Jun 2010Hijacking the Democratic Party

Nov 2008 Get Dirty

John Dunbar

May 2008 Contributions and campaign outcomes
Apr 2008 China policy Stirs SF political debate
Mar 2008 Elsbernd Prepares for reelection
Feb 2008 Lennar’s Political Campaign For June Land Use Vote
Dec 2007 Lennar Corp Wants Changes at Candlestick
Nov 2007 Parking Measures & Question Time on November Ballot

Barbara Meskunas

May 2008 Don't get soaked by Prop E
Apr 2008 Parcel Tax rewards downtown, hurts homeowners
Dec 2007 Pork for Parks — The new park bond
Nov 2007 Propositions A & D will cost you, while Prop H will put money in your pockets

Sister Miriam Walsh

Feb 2010 In Memorium: Laguna Honda’s Torchbearer, Sister Miriam Walsh | Patrick Monette-Shaw
Nov 2008 Sister Miriam Retires from Laguna Honda
Jun 2008 Dying Patients Lose Spiritual Care at Laguna Honda
May 2008 Farewell to Laguna Honda's Clarendon Hall

From the Kitchen

By Mike Carroll

May 2009 King Salmon