January 2010
9 posts
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Muni looks at some of deepest service cuts ever... →
Scott Wiener I’ve previously talked about Muni’s impending downward spiral. It’s getting really grim. We need to get Muni’s costs under control to prevent crippling service cuts — cuts that you will feel every day. The Board of Supervisors should send a charter amendment to the voters that would require Muni operators to collectively bargain for their salaries instead...
electoral college reform →
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“Democrats (at least in bluer states) talk a good game at election time, and...”
– History Unfolding: Towards the Gilded Age (via marco)
Sad. But so true.
Not terribly difficult to see why, when you consider that Speaker Pelosi’s net worth is ~ $17 million (according to Wikipedia), or around $31 mil according to the Center for Responsive Politics, But that’s nothing...
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“Oh, Yelp. Only your devoted, endearingly misguided users could produce hundreds...”
– Twitter / Alex Payne
I agree—Yelp reviews are almost always 95% about the reviewer and perhaps 5% about the place being reviewed.
I must be less tolerant than Alex, however, because I find nothing endearing about these narcissistic douchebags.
