Over half of my working career has been spent in the small business world, either working for a family-owned small business or owning a small business myself. I have a special affinity for people who have the courage and the work ethic to start and run their own business. And I will be a staunch […]
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INSANITY (definition): Doing the same thing over and over again, hoping for a different outcome. Three supervisors and the current mayor, all of them the very people who got the city into this mess? Plus one really super duper rich guy? Is this really the best the city can come up with? Yet this seems
# 2 in a series about The Program Picture taken in the parking lot of the Candlestick Park Recreation Area, May 20, 2024, 12:21 PM I wrote recently about how one on the aspects of The Program is how it will act as a shelter and a safe space for the people who are currently
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# 1 in a series about The Program Above picture taken on the campus of San Francisco State University at 11:00 AM on May 20, 2024. In a few words, here’s a quick outline of one important aspect of “The Program”: There are people who want to “sweep the streets” of the homeless/unhoused people and
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SOME OF THE THINGS I’M READING TODAY: The Surprising Force Stalling Climate Progress: California Restaurants Chasm between Giants and Dodgers is enormous and shows no sign of narrowing Why the NFL dumped Colin Kaepernick but won’t do squat to Harrison Butker Talor Gooch sees his PGA Championship invitation as evidence sanity may prevail in LIV/PGA
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Every few weeks when I’m shopping at the Trader Joe’s at Stonestown I get panhandled by this same guy. Very annoying. He’s young, big and strong, and his eyes twinkle with a mix of intellect (plenty), mischief and malice. He is clearly both physically and mentally fit to hold down a real job. Yet here
Of course one thing we all want from a leader, of any kind, is a goal. Where is that leader trying to lead us? My goal will be this – for myself, and for the city at large, our goal will be to become America’s Coolest City. And to be perceived as such by people
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I have always been an avid reader. There is little in life that I enjoy more than a good book. The books I’m reading right now are – My favorite fiction genre has always been science fiction. These days I mostly read non-fiction, but I try to sprinkle in a good sci-fi book every once
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To My Fellow Citizens Of San Francisco, According to a recent poll 72% of us feel like the city is heading in the wrong direction. I say to you – it is obvious that our city is being poorly governed. I say something else to you as well – it’s your fault. It is your
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I was frankly surprised at how little coverage in the media there was about the exploding water main on Wawona Street last Friday (March 8). I can’t be the only person in town who is a little uneasy about the idea that a 50 foot tall geyser of high pressure water can suddenly appear 40
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