Erik

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• Commented on SFMTA Approves App To Connect Taxis, Even As Cab Drivers Voice Concerns
  I was thinking the same. If cab drivers are against it then it must be good....
• Commented on Tenant Troubles: Will The Board Of Supes' Soft-Story Retrofit Requirement End Up Costing Me A Bundle?
  I was thinking more that property owners have had a lot more than 20 years to take care of this problem and the way the cost is passed on to tenants should reflect that....
• Commented on Tenant Troubles: Will The Board Of Supes' Soft-Story Retrofit Requirement End Up Costing Me A Bundle?
  This should be amortized over a lot more than 20 years IMO. We got a live demonstration of what happens to soft story buildings during a moderate earthquake in 1989, and soft stories have been a known vulnerability for longer...
• Commented on San Francisco's Caftan/Coat Conundrum: Opinions Needed
  A colorful serape or poncho would do the trick....
• Commented on Man Struck By Car After Exiting Muni Train
  I thought that this was a normal part of riding Muni in the Sunset....
• Commented on Oil Tanker Caused As Much As $3 Million In Damage To Bay Bridge
  You mean articles like these? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/bay-bridge-oil-tanker_n_2442084.html http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2013/01/pilot-who-crashed-bay-bridge-has-been-involved-three-other-accidents-bay...
• Commented on Tenant Troubles: Do I Have To Subsidize My Landlord's Improvements On Another Building?
  If someone leaves an extension cord in your basement then it seems like you can cut it if you want to (unplug first). Or turn the outlet off at the breaker/fuse box....
• Commented on SFPD Chief: Don't Chase Cell Phone Robbers, "We'll help you get your phone back"
  By "we'll help you get your phone back" he means "we will take a report then probably tell you that this is your fault for not keeping your phone in your pocket in public"....
• Commented on SFPD Sergeant Gets Rave Review For Performance At SF Giants Game, Zooey Deschanel And Demi Lovato To Follow
  I miss "Take me out to the ball game"....
• Commented on Car Strikes Cyclist At Fell And Ashbury
  I like how there is no sign of a driver being involved until the next to last paragraph....
• Commented on Car Strikes Cyclist At Fell And Ashbury
  I like how there is no sign of a driver being involved until the next to last paragraph....
• Commented on Witnesses Dispute BART Account Of Smoky Civic Center Incident
  To have a "sheet of flame" "10 feet high" you need something to actually burn. There isn't a whole lot of flammable stuff around the tracks or under the trains. Or possibly some startled people saw a bunch of smoke...
• Commented on Cockroach Colonies Close West Portal Restaurant
  I need to know whether that is a stock photo....
• Commented on Majority Of Protesters Arrested In SF May Day Demonstrations Don't Live In SF
  I wonder if the majority of arrestees that don't live in SF is greater than the majority of arrestors that don't live in SF? http://sfappeal.com/news/2011/11/most-sfpd-officers-ignore-20000-incentive-program-continue-to-live-outside-sf.php...
• Commented on SFPD Seeking Stolen Gold Medallions
  Surely all they have to do is check the records at the nearest few "we buy gold!" places, right?...
• Commented on SFPD Sweep Nets 72 Wanted Suspects
  Is this the kind of thing where they send out an announcement saying that you have won a car and to show up and such-and-such address with a photo ID to claim it?...
• Commented on SFPD Sweep Nets 72 Wanted Suspects
  Is this the kind of thing where they send out an announcement saying that you have won a car and to show up and such-and-such address with a photo ID to claim it?...
• Commented on Supe At Anniversary Event: "'Muni' is SFs favorite four-letter word"
  > In response to a followup question, the mayor replied "There are areas besides Chinatown and Market Street?"...
• Commented on Five Teens Robbed While Waiting For Muni
  Story needs a map to tell us where Ingleside Heights is....
• Commented on BART Trying To Unravel Mystery Of Civic Center Knockout
  They don't have security cameras on the concourse levels?...
• Commented on The SF Zoo Welcomes Some Loud And Endangered Lemurs
  Lemurs are cool....
• Commented on As Sacramento Moves To Tighten Food Truck Restrictions, Supe Wiener Tries To Loosen Them Up
  "Maybe"...
• Commented on Police Unclear On How Man Who Lay Dying On Mission District Street For Over Five Hours Was Killed
  Headline should read "...Cries for Help Ignored by Neighbors for Five Hours"....
• Commented on Winning Lottery Ticket Sold At Mid-Market Liquor Store
  Dang, you can get a lot of crack or meth for $237,264....
• Commented on Muni Tries To Card Couple Of Seniors, Then Kicks Them Off Bus (Poll)
  It seems like it makes more sense to require that the person wanting to use the old people discount should have proof of age, as opposed to requiring that the person who buys the clipper card prove that they are...
• Commented on Embarcadero BART Busker Arrested In 25-Year-Old Murder
  There is nothing wrong with being in SF while previously convicted of a crime (assuming you haven't escaped from jail or something). Being in SF while being under indictment for murder though......
• Commented on Update: Sheriff Mirkarimi Released On $35,000 Bail After Booking On Domestic Violence Charges
  At the press conference, DA Gascon said that though his office did "not relish having to bring charges against a SF elected official...we have determined that the extent of the injuries" necessitate prosecution. Nice. "If he had injured her a...
• Commented on Banned From Fire Station, Strippers Make Check Presentation To SFFD At Academy Of Art-Owned Building
  What is it about the nature of a charitable donation that the fire dept doesn't like?...
• Commented on SFMTA Votes To Make Nx Judah Express Bus Permanent, Let It Run Later
  The most expensive band-aid....
• Commented on In Haight Street Skateboard Murder, Alleged Killer Confesses, Goes Free
  Dang this article shows signs of actual journalism....