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• Commented on Coit Tower Fans Want Voters To Protect It
  Sounds like a group of neighborhood NIMBY's wanting to keep things quiet outside their pricey houses. I'm all for protecting Coit Tower, but the pretense of worrying about partygoers damaging the murals with spilled beer sounds far fetched. I just...
• Commented on SF's New $10.24 Minimum Wage Takes Mayor Ed Lee By Surprise
  Hey Greg, thanks for your kind words. It turns out though that I did not vote for Ed Lee for mayor and don't particularly care for his administration. But I do care about SF Appeal and think it's a great...
• Commented on SF's New $10.24 Minimum Wage Takes Mayor Ed Lee By Surprise
  Using that unflattering photo of Mayor Lee unnecessarily editorializes news pieces....
• Commented on DA's Office Defends Timing Of Charges Brought Against Cyclist In Fatal Crash
  Why did the medical examiner's report take three months? Andy why wait for that when clearly the injuries were the result of the collision? This sounds suspicious....
• Commented on SF's Iconic Yahoo Billboard To Go Away In December
  This is unfortunately symbolic of Yahoo! in general: it's too bad what ten years of standing still will do to you....
• Commented on Many SF Polling Places Ghost Towns, How Was Yours?
  Potrero Hill location was pretty quiet around 9:15, one person leaving and one other person voting when I arrived. An election worker asked if it was hard to find, nope, pretty easy; maybe she expected more people. Netzard, are business...
• Commented on Ed Lee Campaign Fights Even More Allegations Of Misconduct
  That picture you keep using for Ed Lee is unfair. It is clearly an odd moment and not related to this story, and the glance makes him look very bad. It editorializes your otherwise informative articles. I wonder if you...
• Commented on Airport Advising Rental Car Customers To Obey "Hands-Free" Law
  Good thing the airport is enforcing the law since I don't see any police caring about it in San Francisco-- a large portion of drivers flout the law on a regular basis....
• Commented on First Amendment, Money Means Empty News Racks Reinstalled in Castro
  But... the First Amendment does not give private publishing companies the right to metal boxes installed on public ways, I've read it-- nothing about metal boxes. Is Ms. Chan referring to specific laws about newspaper boxes?...
• Commented on AT&T's Controversial Box Proposal Brings Other City Issues to Light
  This seems to be a problem with having private companies responsible for infrastructure: there will be people who oppose the boxes because they're private, because they're new, because people don't like AT&T, or because the plan may or may not...
• Commented on Ed Lee Tells You Not To Drink Soda
  But fruit juice is about as unhealthy as soda! It's a myth that it's as good as eating fruit, since you're omitting the fiber!...
• Commented on Judge: BART Not Legally Responsible For Oscar Grant's Shooting Death
  It was not murder in the eyes of the jury, who ultimately delivered a verdict of manslaughter. The headline is factually incorrect. (Second time I'm posting here, my first comment seems to have disappeared.)...
• Commented on BART Cop Jailed For Shooting Oscar Grant To Death Expected To Get Out Of Jail Next Month
  The jury in that case decided that it was manslaughter, not murder, so calling the killing "murder" is factually incorrect and irresponsible, regardless of what we might think about the case. In light of the verdict, please correct the erroneous...
• Commented on Yee Receives Another Racist, Threatening, And Pretty Stupid Fax
  Pretty terrible fax, how hard is it to figure out who's sending these? Caller ID on the fax line maybe? As for your article, this bit is confusing: 'The fax includes the phrase "Achtung!" which is German for "Warning!" and...
• Commented on Stores Allegedly Breaking Zip Code Law, Mass Lawsuits Follow
  Yeah the gas pumps are still asking. I always thought it was a loose way to get confirmation that I'm actually the card holder, so while I want to test putting in 12345... will that work? This sounds plausible: “Most...
• Commented on City Attorney Going After Crack-Pipe Selling Smoke Shops With $2500 Fines
  "Rock On" selling crack pipes sounds appropriate. What is the legal basis for the fines? I'm curious what the law is that these shops are (alleged to be) violating, and why the city attorney has to sue them as opposed...
• Commented on Broken Parking Meters To Remain Free
  Not allowing parking at a broken meter makes zero sense: meters are only in areas where parking would otherwise be scarce, so it would only exacerbate the problem. The idea of discouraging vandalism is insane, who would do that? A...
• Commented on Jean Quan Named Unofficial Winner In Oakland Mayor's Race
  It should come as no surprise that Perata's spokesperson would cast doubt on the process (not directly of course, just referring to an article) after grossly outspending Quan in the campaign, despite the fact that voters approved the ranked choice...
• Commented on 16 Hospitalized For Overdoses After Cow Palace "Subsonic Spookfest"
  Most likely not ecstasy though, but pills sold as ecstasy actually containing other drugs such as ketamine or DMT or MDA or WTF (and not MDMA). People are too trusting of pills, and dealers are too clueless and lack any...
• Commented on Ask the Appeal: Will I Be Booted From AT&T Ballpark If My Shirt Says, "FUCK"?
  But that shirt doesn't say FUCK any more than those [stupid] FCUK shirts do. It's a gray area not worth pursuing by park management....
• Commented on Sign Advising Muni Patrons To Duck Fares Appears, Phrasing Seems...Familiar
  How is fare evasion not a form of theft under the law?! I'm shocked that there is no obligation on the part of the ticketed person to pay the fine. The original article doesn't really explain how this is the...
• Commented on SFPD Needs Your Help To Catch The Castro Sunglass Hut Robber
  I don't understand how the make, model, and license plate of the vehicle aren't enough information for the police to ID the guy, unless the car or plates were stolen. And if you're going through the trouble to disguise your...
• Commented on Gavin Newsom, Alumni of Alcohol Rehab, Vetoes Fee Which Would Have Funded Alcohol Rehab
  Vetoing it was the only sensible thing to do, and it's not fair (but also not unexpected!) to have Newson's personal history dragged into the discussion. Just another typical "we should do something" waste of time proposal by the Board...
• Commented on CHP: People Aren't Following Cell Phone Laws
  I think people aren't aware of the ban: I see people on their phones all the time in SF. More tickets helps only if it produces more publicity and causes people to change their behavior. When seatbelts became mandatory, it...
• Commented on Oakland PD Offering $1K Reward To Those Who Help ID Looters
  The photos posted by the OPD are quite small, making it difficult to positively identify the looters....
• Commented on Internet Etiquetteist: How To Turn Your Anti-Semitism Into A Career In The Media
  She joined J-date to meet Jewish dudes, and is not Jewish herself? That's not free, so did she do it because she was J-curious, or did she used to like Jewish dudes before Claude acted like a dweeb? No compute....
• Commented on Man Accused Of Running Down Bicyclists Pleads Not Guilty To Attempted Murder
  While the "my car was stolen" defense makes some sense when you don't want to take responsibility for what you did with your car, taking two days to report a carjacking is... insane. More like "I was high on meth...
• Commented on Things San Franciscans Don't Like: Stopping For Pedestrians
  While there's no shortage of clueless drivers not waiting their turn, San Franciscans sure love being car-hating pedestrians! Can't count the number of times I got the stink eye from pedestrians in crosswalks after I come to a stop....
• Commented on Tenant Troubles: Roach Recourse?
  Agreed with Xenu. Anyway, three cockroach sightings in three months?! Get some Combat and stfu....
• Commented on 5 Fulton Reportedly Tries To Stop Student Groups From Boarding: Muni Policy, Or Jerk Driver?
  The SFMTA web site does specifically mention "no school trips" on certain holidays (http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mroutes/svcnotes.htm) which suggests that school trips are allowed at other times. The driver may not have done the best job of explaining whatever policy there may be....