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• Commented on SF Schools Ready To Lay Off 900
  this happens almost every year; let's not overreact....
• Commented on Short Cuts For Teens: Valentine's Day
  Ann Hathaway (academy award nominee and generally massive star) and Jennifer Garner (massive star) are both A-level stars. Jamie Foxx (academy award winner and nominee, but perhaps with too much trash on his resume), too, probably. Kathy Bates, once A-level,...
• Commented on Muni Service Cuts Haven't Happened Yet -- So Why Does It Feel Like They Have?
  Okay, I can admit when I'm wrong and I clearly could have read more carefully. (Also clearly, I'm not one of the reliable tipsters.) I would point out that the NextMuni times for the 21 running outbound are notoriously inaccurate....
• Commented on Muni Service Cuts Haven't Happened Yet -- So Why Does It Feel Like They Have?
  Who is the tipster talking about the 21? Did he mean this week? I take the 21 regularly during rush hour, and I did so this week today and yesterday. I check nextbus starting when I get up around 8...
• Commented on Updated, With Onboard Video From All Angles: See The 19 Polk Accident Happen
  @Eve, I don't mean to suggest a press monopoly. I also think that I should be free to request a copy from the city. Note that the cost of the press/citizen proposal to the city would be $0, because they...
• Commented on From The Comments: Reporting On 19 Polk Crash "Misleading"?
  There is no question that California law provides that a vehicle entering an intersection must yield right-of-way to a vehicle already in the intersection. That's part of the vehicle code. What's not clear is whether that section of the vehicle...
• Commented on BART To Pantless Riders "It's called indecent exposure," Threatens Arrest
  it's hard to tell in writing, but most likely Johnson was attempting to be a bit ironic about a silly situation....
• Commented on Updated, With Onboard Video From All Angles: See The 19 Polk Accident Happen
  @Alex Zepeda-- to over or underestimate those costs, I would have had to make an estimate. As I said, I don't know what the relative costs are of the different ways Muni can offer these videos. I would add that...
• Commented on Updated, With Onboard Video From All Angles: See The 19 Polk Accident Happen
  I'm not sure I agree that Muni should be posting these videos to its website. I certainly want them to be readily available to the public (WITHOUT a fight), but I'd want to know more about the cost of putting...
• Commented on Tenant Troubles: Are Broken Elevators Against The Law?
  "if you live in a building that is required to have an elevator, the elevator is broken and the landlord fails to repair the elevator" --this leaves out a key point: "AND YOU'VE ASKED THE LL TO FIX THE ELEVATOR."...
• Commented on CitiApartments Passes The Security Deposit Buck, But Former Tenants Still Buck Free
  What Brian says may not be right. He's probably right in a situation where one landlord sells to another. However, it's possible that the acquisition of ownership through foreclosure creates a different situation. You'd have to look at state foreclosure...
• Commented on Press Release Regarding Cameras On Muni Raises More Questions Than It Answers
  You could have answered at least some of these questions yourself with only very minimal effort: Q: The MTA says "The cameras record and download a few seconds of footage before and after an incident." How does the camera tell...
• Commented on Ask the Appeal: Can Bicyclists Pass Unloading Muni Metros?
  oh but bikes aren't as evil as cars. now where's that steak you promised? mmm... steak....