Chris Roberts

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• Commented on SF Examiner Owner Announces Plans For Yet Another Local Media Acquisition
  I would have guessed The Yellow Pages, but the Board took care of that one....
• Posted SFPD: "No Plans" For Drones to News
  Bomb-Disposal Robot Is SF Police's Most-Advanced Technology Drones aren't coming to San Francisco anytime soon. Unlike law-enforcement colleagues in the East Bay, the San Francisco...
• Posted The Hollywood War Horse: Lincoln to Culture/Entertainment
  For a film about history or for a study of a man, go elsewhere. Lincoln is neither. Instead this latest most-Hollywood treatment of one...
• Posted Richmond District Supervisor Race Breaks City's Soft-Money Records to News
  Realtors, Cops, Conway, Coates Fund Lee; Unions, Especially Nurses, Bankroll Mar Gavin Newsom wasn't a frequent visitor to San Francisco's west side during his (almost)...
• Posted Schools Now Front-And-Center In Race For District 1 Supervisor (Even Though It's Not Included In the Job) to News
  Public school policy in San Francisco isn't set by the Board of Supervisors. That's up to the elected school board. But schools are a...
• Posted "Neighborhood Schools" Late Addition to D1 Candidate David Lee's Campaign to News
  Supes' Lack Of Schools Oversight No Deterrent To Parent Of Two Privately Educated Kids See the disclosure statement for the mailing here. Hidden in the...
• Posted Realtor-Funded David Lee Campaign Video Blasted as Homophobic, Slammed By Candidate to News
  Both Sides Of District 1 Supe Race Slam Bizarre Realtor-Funded, Hollywood-Produced Commercial That Misidentifies Neighborhood The biggest -- and costliest -- political battleground this election...
• Posted Felons, New Voters Getting On The Democracy Bus to News
  Short Bus Used in Rap Video Now Mobile Voter Education Station Isaiah Hutchinson's going to vote this year, though he's not quite sure who Mitt...
• Posted Probation, Counseling, And Probably Lawsuit For Brother of Yahoo CEO in Domestic Violence Case to News
  Victim's Attorney Allred: Mason Mayer Admitted Guilt To "Tortious" Offense The brother of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer avoided a criminal trial and the risk of...
• Posted Reports: Yahoo CEO Mayer's Brother Prepares To Plead Guilty To Domestic Violence to News
  Former Girlfriend Retains Celebrity Lawyer Gloria Allred It's shaping up to be a star-studded morning at the Hall of Justice today, when the brother of...
• Posted Hand of Rose Pak Seen In Photoshopped Campaign Literature to News
  John Avalos, Who Angered Chinatown Power Broker, Removed From Norman Yee Fliers History is written by the victor, not the vanquished -- and in politics,...
• Posted Former Chron Reporter Was City's Only Choice for "Temporary" Spokesperson Gig to News
  Non-Posted Job Was Actually A "Temporary" Emergency Hire, DPW Says Former San Francisco Chronicle reporter Rachel Gordon was one of the most likable people in...
• Posted District Attorney Should Investigate Alleged Ed Lee Perjury, Richmond Democrats Demand to News
  As the monthlong August break at City Hall rolls into the 60-day sprint towards the November elections, San Francisco's political wonks are looking forward....
• Posted City Tickets City Over Abandoned 3rd Street Police Station to News
  Dept of Real Estate Violated Vacant Building Ordinance, According to Dept of Building Inspection San Francisco's gusto for issuing tickets and citations is well-known to...
• Posted Power To The Peaceful: Too Big, No Longer Free; Failed to News
  Plan To Charge $10 For Tickets, Limit Attendance to 40,000 and Pay $94,000 In Fees Approved, Then Abandoned The Power to the Peaceful concert in...
• Posted Following Residency Questions, Candidate For District 11 Supervisor Withdraws From Race to News
  Previously: Questionable Residency, Voting Registration History for Supervisor Hopeful Leon Chow Union organizer Leon Chow, whose ties to residences outside of the district may...
• Posted 8 Washington: Obscure Cash Drives First Successful Voter Referendum in Decades to News
  City Hall can be overruled, and in a hurry -- but the last-minute signature drives required to qualify voter referendums are real longshots. So...
• Posted Questionable Residency, Voting Registration History for Supervisor Hopeful Leon Chow to News
  Residence in Walnut Creek, Registration at Chinatown Business Address View The Documents Leon Chow's voter registration records Leon Chow's San Francisco voting history 2004 home...
• Posted "Central Subway Is Going to Extend to Washington Square!"? Well, Not Really. to News
  Flyer Proclaiming North Beach Station "Misleading," Subway Opponent Says In addition to the predictable street food and drunken antics, revelers at the North Beach...
• Posted Muni Tunnels Get "Smart" Security Cameras; Media Bangs "Pre-Crime" Orwellian Drum to News
  By this time next year, when a motorist takes a detour down a subway tunnel, the San Francisco Municipal Railway will know all about...
• Posted San Francisco Prepares For Recology To Raise Garbage Rates to News
  Contract Is Proof Recology Plans To Hike Garbage Rates Following Election, Advocate Claims City officials are preparing for garbage-collection giant Recology to raise prices charged...
• Posted SF Club Promoters Evade Mandatory Free Registry to News
  Event Promoters Stay Unregistered After Yearlong Delay Thrill-seeking club goers need not go far: if the club and party scene in San Francisco isn't underground,...
• Posted "Understaffed" SFPD Is Nonetheless Bay Area's Largest, Best-Funded Police Force to News
  The San Francisco Police Department is understaffed. No doubt about it: it's the law -- and the envy of Oakland and San Jose. A...
• Posted Brother of Google Executive Marissa Mayer Facing Charges In Alleged Attack On Then-Girlfriend to News
  Victim "Afraid of" Marissa Mayer's Family Left to right: Marissa Mayer and Kelli Ann Trent, Trent's injuries after the alleged attack, Mason Mayer's SFPD booking...
• Posted Pioneering Local News Website Purchased By San Francisco PR Firm to News
  New SF Sentinel "Pro-Gay, Pro-Business"; PR Ownership Not Clear Political and media junkies will with varying levels of fondness* recall the San Francisco Sentinel. First...
• Posted In Fighting Removal, Mirkarimi Gambles On City Pension, Health Benefits to News
  His political career over, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi still stands to lose much in fighting his suspension and removal from office by Mayor Ed Lee...
• Posted Cyclist Injured On Bike Path Near Golden Gate Bridge Believes He Could Be a Hit-and-Run Victim to News
  One minute, he was pedaling across the Golden Gate Bridge at five miles an hour following a long bicycle ride. The next, Patrick Shortle...
• Posted Police Commissioner With Troubled Past Is Castro District Honoree for Black History Month to News
  Ex-Castro Resident Julius Turman Commended By District 8 Supe Scott Wiener It's not that there aren't any black people in the Castro (at least at...
• Posted Suspect In Ingleside Apartment Explosion "was cruising for a bruising" to News
  The woman who faces six felony counts for an alleged drug lab explosion at her Ingleside District apartment last week is well-known among local...
• Posted Controversial "Run Ed Run" Consultant Lost Money on Ed Lee Book Deal to News
  Ed ran. But he didn't pay. 2011 was an up and down year for political consultant Enrique Pearce. He started off on a high...