May 18, 2008
May 17, 2008
Reynolds Pitches Six Scoreless Innings v. Twins
Pacifican Greg Reynolds, the Colorado Rockies' first-round draft choice and second selection overall in the 2006 draft, worked six scoreless innings today against the Minnesota Twins, allowing three hits. He walked two and struck out two. (Thanks to Larry DeMartini for the baseball report.)
Hu's on First
Abbott and Costello would have loved the Los Angeles Dodgers' new Taiwanese second-baseman Chin-lung Hu. It's another case of life imitating art.
More Bush-McCain Challenge, May 28 & June 1
CD 12 and CD 14 MoveOn Council Members: Mark your calendars—May 28 and then June 1. We are gearing up for the election. First up—show people that McCain is not a moderate maverick; in fact, McCain is Bush #3.
Wednesday, May 28 at lunchtime is the Bush-McCain challenge (if you haven't tried the challenge yourself, go to BUSH-MCCAIN CHALLENGE. This is a fun event where you ask passersby five questions and see if they can tell the difference between Bush and McCain. We have events in Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Mateo, and Portola Valley. SIGN UP HERE if you can help. If you want to know what the event looks like, SEE HOW THEY DID IT IN PHOENIX.
Sunday, June 1 from 1 to 3 p.m. is a fun potluck at Elsa Schafer's home in Belmont. It is a chance to get to know one another and plan our next event. We'll send out an invitation to sign up once it gets posted. For now, just keep that time free! Thank you for all you do to keep progressive values front and center!
Nancy Goodban
Regional Coordinator
nancy.goodban@gmail.com
650-365-3520
Three Big Bands for Five Bucks, May 19
Monday, May 19, 7:30 p.m. College of San Mateo Theatre, 1700 West Hillsdale Blvd. (280 south to 92 east, Hillsdale exit, left/north up the hill to campus). Conductor Mike Galisatus will lead three jazz big bands in concert. The bands all rehearse on CSM's very successful Monday night class schedule. Three sets, the last of which features the Monday Night ensemble, largely composed of professional musicians, including Pacifica residents Norm Dutton, Jim Kerwin and Lionel Emde. Come support live music.
"Big band sound berry good to me." (Riptide music critic Dolores de Cabeza)
May 16, 2008
Cal-IPC Wildland Weed Field Courses, May-July
Cal-IPC's first round of Wildland Weed Field Courses were a huge success. Space is still available for upcoming courses in South Lake Tahoe (May 28 & 29), San Diego (June 6 & 7), and Berkeley (July 23 & 24). Six upcoming field courses will train weed workers on the biology, identification, and control of invasive plants. Please note that this year Cal-IPC is offering a special highly discounted rate for restoration and watershed volunteers, almost too good to be true! Registration and details at CAL-IPC WILDLAND WEED FIELD COURSES
Save Nature T-Shirts
This is a project of SaveNature.org, a conservation nonprofit based in San Francisco, and TONIC, a new for-profit company based in Palo Alto, which have partnered to protect fragile coral reef habitat in Palau, Micronesia.
Tejon Ranch Deal Saves Huge SoCal Open Space
Landmark agreement with Tejon Ranch protects 90 percent of the largest remaining contiguous private landholding in California. The preserved land covers 240,000 acres, an area eight times the size of San Francisco, at the confluence of four major ecological regions: the Sierra Nevada, Mojave Desert, Coastal Range, and San Joaquin Valley.
Eagle and Bear Fight Over Salmon
Vancouverites Ariane and Ad Colenbrander (old Riptide friends) snapped this picture of a unique weathervane on top of a cafe in Nelson, British Columbia. See the rest of their ROAD TRIP PHOTOS, including bears, glaciers, steam trains, and lots of snow.
Coastside Scavenger: Where Is the Money Going?
BY LIONEL EMDE
One wonders what alternative universe Coastside Scavenger (CS) General Manager Chris Porter is living in when she makes the statement: " We have been attempting to do this (remain viable as a company) by managing our money wisely..." (Pacifica Tribune 4-30-08)
In fact, it is our money that’s being "managed," because we are the ratepayers. And how well is CS doing? In a recent article for PacificaRiptide.com, I detailed some facts about the financial condition of CS:
An independent auditor’s report completed in April 2007 warned of financial trouble at Coastside Scavenger (CS): "... under existing circumstances, there is substantial doubt about the ability of Coastside Scavenger Company to continue as a going concern (as of) July 31, 2006." The same report calls into question Coastside Scavenger’s refusal to open the books on its sister company, Seacoast Disposal Co. A complete financial picture of CS was "not reasonably determinable" unless Seacoast’s books were looked into.
Seacoast Disposal Co. is owned by Coastside Scavenger and collects waste in communities south of Pacifica. CS holds the contract for waste collection in the City of Pacifica. In fact, CS requested that a paragraph be removed from the auditor’s report regarding a new accounting standard that would have required examination of Seacoast’s books. In a carefully worded statement, the auditor backed down from his earlier conclusion that the standard should apply. CS has fought from as far back as 1995 to keep Seacoast’s books from auditors.
CS reported a "bad debt" expense of more than $600,000 attributed to Seacoast in the two years ending July 2006, but because Seacoast’s books are closed to the auditors, there is no independent confirmation of this. More signs of possible financial trouble include:
•Liabilities exceeded assets by $787,000 in 2005 and more than $1 million in 2006.
•In July 2006, $256,000 in payroll tax obligations were reported delinquent.
•In April 2007, $280,000 in payroll tax obligations were reported delinquent.
•CS reported a net loss of $102,000 in the fiscal year ending in July 2006, and a cumulative deficit of $232,000 dating back to 2004.
•CS made no matching contributions to 401K plans in 2005-2006.
•CS abandoned plans for a new waste transfer facility in 2005, and wrote off $141,000 in consulting fees on the project.
•CS owner Louis Picardo took advances of more than $11,000 in 2005 and 2006 for which, the audit stated, "...there is no formal plan for repayment of these advances."
CS management responds in the auditor’s report by promising:
•Repayment of Seacoast’s "bad debt" write-offs.
•Loans from (owner Louis Picardo) of up to $1 million to his company (CS).
But the auditor warns after these promises are made: "Because it is unclear whether the Company will be successful in accomplishing these objectives or whether the (owner) will provide additional funding, there is uncertainty about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern."
(PacificaRiptide.com, 4-27-08)
The City's Reaction
Despite the fact that the 2006 audit of Coastside Scavenger revealed ratepayer overcharges of $634,200, the city negotiated a settlement agreement with CS that will credit back only $450,000 over four years. The credit comes in the form of a small discount on the percentage of increase in rates each year. The City Council approved a 9.5 percent increase in rates, retroactive to August 2007, at its last meeting, which was reduced to 7.87 percent after the first credit of $112,500 was factored in.
Council members may have approved the deal because they didn’t want a Naples-style garbage crisis to erupt here in Pacifica, with piles of stinking, uncollected garbage everywhere, if CS were to go under.
The other concern is the workers at CS. The blame is already being trotted out by management for the workers daring to unionize, and thus increasing the company’s costs. But in fact the company was in trouble long before the workers voted to unionize the shop in December 2006.
CS is coming back to the city this month with another rate increase request for fiscal year 2008-2009. I think we need to demand a few items from Coastside Scavenger’s management:
--A rate application review that includes an audit of the books of Seacoast Disposal Co. Every audit and/or rate application review since 1995 has said that the complete picture and accuracy of Coastside Scavenger’s books cannot be known without this. The latest audit showed an almost $600,000 "error" in Pacifica ratepayers being charged for the "bad debts" of Seacoast Disposal Co.
--The hiring of a consultant to work with CS and city staff on implementing a better recycling program. We have an expert already living here: the recycling coordinator for Millbrae. Why not hire her or someone equally qualified?
There is also the issue of public process: Why did it take city staff six months to come up with an agreement that lets CS off the hook for more than $184,000 in overcharges? The staff report wasn’t issued until the Thursday before the next Monday’s council meeting and it ran to more than 80 pages. How was the public supposed to absorb that in such a short time before the meeting at which the rate increase was decided? Why was the council in such a big hurry to get this first rate increase in place after such a leisurely negotiation?
At this time it isn’t known at which meeting this new rate application is to be made. The ratepayers in Pacifica pay the highest rates of all San Mateo County communities surveyed by the auditors. We certainly deserve more than an endless series of rate increases and the "managing" of our money by Coastside Scavenger needs to be looked at more closely.
Smiles to Save Our Schools: Measure N Benefit
[photos by John "BlackBerry" Maybury]
Senator Yee on Governor's Revised Budget: "I Will Not Foreclose on Our Children's Future"
SACRAMENTO – Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) issued the following statement in response to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R-Los Angeles) revised budget proposal:
“Our state deserves better than a budget filled with smoke and mirror gimmicks. The Governor’s proposal is devastating to the poor, elderly and our state’s most vulnerable at a time when they need help more than ever. Borrowing against the lottery is not the way to raise revenue and does not stop the massive layoffs of teachers and larger class sizes. As someone who created the largest rainy day fund in San Francisco, I understand the need for a reserve for difficult times. However, you should be creating those reserves during a good economy, as we did in San Francisco during the dot com boom, not during the worst deficit in California history. It is unacceptable to balance the state budget on the backs of children, teachers, seniors, and the working poor. The wealthiest among us, including yacht owners, should also share in the pain. I hope the Governor and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will finally join Democrats in closing tax loopholes for the rich and support viable solutions to raising revenue. While I am more than willing to negotiate on this budget, I will not foreclose on our children’s future.”
Adam J. Keigwin
Office of Senator Leland Y. Yee, Ph.D.
Assistant President pro Tem
California State Senate, District 8
(916) 651-4008
SENATOR LELAND YEE
Public Health Alert: Prevent Heat Stroke
The San Mateo County Department of Public Health has outlined measures to take to minimize the impact of hot weather and how to recognize symptoms of heat-related illness. Peak daytime temperatures for Thursday and Friday are predicted to reach into the 90s in areas of San Mateo County. By using the following simple precautions, you and your families can be safer and more comfortable during this hot spell.
San Mateo County public health officials offer the following tips for staying cool:
• Drink plenty of fluids.
• Stay indoors in the coolest part of the house, especially between 12 noon and 6 p.m.
• A shady spot outdoors may be cooler than in the house, especially if there is a breeze.
• Schedule outside activities before noon or in the evening.
• Wear lightweight, light-colored, loose-fitting clothing.
• Keep a container of cool water nearby and use wet washcloths to pat the wrists, face and back of neck.
• Use small battery-operated hand-held fans and misters.
• Wear a wide-brimmed hat when in the sun.
• Go to an air-conditioned place—spend a few hours at a library, movie, mall, or restaurant
Some signs and symptoms of heat injuries may include:
Early warnings signs of heat exhaustion:
• Muscle cramps
• Nausea
• Headache
• Fatigue
• Increased sweating
Symptoms of heat stroke, a life-threatening emergency:
• Confusion
• Coma
• Hot, dry skin (no sweating)
• Elevated body temperature
• Rapid heart rate
• Shallow breathing
If you suspect someone is suffering from heat stroke:
• Immediately call 9-1-1.
• Immediately begin aggressive cooling measures.
• Remove victim’s clothing.
• Cool victim with water, Place large, soaking-wet cold towels or sheets over the victim or immerse the victim in a tub of cool water.
• Place ice packs in the underarm and groin areas.
May 15, 2008
"Good" Eminent Domain: Yes on 99, No on 98
As a longtime Democrat, I get a kick out of the irony of the Pacifica Democrats holding their regular monthly breakfast meetings at Sharp Park Golf Course. When I was a kid growing up in the Eisenhower era, only Republicans were associated with that white-shoe-wearing country club sport. All that has changed now, of course, especially ever since Bill Clinton publicly hobnobbed with other big-time Democratic politicians on golf courses. In essence, the links have been democratized.
But I digress. The point of this piece is to tell you that the party of orneriness and free thinking just met May 17 at the golf course to debate Propositions 98 and 99, the competing state measures that both claim to address the need for eminent domain. Personally, I have already absentee-voted no on 98 and yes on 99 (the Pacifica Democrats also endorse this position).
As Pacifica Democrats newsletter editor Jim Heldberg explains, "Eminent domain is the legal process [that] governments use to take private property for...roads, schools, airports, etc. Owners are reimbursed in a manner established by law."
So again, my friends, YES ON 99, NO ON 98.
JOHN MAYBURY
Editor and Publisher
Pacifica Riptide
Senator Yee Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality
SACRAMENTO – Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) issued the following statement in response to the California Supreme Court decision on marriage equality:
“Today our state’s supreme court reaffirmed the highest ideals of our republic. I am proud to be a Californian today as we stand on the right side of history. This is a victory for all people committed to equal justice and equal opportunity. For far too long, our nation has unfairly denied fundamental rights to individuals simply because of their sexual orientation. Today, we finally begin to heal those wounds and end state-sanctioned discrimination. At last, we fully recognize and honor all loving relationships and all families with the rights, privileges, and joys of marriage. We also celebrate the perseverance and courage shown by so many in this latest march towards equality, justice and happiness.”
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Adam J. Keigwin
Office of Senator Leland Y. Yee, Ph.D.
Assistant President pro Tem
California State Senate, District 8
(916) 651-4008
SENATOR LELAND YEE
Pacifica Gardens News, May 2008: Ribbon Cutting, Gardening, Composting, Bees Buzzing
Pacifica Gardens News, May 2008—Educate, Cultivate, Inspire
Garden Work Days
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays (May
24, May 31, June 7, June 21). Bring garden tools (shovels, trowels,
forks) and gloves. Wear sturdy work shoes, a hat, and sunscreen. We
need help in early June reassembling our 8' x 12' backyard greenhouse
(anodized aluminum and glass). If you have construction skills, please
contact Loretta at 650-296-9502, or loretta@livabilityproject.org
Ribbon Cutting and Groundbreaking Celebration
Saturday, May 24, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Join us for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the gardens. We want to officially mark the opening of Pacifica Gardens and honor all those who made it possible to begin garden implementation. We broke ground in early April and are on our way to transforming all that soccer sod into garden beds for local food production.
Join us as we cut the ribbon to open the garden gate and toast our contributors, donors, volunteers, community supporters, steering committee, Livability Project, and the Pacifica School District. We are inviting school board representatives, city officials, and other local dignitaries to celebrate our arrangement with the school district. These individuals and organizations have made what you see in the garden today possible.
Tour the garden and see the newly planted apple trees in the mini-orchard; the demonstration beds planted with beans, squash, corn, sunflowers, and lettuce; the compost operation; the beds being prepped for the children's garden; and more. Buy a plant for your garden. Pacifica Gardens staff is propagating veggie starts suitable for growing in your own garden.
Visit the Giving Tree and make a contribution to help fund the garden. Your donation will fund items needed to keep the garden growing. Select an item for the tree, make a donation, and receive a Pacifica Gardens bookmark. Items include plants, seeds, compost crops, trowels, gloves, and lumber for seed flats, floating row cover, gopher traps, stakes, materials for the permanent fence, trees, digging tools, and much more.
Earth Day
Pacifica Gardens had its first public event on April 26. We joined The Beach Coalition for a full day of Earth Day activities at the garden, in spite of the cold, windy "spring" day. We had quite a group of enthusiastic master composters, students, and volunteers to launch our compost program. Using wood chips, greenwaste from a local grocery store, straw, leaves, lawn clippings, chunks of sod and cardboard, they quickly assembled a compost pile, a sheet mulch, and a worm bin.
Visitors and volunteers sowed wild sunflower seeds for The Great Sunflower Project. As many of you know, bee populations are on the decline worldwide. Because one of every third bite of food requires an insect pollinator to produce, it is important for us to do what we can to help the bees. Pacifica Gardens has joined the San Francisco State study to track the attraction of bees and other pollinators to native sunflowers. Our Earth Day volunteers helped broadcast and water the seeds and signed up to count the bees later this summer. If you'd like to help track bee populations in your own garden, go to SUNFLOWER PROJECT and sign up. Become the scientist you've always dreamed of!
We also welcomed labor from volunteers who helped with our ongoing de-sodding of the planting beds. Thank you for being willing to chop, chip, and haul chunks of sod. We know how hard it is and we appreciate your efforts. In addition to planting, composting, and de-sodding, we gave virtual tours of Pacifica Gardens. We had the opportunity to take many of you on "tours of imagination" of the future of Pacifica Gardens. We hope you visit soon and often to see the gardens grow. Thanks again to all who helped make our first event such a success.
Turn Off TV Garden Day
TOTV Garden Day was a great event enjoyed by many. Pacifica Gardens enjoyed the collaborative spirit with the kids, their farm companions from Pacifica 4H, and Lynn Adams and Patty Deering, representing the Master Composters. Virtual tours of the garden were offered and "The Three Sisters" were planted in a de-sodded/double-dug prepared bed. The "Three Sisters" is a Native American companion plant growing technique. Corn, climbing beans, and squash are planted very close together. The corn grows high, creating support for the legumes, which in turn nurture the soil with nitrogen. The squash covers the soil, keeping it moist and protecting it from weeds. The prickly squash leaves also deter pests. A lively raffle concluded the event and everyone left feeling full of new garden knowledge and even new friends.
The Great Sod-Off
If you've visited Pacifica Gardens recently, you've seen the piles of sod stacked in nice neat 3x3 cubes. You may have even seen one of us cutting, chopping, or forking out chunks of the soccer field and thought, "Why are they doing that by hand? Aren't there easier ways?" Even though there are easier ways to de-sod and cultivate the field, we've chosen not to. In fact, we have declined generous offers to mechanically remove and till the entire field. Even though the soccer field has not been well maintained for several years now, it still provides habitat for ladybugs aboveground and earthworms below. We were pleasantly surprised to find such valuable garden friends and decided not to destroy their homes. The remaining sod will slow desiccation of the soil, prevent erosion, and make neat paths.
Fruit Trees
Pink Pearl, Cherry Cox, Hudson's Golden Gem, Belleflower. What do these names have in common? They are all apple varieties rated for Sunset Zone 17. We are delighted to announce that they are now growing in our orchard. Sandy Bar Nursery in Northern California specializes in heirloom and unusual varieties of fruit trees, nut trees, and berries, most grown organically. They donate their unsold stock to community gardens and education projects at the end of the bare-root season. For the cost of shipping, we got six apple trees, a bargain that we could not pass up. The trees were shipped to us bare-root and arrived in good condition. We heeled them in for a week in a mixture of moist sand and potting soil as we prepped the planting area. Then our energetic planting crew got them in the ground and planted a cover crop mix to help enrich the soil and contribute to tree growth. In a year or two, we will have apples ready for picking! Keep SANDY BAR NURSERY in mind for your fruit and nut tree orders next year. Thanks to Rick Lee and Frank for de-sodding the orchard area, and to our planting crew for getting the trees off to a good start.
About Pacifica Gardens
Pacifica Gardens is a 30,000-square-foot urban agricultural project on an abandoned soccer field at Linda Mar School, 830 Rosita Road, Pacifica. This community-based project plans to include community garden beds; gardens for children, seniors, and the disabled; native and bee gardens; fruit mini-orchard; food forest; and herb, flower, and biointensive market gardens. Pacifica Gardens programs in development include school garden demonstration and education; backyard edible garden demonstration; community education classes and workshops; and composting.
MELISSA MOSS
Community Outreach Coordinator
Pacifica Gardens | 830 Rosita Road | Pacifica, CA 94044
LIVABILITY PROJECT | PO Box 1400 | Pacifica, CA 94044 | 650-303-8786 | melissa@livabilityproject
Words and Pictures: Opportunities in Bay Area Journalism and Photography, June 5
Join leading authors, journalists, photographers, and art editors for "Words & Pictures," panel discussion of opportunities in Bay Area journalism and photography. Sponsored by Northern California chapter of American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). Freelance journalist Douglas Fox moderates panel of Mark Murmann, photo editor at MOTHER JONES; James Merithew, photo editor at WIRED.COM; and Zana Woods, photo editor at WIRED Magazine. They discuss and take questions on selling work, setting rates, understanding and meeting photo editors' expectations, and distinctions between shooting for print versus Web. Thursday, June 5, from 6 to 9 p.m. (6-7 dinner and networking, 7 to 9 panel discussion). Mechanics Institute, 57 Post Street (2nd floor), San Francisco. Light dinner from Whole Foods provided. Entry fee $5 for ASJA members; $10 for nonmembers. Pay at the door, but RSVP for planning purposes to Program Coordinator Nancy Faass at sfwritersgroup@gmail.com. Free admission for two volunteers to pick up and serve food. For more information, call NorCal ASJA Chairman D. Patrick Miller at 510-849-4028.
Global Satellite Tracking, Pollen Coronas
GLOBAL SATELLITE TRACKING: Spaceweather.com's simple Satellite Tracker has gone global. The tool now works not only for US and Canadian readers but also for sky watchers in countries around the world. This development comes as the International Space Station is making bright and frequent nightly apparitions over Europe, Africa, the Middle East, parts of Asia and Australia. If you live in those areas, give it a try: FLYBYS
POLLEN CORONAS: Warning, this story may make you sneeze. Swarms of springtime pollen in the northern hemisphere are drifting in front of the sun and making multicolored coronas (rings of light) in the sky. Unlike circular coronas caused by water droplets in clouds, pollen coronas have strange elliptical shapes dotted by colorful bright patches. Pictures featured on today's edition of SPACE WEATHER show you what to look for.
The Light Brown Apple Moth Meets The Little Brown Church
The Light Brown Apple Moth (hip-hop name: L-BAM) is so named because of its voracious appetite for light brown apples. In fact, they have wiped out the entire light brown apple crop in New Zealand, which is no big deal, because nobody liked them anyway.
Actually, despite their name, these moths can forage on over 250 species, most commonly the wax myrtle, but I guess they figured that “Light Brown Wax Myrtle Moth” didn’t sound right.
Now the moth has invaded California and the wax myrtles are nervous. The state has plans to wipe the moth out with aerial spraying, which has led to a public outcry, because if there’s one thing the public fears more than moth-eaten wax myrtles, it is being sprayed with chemicals from airplanes. (If you don’t believe me, just Google “Chemtrails.”)
After some research I’ve concluded that I’m one of the few Pacificans that is okay with the proposed spraying (and that includes the moths). For one thing, I live in the south end of town, and they are only spraying the north end. For another, they aren’t spraying actual poison, but “pheromones,” the moth word for perfume. This makes it less like “Agent Orange in ‘Nam” than “Fragrance Department in Macy’s.”
The moths use these pheromones to find a mate, so if the entire area is filled with them, they won’t be able to find each other to reproduce. I imagine them flying about in search of an elusive but intoxicatingly scented partner, until they finally give up in frustration and spend the evening downloading moth porn.
One aspect of the spraying that I do find worrisome: The pheromones will be encased in tiny time-release capsules small enough to lodge in our lungs. This could lead to swarms of aroused moths attempting to fly down our throats, which sounds awful.
You know what else sounds awful? Parasitic Australian wasps, another control measure the state is employing. If there is anything the public fears more than aerial spraying, it’s parasitic Australian wasps. They allegedly lay their eggs only in moth larvae, but we all know those crazy Aussies, give them a few Fosters and the next thing you know, they are laying eggs in human larvae as a prank.
The use of parasitic wasps and pheromones is approved by organic gardeners, making me reevaluate my position on organic produce. I for one do not wish to bite into an organic apple only to get the sudden urge to procreate with moths while drunken wasps attempt to lay eggs in my larvae, but maybe that’s just me.
We need to keep things in perspective. The state plans to spray about 2 tablespoons of pheromones per acre, which is the amount of pollution released into the atmosphere by a parked car every few days (actual source: US Dept. of Transportation). I assume it is even worse if the car is driven. And that pollution is not approved for organic gardening, so don’t even think about it.
Now let’s consider Santa Cruz. Hundreds of cases of respiratory problems, rashes, muscle aches, and paranoia were reported after the area was sprayed, leading to a temporary moratorium until the acute amnesia kicks in. Health officials say the number of respiratory problems was typical, and recommend that Santa Cruz residents change their bong water.
Not to worry, in the 80s when they were spraying for the Medfly, I was stuck outside hitchhiking and got covered with Malathion, and haven’t had any adverse effects, aside from developing a third testicle.
Day Savings Time
Due to a budgetary shortfall, this year’s “Scenic Pacifica” calendar has no May 31. Those wishing to experience May 31 this year are encouraged to commute to Colma. The city apologizes for any inconvenience.
A Promising Development
Frank Cimo, the Tribune’s conservative firebrand, was recently questioned about his facts, and countered by promising to discontinue his column if he was proven wrong.
He was, and he did.
I promise to learn from his mistake, and promise never to make any promises to my readers. And if I ever do, I promise to break those promises.
Ian Butler is host of Laugh Locally on PCT 26, which is now replaying season 1 on Friday and Saturday nights at 10:00. ianbutler@netzero.net
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