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HeadlinesEvent Recap: NAC in San Francisco + Haiku?
Tue, May 6, 2008 | Tags: building, san francisco, downtown, michelle kuly, symposium, events, pooja shah, popos, spur, swig, accessibility | 0
Last month, NAC’s Michelle Kuly and Pooja Shah visited San Francisco last month for the “Space in the City” symposium, subscriber cocktail party at Swig and EcoCity 2008 conference. Michelle even penned a thank you haiku to friends and supporters. More…
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NAC NewsNAC In San Francisco This Week! Events, News and More.
Jeffrey Hill | Mon, Apr 21, 2008 | Tags: jeffrey hill, san francisco, sustainability, michelle kuly, symposium, next american city, pooja shah, popos, spur, swig, ecocity, joshua switzky, upcoming events, sarah karlinsky, john bela, public spaces, margie o’driscoll | 0
This week, Next American City travels to San Francisco, hosting the “Space in the City” symposium on Wednesday, and a subscriber cocktail party on Thursday. We will also be attending the Ecocity World Summit from April 22 to 26, where NAC’s publisher, Michelle Kuly, will be moderating a panel on sustainability and cities. Read for more details.
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Headlines Microfinance in Queens, itinerant artists, Obamania in Milwaukee, more
Thu, Feb 21, 2008 | Tags: meredith aska mcbride, san francisco, barack obama, hillary clinton, election 2008, primaries, las vegas, mike huckabee, dubai, jackson heights, mohammad yunus, sex offenders, voting gap, itinerant artists, subway | 0
Voting gap divides the parties
“In Tuesday’s election, 73% of those who went to the polls voted in the Democratic primary, to 27% on the GOP side—a huge difference in a state that in November 2004 was decided by about 11,400 votes."To be sure, the race between Obama and Hillary Clinton was more meaningful than the all-but-wrapped up Republican battle between McCain and Mike Huckabee. And that may have served as a magnet for independents and crossover voters.”
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Commentary Yupsters for Clinton, joggers = anti-dogs, bridge collapse, chillin’ at the maul, more
David Anderson | Wed, Jan 16, 2008 | Tags: commentary, detroit, san francisco, hillary clinton, supreme court, zoo, dogs, cattle, joggers, tiger attack, new york state | 0
Over-25 vote gave Clinton crucial edge
“There are at least three potential explanations for the difference between the under-25 and the over-25 vote: that the nature of Clinton’s pitch to young voters had more appeal to voters in their late 20s; that 25 is about the age at which Clinton nostalgia may still kick in; and that Obama had a stronger organization on campus, while Clinton had a better field operation in the cities where young adults are most likely to live.”
“Finally, there…
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CommentaryFred hearts Huckabee, E.T. phones Texas, more commercial airline blues, N.J. highway robbery
Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Jan 15, 2008 | Tags: commentary, jeffrey hill, san francisco, highway, mike huckabee, tolls, fred thompson, jon corzine, gold record, united airlines | 0
The down and dirty 2008 presidential campaign now concerns Fred Thompson’s colon, as Mike Huckabee pleads with the nation on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to “give Fred Thompson some Metamucil!” ABC News reports: ”Thompson, who had launched an aggressive attack against Huckabee’s record during Thursday night’s GOP debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., responded by insinuating that Huckabee is in truth nastier than his sunny demeanor, is unprepared for the presidency, and…
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ReportEat It, San Francisco: NYC Native Calls Dibs On Gentrification
Matt Stroud | Thu, Jan 10, 2008 | Tags: new york city, san francisco, danny hoch, williamsburg is ground zero, nyc native calls dibs | 1
Interesting blog item from the folks at Curbed SF (via the San Francisco Bay Guardian (SFBG)). Listen to Danny Hoch, friends. Listen to hiiiimmmmm:
“Williamsburg is ground zero for gentrification not just in New York but in the country, because it has provided a blueprint for how fast and how violent displacement and economic development can happen in a short amount of time.”
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“Taking Over is about how gentrification is really masking the idea of colonialism and how everybody…
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ReportMonika Thomas: San Francisco’s Professional Homeless Sex Talk Radio Host
Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Jan 9, 2008 | Tags: jeffrey hill, san francisco, homeless, sf guardian, sex talk radio host, monika thomas, housesitting, sexploration with monika | 0
A friend from college called me a few years ago, during one of the coldest winters in recent memory, to tell me about a brilliant scheme he was working on. He was talking about free flights to anywhere in the U.S., and that he needed fast-food trash to make it happen. It seems silly to me now, but these “brilliant schemes” were what made my college days exciting. One week later, we were collecting trash from Wendy’s at two in the morning—desperately searching for large soda cups while…
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Commentary Los Angeles’ transit system is inefficient (and no amount of advertising is going to fi
Matt Stroud | Fri, Nov 16, 2007 | Tags: san francisco, los angeles, public transportation, mta, nexmuni, billboards | 2
Public Transit Needs Improvements, Not Billboards
By Nate BergIf you’re in Los Angeles, the bus is in your face. It’s on the wall, it’s on the TV, it’s on the pages of magazines and newspapers. The bus is even on the bus. A massive advertising campaign has the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority practically everywhere in L.A. But it’s not on the street where it needs to be the most.
The MTA is spending millions of dollars to advertise itself with what one can only…
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Commentary EU’s Blue Card Plan riddled with problems
Hayley Richardson | Fri, Oct 26, 2007 | Tags: hayley richardson, san francisco, world bank, european union, melting pot, london, blue card, paul theroux, peace corps | 0
The EU recently unveiled their proposal for attracting “the best and the brightest” immigrants to the continent. And like most immigration-related material, it’s riddled with a host of problems.
According to International Herald Tribune, the so-called “Blue Card Plan” calls for “admission of an additional 20 million Asian, African and Latin American workers in the next two decades. EU officials said they hoped the proposal would divert the flow of skilled migrants from developing…
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Commentary How to speak like San Francisco’s mayor: Drive the vague point home. Repeatedly.
Matt Stroud | Tue, Oct 16, 2007 | Tags: san francisco, gavin newsom, center for court innovation, midtown community courts | 0
For our upcoming print edition (December 4th release), we’re constructing a synopsis of the debate over San Francisco’s proposed Collaborative Community Justice Center (CCJC). But gems like the one you’re about to read don’t fit into print, so we’ll share them on the web. The following block of text is a direct quote from Mayor Newsom when asked a fairly harmless background question. What did I expect, you ask? Not this:
TNAC: Can you tel me a little about your goals with the CCJC? It’s…
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