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The Legacy of Cronyism
Cronyism is alive and well in San Francisco. Fourteen months have passed since San Francisco voters passed Prop J, the establishment of a Legacy Business Historic Preservation Fund. This is a government-sponsored and financial grant (giveaway) program cooked up by then-Supervisor David Campos to “help” San Francisco businesses keep their doors open with the high
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Teaching Intolerance
Three recent articles in the San Francisco Examiner point to a disturbing trend in The City. While it’s understood that the Bay Area leans left and the Examiner has gone completely leftist, nevertheless we see some new lows. First is a featured article entitled “Climate change denial won’t stymie regional approach to sea level rise”
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Reaching for the Number One Spot
On the issue of San Francisco’s mind-boggling budget, we decided to dig a little deeper to see how San Francisco compares to other American cities. We were hardly shocked to find that San Francisco ranks as number two (Washington D.C. gets the booby prize), but by how much this city spends per citizen exceeded other
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The Aftermath & Mae West
While the final official vote counts are not all in yet, it’s still a bit of a disappointment for us Libertarians that our Presidential candidates did not fare as well as hoped in this zany election year. At the latest count though, the Johnson-Weld ticket pulled in 4,429,013 votes this time (3.29%). While drastically smaller
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PETITION: PROTECT SF TENANTS’ INTERNET CHOICE
By Starchild, LPSF Outreach Director UPDATED NOV. 22 – A hearing on this issue has been scheduled for the November 30th, 10:00 a.m. Budget & Finance Committee hearing, Room 250, SF City Hall (see http://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/bfc113016_agenda.pdf , item #12). In a libertarian society where property ownership was not artificially priced out of reach of many people by
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GARY JOHNSON RALLY IN SACRAMENTO!
Gary JohnsonPresidential Campaign RallyFriday, November 4, 2016 7:00 pmMirage Banquet Hall2159 El Camino AvenueSacramento, CA
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JULIAN ASSANGE AT THE GREEN PARTY CONVENTION
Julian Assange, founder and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks spoke via live feed before the Green Party’s National Convention on August 6, and once again helped us understand the nature of government – there is a lot that is challenging. In particular, during this presidential election, choosing between the two main candidates, Assange says, is like choosing
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GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS NEVER DIE
“The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program,” said Ronald Reagan. Once established, regardless of the changing world around it and regardless of how many times it changes its official name, a government program is like The Blob – you can’t kill it. As elsewhere, here
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MAD AS HELL? ORGANIZE!
Turning our attention to what is good often replenishes our strength to continue finding ways to counter what is bad. In this spirit, we offer 4 Good Things – 4 events representing ordinary people getting together with neighbors and friends to present solutions to challenges: o Screening of “Class Dismissed” with filmmaker Jeremy Stuart Saturday,
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INDEPENDENCE DAY – ON BOTH SIDES OF THE POND
Independence Day! A happy American ritual on July 4th since 1776, when the colonies walked out of the British Commonwealth. This year, another country is celebrating its own walking out, Britain! As it is good to remember why the colonies parted company with King George – a belief in a people’s right to self determination