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October 3, 2023 at 10:39 pm on Midway Rising Drops Middle-Income Family Units From Redevelopment Plan – Council Members AngeredIt's all a big game. The mayor is thankful for the help, be it top donors money or time, and needs to show how thankful...
October 3, 2023 at 8:05 pm on Midway Rising Drops Middle-Income Family Units From Redevelopment Plan – Council Members AngeredRon, the affordable housing element has not (yet) been dropped; the units for middle-income families has. 
October 3, 2023 at 7:53 pm on Midway Rising Drops Middle-Income Family Units From Redevelopment Plan – Council Members AngeredA letter should be generated to the Grand Jury concerning the apparent conflict of interest between Mayor Todd Gloria and the developer and the sudden...
October 3, 2023 at 7:47 pm on Midway Rising Drops Middle-Income Family Units From Redevelopment Plan – Council Members AngeredI agree with comments from Geoff, Paul and RB above. I just wanted to point out something that non-nerds might not instantly recognise that a...
October 3, 2023 at 6:04 pm on Meet Our New California Senator — Laphonza ButlerPaulette, the reason Butler lives in MD is b/c this is where her current job w/ Emily's List was HQ'd. Personally, I don't like the... October 3, 2023 at 5:52 pm on Midway Rising Drops Middle-Income Family Units From Redevelopment Plan – Council Members AngeredYeah, I agree with Paul and Geoff. As a regulatory permit specialist for decades, I worked with lots of engineering firms and there is no...
October 3, 2023 at 4:18 pm on Midway Rising Drops Middle-Income Family Units From Redevelopment Plan – Council Members AngeredI predict the next element to drop out of the project will be the public park improvements, then the sports facility. Geoff is spot on....
October 3, 2023 at 3:27 pm on Midway Rising Drops Middle-Income Family Units From Redevelopment Plan – Council Members Angered“… Brad Termini, CEO of Zephyr, one of the key players within Midway Rising, and Termini’s spouse were Mayor Todd Gloria’s top mayoral campaign contributors…”...
October 3, 2023 at 1:58 pm on Midway Rising Drops Middle-Income Family Units From Redevelopment Plan – Council Members AngeredThe Rag foreshadowed all of this happening in a report on the February 2023 Midway Rising meeting. https://obrag.org/2023/02/report-from-midway-rising-public-meeting/ We recounted: "Johnson took care to explain...
October 3, 2023 at 1:19 pm on Midway Rising Drops Middle-Income Family Units From Redevelopment Plan – Council Members AngeredWho made this decision and why did the council give it the green light without requiring? "the dropped elements were not required in the original...
October 3, 2023 at 1:06 pm on Midway Rising Drops Middle-Income Family Units From Redevelopment Plan – Council Members AngeredAnything not explicitly required that does not maximize profit will be eliminated or reduced substantially. That's how these things work. God forbid we actually use...
October 3, 2023 at 11:18 am on Midway Rising Drops Middle-Income Family Units From Redevelopment Plan – Council Members AngeredThx very much, Frank, for spreading the word about these disappointing and frustrating — but not surprising— “revisions” to the Midway Rising project. October 3, 2023 at 11:13 am on Best Idea: Neither Biden nor Trump — Part 3Media Matters has pointed out that despite the barely three-year gap between the two men, Biden’s age gets mentioned almost four times as often as...
October 3, 2023 at 8:13 am on Meet Our New California Senator — Laphonza ButlerJust another small part of Newsom's grand plan to bestride the American political system like a colossus to beat back the MAGA threat, win election...
October 3, 2023 at 6:33 am on Our Beautiful and Dangerous Sunset Cliffs — The VideoAchingly beautiful. Should be accompanied by Mendelssohn's "The Hebrides: Fingal's Cave ". 
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