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ronrussellwriter

Jun 10, 20141 min

Mayors behaving badly? Oakland's Jean Quan and San Marino's Dennis Kneier

Quick, which mayor has the biggest PR headache: Oakland's Jean Quan or San Marino's Dennis Kneier? After KRON-TV captured video of Quan...

ronrussellwriter

Jun 6, 20142 min

Stupid voter head scratcher: Leland Yee's third-place finish for Secretary of State

They're still counting ballots from Tuesday but it's clear that disgraced state Senator Leland Yee will finish third in the race for...

ronrussellwriter

May 21, 20142 min

Video: How to steal from Neiman Marcus, starring state Senate candidate Mary Hayashi

There's newly-released video and stills of former Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi's shoplifting spree at San Francsco's Neiman Marcus store on...

ronrussellwriter

May 20, 20141 min

Pleasant Hill's tweeting city clerk quits, saying only a 'schmuck' would want the job

Keeping minutes of city council meetings just wasn't Kimberly Lehmkuhl's thing. The Twitter-loving city clerk, under fire for not...

ronrussellwriter

May 1, 20142 min

Kamala Harris says she won't investigate former officials in Hercules scandal

Four years ago Jerry Brown was attorney general and running for governor and his office was all over municipal corruption in the Los...

ronrussellwriter

Mar 30, 20142 min

Cynics, get out your notebooks: Willie Brown weighs in on Leland Yee's downfall

Those who like dollops of cynicism with their political commentary should love Willie Brown's take on Leland Yee's being suspended from...

ronrussellwriter

Mar 10, 20142 min

City Hall takes a whiff at what ails San Francisco's public library

As a card-carrying patron of San Francisco Public Library I've long had mixed feelings about it. And by it, I mean the...