By Kim Geiger
With just 17 percent of registers voters participating in this year’s election for mayor, sheriff, district attorney and a host of ballot measures, results came in as expected. Incumbent mayor Gavin Newsom maintained his post with a landslide victory over the 11 challengers, none of whom were able to garner even 10 percent [...]
Archive for November, 2007
ELECTION 2007: Results are in…
Posted in S.F. Elections on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
ELECTION 2007: Mayoral Debate 11/2/2007
Posted in S.F. Elections on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Produced by Kim Geiger, Larry Santana
ELECTION 2007: Camaraderie forms among opponents, but Newsom remains absent
Posted in S.F. Elections on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Kim Geiger
Though incumbent Mayor Gavin Newsom is expected to have a cake walk to re-election Tuesday, the 11 challengers hoping to unseat him have done just about everything to try to keep the race interesting.
Newsom has kept his distance from the eccentric crowd, which gathers outside City Hall every Friday evening to debate the [...]
ELECTION 2007: Meet the mayoral candidates
Posted in S.F. Elections on November 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Compiled by Kim Geiger
H. Brown
“My promise is to fire your boss. That would be 61 department heads and hundreds of commissioners, agency and authority directors and their PR staffs. I will replace them with veteran city employees from within those departments, agencies and authorities.”
“I believe in God, judgment and the SF 49ers.”
H. [...]
ELECTION 2007: New voting system gives hope to underdog candidates
Posted in S.F. Elections, SF City Hall on November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Kim Geiger
Despite Mayor Gavin Newsom’s hefty lead over the 11 challengers vying to unseat him in this year’s mayoral election, some say the city’s new voting system to take effect for the first time this year could have allowed an underdog a chance — if any of the challengers had been able to secure [...]
ELECTION 2007: Ballot Measures
Posted in S.F. Elections on November 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Compiled by Kim Geiger
Prop. A — Transit
This measure would give more power to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, an unelected governing body created in 1999 to have reform oversight over MUNI. Under Prop. A, the MTA would be given more authority over MUNI, parking, taxis and bike lanes and would have access to $26 million [...]
A quiet night in the Castro
Posted in news on November 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Kim Geiger
Despite concerns that the city’s cancellation of Halloween in the Castro wouldn’t deter partygoers and troublemakers from showing up anyway, the Castro was quiet last night.
The showing was so small, partiers were far outnumbered by police officers, who patrolled the streets by foot, bicycle and car.
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