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Nov 23, 2024 | 
westsideobserver.com | Quentin L. Kopp |Richard Knee |Glenn Rogers |Carol Kocivar
• • • • • • • • • • July 10, 2024 • • • • • • • • • • “The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.” Thus spoke H. L. Mencken, a voice from the past.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
westsideobserver.com | Glenn Rogers |Richard Knee |Carol Kocivar |Steve Lawrence
• • • • • • • November 20, 2024 • • • • • • • Many members of the Coastal Commission live outside San Francisco and may not be aware of the foibles of the SFPUC. This Open Letter to the Coastal Commission is an opportunity to showcase the poor management of that department and ask the Coastal Commission to no longer give deference to the decisions of the SFPUC.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
westsideobserver.com | Kelly Waldron |Richard Knee |Glenn Rogers |Carol Kocivar
• • • • • • • November 20, 2024 • • • • • • • Reprinted by permission from Mission Local Four years ago, when Myrna Melgar ran for District 7 supervisor, she won the race with 53 percent of the vote. This year, she’s in the exact same spot: Winning with 53 percent of the vote. “It’s official — I’ve been re-elected District 7 Supervisor!” Melgar wrote in a statement shared with Mission Local.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
westsideobserver.com | Richard Knee |Glenn Rogers |Carol Kocivar |Steve Lawrence
Separation of church and state, shaken • • • • • • • • November 19, 2024 • • • • • • • • Our country’s political divisions are again raising basic questions about American values, including the separation of church and state. Religion and public education have long been kept separate in America, like oil and water. What are the rules about religious freedom and our schools? Should all students be required to say a prayer specified by the state?
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
westsideobserver.com | Quentin L. Kopp |Richard Knee |Glenn Rogers |Carol Kocivar
Editor’s Note:The Westside Observer does not endorse candidates or issues, opinions of its authors and reporters are their own, not the Westside Observer. • • • • • • • • • • September 2024 • • • • • • • • • • Separation of church and state in the United States of America, California and San Francisco could hardly be more complete.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
westsideobserver.com | Quentin L. Kopp |Richard Knee |Glenn Rogers |Carol Kocivar
• • • • • • • • • • August 6, 2024 • • • • • • • • • • Over five years ago, I opined in these pages about then-U.S. Senator Kamala Harris and her dishonesty in securing $97,000 from California taxpayers as a member of the California Unemployment Insurance Board to which she was appointed in 1993 by her boyfriend Willie Brown, then-Assembly Speaker, while simultaneously paid by Alameda County taxpayers as an Alameda County deputy district attorney, supposedly a full-time.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
westsideobserver.com | Glenn Rogers |Richard Knee |Carol Kocivar |Steve Lawrence
• • • • • • • October 29, 2024 • • • • • • • In the Board of Supervisor Meeting on October 1, 2024, numerous cab drivers spoke about their plight. In 1999, there was no charge for a medallion which would allow a cab driver to operate. In 2010, the SFMTA launched its medallion program. Cabbies were forced pay $250,000 to obtain a medallion to operate a cab in San Francisco. Uber and Lyft drivers do not have to pay fees to provide the same transportation services.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
westsideobserver.com | Patrick Monette-Shaw |Richard Knee |Glenn Rogers |Carol Kocivar
Billionaire Republicans Buying San Francisco Elections TogetherSF Action’s Project 2024—2028 Alarming Plot;It’s Next Step Is Eliminating District Elections for City Supervisors. Editor’s Note:The Westside Observer does not endorse candidates or issues; opinions of its authors and reporters are their own, not the Westside Observer.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
westsideobserver.com | Patrick Monette-Shaw |Richard Knee |Glenn Rogers |Carol Kocivar
Reject Prop. B Bond Measure List of Projects Prop B Would Fund Nowhere to Be Found Editor’s Note:The Westside Observer does not endorse candidates or issues; opinions of its authors and reporters are their own, not the Westside Observer.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
westsideobserver.com | Richard Knee |Glenn Rogers |Carol Kocivar |Steve Lawrence
How the Navy Made Parcel F Radiation Contamination Completely Disappear • • • • • • • • October 2024 • • • • • • • • Derived from the combination of “presto,” an Italian word meaning “quickly” and “change,” “Presto Chango” is a phrase used in magic shows and performances where objects or situations appear to change instantly. The Parcel F Radiological Impaction map above was excluded from the Parcel F Record of Decision released on September 26, 2024.
