Month: September 2004
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A visit to Yes on Q headquarters
So I hopped on my bike and rode down to Yes On Q headquarters. It is, not surprisingly, located in spacious offices owned by the same organization that wants to build the high rises. Sigh. Democracy at it’s finest. I talked to a nice guy there named Bill Ferguson. Here are the things we talked…
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Measure Q tele-spammers
If you are searching the web for info about the Marina Shores development in Redwood City this might interest you: I’ve been getting a number of call and hang-up calls on my cell phone with “caller id unavailable”. This is usually an indication that you are in a predictive dialer system’s phone list, and they…
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An interview with an insurgent
The Guardian carried a really scary article recently about the new face of the insurgency in Iraq. One quote that surprised me was this one: Black soldiers are a particular target. ‘To have Negroes occupying us is a particular humiliation,’ Abu Mujahed said, echoing the profound racism prevalent in much of the Middle East. ‘Sometimes…