In an historic and politically histrionic defeat for the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee controlled by Aaron Peskin, moderates have been elected to the Board of Supervisors –all of Peskin’s ‘progressive’ candidates lost – and the majority of his ballot propositions were also rejected by the voters in the November 2 election.

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Now that the dust has somewhat settled, one thing is clear . . . Aaron Peskin’s Political Machine took a major beating in the November 2nd election.

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The Argonaut’s election analysis has declared Mark Farrell’s victory in District 2, although there are ballots to be counted, his dramatic surge in rank choice voting counts on Friday gives him, in the opinion of political experts, an insurmountable lead over Reilly even if her ever-energetic campaign manger, Clint, spends more money on lawyers for [...]

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Governor Jerry Brown Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom Attorney General Kamala Harris Insurance Commissioner Mike Villines Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer District 2 Mark Farrell District 4 Carmen Chu District 6 Theresa Sparks District 8 Scott Wiener/Rebecca Prosan (2nd Choice) District 10 Steve Moss/Laynette Sweet (2nd Choice) San Francisco Ballot Measures AA Vehicle Registration Fee    NO We’re for [...]

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Janet Reilly’s Woman Voters Problem By Warren Hinckle Focus on: District 2: Farrell v. Reilly I met Janet Reilly in Tom Donoghue’s Marina Lounge, on Chestnut Street. This is one of the oldest and therefore the greatest of San Francisco neighborhood joints, places like Gino and Carlo in North Beach and The Philosopher’s Club in [...]

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Ed Moose, a barkeeper of legend and boss of the Washington Square Bar and Grill in it’s golden days, died today apparently of complications from apparently fucked-up procedures at the hospital where he was being treated for an apparently also fucked-up routine operation. As San Francisco days go, this was a classic of gloom. Today [...]

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Peskin Should Do The Right Thing – In Fairness, Allow No Endorsement Vote in Districts 6 and 8 Supervisorial Races By Warren Hinckle 2000 was a very good year for democracy, as former DCCC member Jeff Sheehy recalls it. That year new political talent was in abundance in the San Francisco Democratic Party (including a [...]

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By Our City Hall Correspondent Democratic Party Boss Aaron Peskin ate his own gun last night. Peskin fired a political bullet at San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, challenging his right as the state Democratic Party’s nominee for Lt. Governor of California, to name a representative to vote on the city’s 26-member Democratic County Central Committee [...]

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By Our Political Correspondent Mayor Gavin Newsom has appointed former deputy City Attorney John Shanley as his ex-offico representative on the San Francisco Democratic Party Central Committee. According to people familiar with the situation, former Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin has engaged legal counsel and will challenge the mayor’s appointment to the party panel [...]

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