This is a memorandum from a former long-time attorney for public defender Jeff Adachi, who is critical of her boss, but contains insightful information that the Argonaut thinks is important for readers considering voting for Adachi in his opportunistic run for mayor.

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By Warren Hinckle & Arlo Hale Smith, Jr. An outrage of international impact apparently not reported except in Chinese language newspapers, has befallen San Francisco’s once proud progressive Democratic Party.   We have to say it out loud, it is the fault of Aaron Peskin’s often outrageous manipulations and management of the local Democratic Party [...]

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The Only Candidates With The Experience To Do The Job There are two candidates in this election that the Argonaut enthusiastically endorses — Bill Fazio for District Attorney and Chris Cunnie for Sheriff.

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The Argonaut recommends–as we are forced to comply with the city’s confusing and hideously expensive Ranked Choice Voting system–the following candidates and yea or nay on ballot propositions (We will explain our reasoning below): Mayor:     Ed Lee, 2nd Choice: Michela Alioto-Pier, 3rd Choice: Bevan Dufty DA:             Bill Fazio, 2nd Choice: George Gascon [...]

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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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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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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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By John Shanley Editors Note – John Shanley is a native San Franciscan.  He is a former spokesperson for District Attorney Terence Hallinan and recently served as a deputy city attorney assigned to the San Francisco Police Department. My phone started ringing on Friday afternoon as word began to spread that newly appointed San Francisco [...]

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