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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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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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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