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SF controller accuses Sonoma County’s top official of threatening his job

The battle of words between San Francisco and Sonoma County over mental health care continues. For those keeping track, this began when San Francisco Controller Ed Harrington wrote a letter that we published as a "Close to Home" Feb. 20 taking Sonoma County to task for shutting down its last [...]

By | March 17th, 2008|0 Comments

Blockbuster announcement: But is it good news?

Today's announcement that Sutter Medical Center in Santa Rosa will not close as expected is a stunner. But is it good news for the county?Certainly, it's cause for celebration for the 1,200 or so employees who stood to lose their jobs or move elsewhere. But the big question is what [...]

By | March 11th, 2008|0 Comments

Forget Pennsylvania! This race won’t be decided by the primaries.

Forget all the talk about how the race for the Democratic nomination is moving on to other states such as Wyoming, Mississippi and Pennsylvania. This race for delegates won't be decided by the remaining contests. It's almost mathematically impossible now for either candidate to earn the necessary 2,025 delegates to [...]

By | March 5th, 2008|0 Comments

McCain suffers from prompter failure – and delivery issues

OK, despite the problem with the prompter, this was one of McCain's better victory speeches in terms of content. But why is it he still sounds more like a guy stepping off Apollo 11 than stepping into a presidential race? You wish he would amp it up a little bit. [...]

By | March 4th, 2008|0 Comments

McCain to speak soon. Can he do better than he has in the past?

Sen. John McCain is about to give his victory speech from Dallas following today's victories in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont, results which officially push him over the top in terms of delegates. Let's be honest. These after-election speeches have never been his best moments. He is better in [...]

By | March 4th, 2008|0 Comments

Veteran’s Memorial Monument

The efforts of a group of veterans to build a monument honoring

By | March 3rd, 2008|0 Comments

Here is the full text of the Feb. 20th piece that has the county talking

WHY SF CARES ABOUT LOCAL HEALTH CRISIS As the controller of the city and county of San Francisco, I have been following with interest The Press Democrat's stories about the closure of Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital's inpatient psychiatric unit. As I understand it, Sonoma County couldn't afford to run its [...]

By | March 2nd, 2008|0 Comments

Top Sonoma County official tells San Francisco controller ‘don’t lecture us’

Here's an advance look at an opinion piece we will be running in Sunday's Forum section. Call this one "Sonoma County fires back."In case you missed the Close to Home piece that Deis

By | March 2nd, 2008|0 Comments