March 17th, 2008 07:01pm
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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 inpatient mental health clinic. He noted that “it is not OK to dump your mental health …
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March 11th, 2008 01:59pm
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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 does it mean that Sutter will “stay open” and what has changed?Will it stay …
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March 5th, 2008 09:16pm
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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 claim the nomination outright.Barack Obama would have to win Pennsylvania and each of the remaining contests with 70 …
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March 4th, 2008 11:24pm
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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. The crowd was more excited than he was. In terms of delivery, I prefer the …
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March 4th, 2008 10:47pm
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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 his stump speeches and in candid conversations. Will he do a better job tonight when Americans will …
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March 3rd, 2008 06:35pm
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The efforts of a group of veterans to build a monument honoring
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March 2nd, 2008 01:13am
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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 own health care facilities so it turned them over to Sutter Health. Since Sutter couldn’t make money, it is closing …
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March 2nd, 2008 01:04am
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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
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