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The Mission Today
The Police Commission meets today to talk about the Sit-Lie ordinance, 5:30 at City Hall, Room 400. That should be fun. MUNI Town Hall at 6 PM. “Our Education, Our People – Nuestra Educacion, Nuestra Gente” education town hall Balboa High School, 5:30. A panel discussion on Women in Publishing at Intersection for the Arts @ 7 and Fiesta Flamenca night at the Bollyhood Cafe.
Commies in the Mission? Not again.
That’s so 80’s (or was it 70’s?). But listen up Comrades, worker-owned co-ops aren’t communist. OK, they are — excuse me — used to be — identified with an alternative, counter-cultural life style a la Rainbow Grocery. As the economy stagnates and the future remains murky, that identification is changing. After talking with the Green Cab Company, a worker-owned cooperative based in the Mission, KALW’s Rina Palta’s got the story.
Hailbow Over the Mission!
Today’s photo after the hailstorm from scottmeinzer via Burrito Justice. Catch it big against a black background here.
A Jihadist Under Every Bed
Intelligence or intimidation? The American Civil Liberties Union, Asian Law Caucus and San Francisco Bay Guardian have filed a freedom of information act request for documents related to the FBI’s “spying and surveilance programs, including those that target children and have a potential chilling effect on free speech and religious practices.”
MUNI Drivers Driving Home a Point
Even though they defied the Mayor, the Supes, SPUR and their own union leadership by rejecting pay cuts, MUNI drivers have been almost entirely shut out from the debate. Since the March 1 showdown at Powell Street, things have begun to change. Last week missionloc@l’s Nick Sucharski reported his talks with MUNI drivers, and now we are hearing more from the drivers (not just their union officials) and the wives of drivers. Who knows, maybe this time we can resist getting into the old blame game and move on to more productive pursuits.
Follow that Earthquake
As noted here a couple days ago, the big story following the earthquake in Chile has been “looting”, with the New York Times leading the way. Roger Burbach has a new post up on New American Media with the other side of the story. Despite reports of a responsive government, no aid reached Concepcion, scene of the greatest damage, until two days after the quake. Survival was an issue. But that’s not all. “This was not simple looting,” sez Burbach, “but the settling accounts with an economic system that dictates that only possessions and commodities matter.” It is a post well-worth reading. A lot more can be done to minimize social earthquakes before they happen.