It’s 7:17 a.m., 36° and jumping to 57°. I keep bundling up and expecting the worst, but so far so good — until tomorrow. Details for the next 10 days are here.
Things are not looking good for Sheriff Mirkarimi. In yet another instance of people thinking they can control damaging information, Matier and Ross write that Mirkarimi’s wife, Eliana Lopez, had neighbor Ivory Madison videotape her story to use as leverage in case Mirkarimi tried to gain custody of their son. “What Lopez may not have known was that Madison — who in her website bio describes herself as a “radical feminist politico” — was unwilling to keep quiet and went to police.” Read all the details here.
Another instance of a public figure trying to control info: Mitt Romney refusing to release his tax returns and offering that he may be taxed at a rate approaching 15 percent, according to the NYT. Why does that sound unlikely? Because he won’t release his tax returns. Really?
This theme — controlling information — is one that we could go on and on about today (see the NYT piece on teen couples sharing passwords), but we must get back to the Mission, where Philz is friending Facebook, Mission Mission says the parklet on 22nd is in the shop for cleaning and Uptown Almanac has baristas telling all — well, not exactly, but it is sort of amusing.
Enjoy the last clear day of the week, lc