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Take a Seat: Asm. Chris Rogers Invites Constituent Convos
Some might say that Democracy has a seating problem. Besides the game of musical chairs that naturally arrives with an election year, there’s the...
House Work: From a Leaky School Roof to a Run for Congress
Apparently, the fastest way to radicalize a teenager is to make him trek through his own high school in search of functioning plumbing. Whereas...
Count on It: Evelyn Mendez Puts SoCo Elections on Public View
Democracy, like sausage, is something people routinely suggest we’d rather not see being made. Evelyn Mendez, Sonoma County’s registrar of voters, expects to see...
Burger Bash: Bay Area Burger Week Back on the Menu
At some point, the hamburger evolved from the urschleim of sandwichdom and became its own beast.
If we are to believe that John Montagu, the...
Banned Books & Burger Week
Through some cosmic fluke, Banned Books Week and Bay Area Burger Week overlap this October. There will be the inevitable critics (“should be Banned...
Rep. Jared Huffman on Democracy, Diesel and ‘No Prophets’
Politicians are usually asked to keep church and state separate. Rep. Jared Huffman has written a book about what happens when they don’t.
His new...
Rep. Mike Thompson Fights Fire With Fire, Defends Prop. 50
After nearly three decades in Congress, Rep. Mike Thompson is campaigning for a 15th term—and, thanks to California’s latest round of redistricting, he is...
Labored Days: The End of Summer, Inc.
Labor Day arrives each year wearing white pants and carrying the faint smell of lighter fluid, ostensibly to honor the American worker, who is...
