It?s not just in covering progressive Asian-Americans in San Francisco that the San Francisco Chronicle gets its facts wrong; it has repeatedly called progressive Oakland Mayor Jean Quan a ?Queen of Blight? despite city officials denying that Quan?s shrubs in front of her home constitute blight. How does the Chronicle justify such false labeling, which headlined sfgate.com site over a week period? The same way it supported its attacks on San Francisco?s Chinatown Community Development Center: by relying on the opinion of a single biased, non-expert and non-credible person, and allowing this opinion ? rather than actual facts ? to frame its story.
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TweetHere’s a scene from Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s recent heavily-staged photo-op at City Hall. “Oh Volodya! What have those Occupiers done to you? Of course as a white male hetero, you were probably totally misogynistic and racist ... Read Post
As part of the City's ongoing pro-Warriors Arena campaign, Mayor Ed Lee presented star three-point shooter Stephen Curry with a key to the city earlier today. A sort of consolation prize for not making it past the San Antonio Spurs ... Read Post
Photo: D. Ross Cameron/Oakland Tribune It's official: City Councilwoman Jean Quan has won the Oakland mayor's race, beating out Don Perata in the ranked-choice voting tally by a margin of 51% to 49% (a little more than 2,000 votes).... Read Post