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Tagged with: Corruption

Movies

Screen Grabs: Films for a fragile planet, from Puerto Rico to Mars

Dennis Harvey -
Livable Planet fest opens with excellent Landfall, more. Plus: 8 Billion Angels, Occupy the Farm, Gunda, Malni
Movies

SFFILM fest spotlights Rita Moreno, Muppets, ‘Lost Landscapes of Oakland’

Dennis Harvey -
2021 installment of the super-fest beams from drive-in and laptop, with plenty of star power.
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Tragedies of global market capitalism on display

Dennis Harvey -
From Lesotho to Ohio, new films draw a damning through-line. Plus: Oscar nominated shorts
Opinion

More parks privatization: The horses of Golden Gate Park

Steven Hill -
Private vendor takes over public space for high-priced concession -- and workers get to live in trailers in the park (while homeless people are kicked out).
News + Politics

The lessons of the Ferris Wheel

Tim Redmond -
Does SF need to overhaul its City Charter to create better departmental oversight -- and limit the potential for corruption?
News + Politics

Oversight — of Recology, the Ferris Wheel deal ….

Tim Redmond -
... and commercial landlords. Plus the Chron's neo-liberal editorial page editor retires. That's The Agenda for March 15-22.
News + Politics

The Ferris Wheel is about a lot more than some rides in the air

Tim Redmond -
Chan, Peskin say any contract needs a vote of the board. The bigger issue is privatizing the parks.
News + Politics

Supes call for investigation of Ferris Wheel money

Tim Redmond -
Revenue goes not to the city, but to a private entity that's part of an FBI corruption probe.
Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: What Trump and the Myanmar coup have in common

Reese Erlich -
The Asian country’s military overthrew its government over baseless claims of voter fraud. Sound familiar?
News + Politics

Are SF departments ‘corruption resilient?’

Tim Redmond -
Despite assurances from the Controller's Office, it sure doesn't look that way.
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