Comments for Leon's Intermittent Blog

Comment on Hawaii by Marty

Marty — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:26:17 +0000

Way cool, glad you made it okay. Enjoy!

Comment on Do not want: NBC and Comcast by leon

leon — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:54:39 +0000

I was going to respond that at least Universal did, but it doesn’t seem like they produce very much. Maybe one good movie per year? You’re right, we won’t miss much, but this was still a bad decision.

Comment on Do not want: NBC and Comcast by todd.

todd. — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:49:36 +0000

Fortunately, NBC doesn’t produce any content worth a damn.

Comment on In which Leon is disappointed in himself and others by leon

leon — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:10:05 +0000

Politicians drawing their own districts is the recipe for gerrymandering, and the Democrats' support of that is just self-preservation. I find the League of Women Voters' position most compelling. The others, maybe people could feel differently than I do, but keeping tourists and businesses away from SF doesn't strike me as a good idea.

Comment on In which Leon is disappointed in himself and others by todd.

todd. — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:02:13 +0000

Honestly, those local propositions seem like likely-yeses for me, based on those descriptions. Your concerns seem kind of minor, and revenue’s got to come from someplace. Taxing expensive things works for me.

The Courage Campaign had a breakdown of several groups’ recommendations on 27. I didn’t really look too deeply into the issue, but I did notice that the majority of the groups listed were in favor of it. What’s madness, exactly?

Comment on I’m in San Francisco! You can tell by the ballot. by Ben

Ben — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:33:47 +0000

Go IM Alex. I don’t remember if he’s exactly Libertarian (i.e., not that simple) but he’s the closest approx I know

Comment on In which Leon is disappointed in himself and others by leon

leon — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:04:23 +0000

Yeah, but the Democratic recommendations seem to include errors on both state and local propositions. Yes on Prop 27, making elected officials draw their own districts?! That’s madness, and it’s not all. Yes on F, raising hotel taxes in SF and thus probably costing us some convention business, like a similar proposition did for NYC? Yes on N, raising the sales tax on sales of expensive real estate (meaning office space will be less liquid)? That casts doubts on all their candidate endorsements. And Courage Campaign doesn’t even touch the local stuff.

I mean, yes, those are valuable resources, so thanks for the recommendations, but I’m still not entirely satisfied, especially when it comes to the local officials.

Comment on In which Leon is disappointed in himself and others by todd.

todd. — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:50:23 +0000

We put a fair amount of stock in voter guides. We get the Courage Campaign one, an LGBT one, the local Democratic party, and the state Democratic party, and collate them.

Comment on I fly through the air, differently this time by Ben

Ben — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:42:02 +0000

Holy cow!

Comment on I fly through the air, differently this time by Caely

Caely — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:18:42 +0000

Woah! That looks amazing. I’m impressed.