The Examiner columnist explores the Board of Supervisors decision to endorse Proposition M.  Plus, we get the scoop on a victory for District 6 Supervisor Candidate Theresa Sparks and the newest face in the City’s mayoral race.

• Melissa Griffin: Who do you want running the SFPD? (Examiner) 09/02/10
• Melissa Griffin: Navigating building rules (Examiner) 08/26/10
• Melissa Griffin: Feeling out supervisor candidates (Examiner) 08/19/10
• Melissa Griffin: Booze fee could be the final straw (Examiner) 08/12/10
• Melissa Griffin: Amending Muni’s past ‘mistake’ (Examiner) 08/05/10
• Melissa Griffin: Alioto-Pier remains voters’ fave (Examiner) 07/29/10
• Melissa Griffin: Budget deal smells fishy (Examiner) 07/22/10
• Melissa Griffin: Laura’s Law heads to board (Examiner) 07/15/10
• Melissa Griffin: Daly refuses to take a hint (Examiner) 07/08/10
• Melissa Griffin: New rating confirms crisis (Examiner) 07/01/10
• Melissa Griffin: Must make suckers pay (Examiner) 06/24/10
• Melissa Griffin: Note to board: Do your job (Examiner) 06/17/10
• Melissa Griffin: The morning-after reality check (Examiner) 06/10/10
• Melissa Griffin: Bad timing for baby bonds (Examiner) 06/03/10
• Melissa Griffin: Laura’s Law is sane choice (Examiner) 05/27/10
• Melissa Griffin: Gaga for summer camps (Examiner) 05/20/10
• Melissa Griffin: Leading charge to reform pensions (Examiner) 05/13/10
• Melissa Griffin: Prop. E’s impact dubious (Examiner) 05/06/10
• Melissa Griffin: If Arizona irks you, avoid Mexico (Examiner) 04/29/10
• Melissa Griffin: City fights for Transbay Terminal (Examiner) 04/22/10
• Melissa Griffin: Supe faces math problem (Examiner) 04/15/10
• Melissa Griffin: Brown running an emotionless race (Examiner) 04/08/10
• Melissa Griffin: Pension revamping afoot (Examiner) 04/01/10
• Melissa Griffin: Familiar crime lab situation (Examiner) 03/25/10
• Melissa Griffin: Crime lab tech kerfuffle resonates (Examiner) 03/18/10
• Melissa Griffin: Revelations about sit-lie (Examiner) 03/11/10
• Melissa Griffin: Let Portland be lesson for The City (Examiner) 03/04/10
• Melissa Griffin: Good intentions unmasked (Examiner) 02/25/10
• Melissa Griffin: Muni riders say they’re not gonna take it (Examiner) 02/18/10
• Melissa Griffin: Board’s budget power grab (Examiner) 02/11/10
• Melissa Griffin: SF retirement system bleeds green (Examiner) 02/04/10
• Melissa Griffin: SF’s pension fund envy of others (Examiner) 01/28/10
• Melissa Griffin: Supe targeting drunken firefighters (Examiner) 01/21/10
• Melissa Griffin: What committee picks mean for city (Examiner) 01/14/10
• Melissa Griffin: Holdup affects business (Examiner) 01/07/10
• Melissa Griffin: City’s top resolutions of 2009 (Examiner) 12/31/09
• Melissa Griffin: Resolution creates a pointless scuffle (Examiner) 12/17/09
• Melissa Griffin: SF’s technology stuck in the ’90s (Examiner) 12/10/09
• Melissa Griffin: The devil’s in the security detail (Examiner) 12/03/09
• Melissa Griffin: Supes hunt for SEIU budget dollars (Examiner) 11/19/09
• Melissa Griffin: Officials loathe to follow sanctuary law (Examiner) 11/12/09
• Melissa Griffin: Newsom doesn’t need California (Examiner) 11/05/09
• Melissa Griffin: Do you know your city measures? (Examiner) 10/29/09
• Melissa Griffin: City’s cash going overseas (Examiner) 10/22/09
• Melissa Griffin: MTA in a bind for already-spent cash (Examiner) 10/15/09
• Melissa Griffin: Sanctuary shift may lead nowhere (Examiner) 10/08/09
• Melissa Griffin: How slick was Willie’s Newsom nod? (Examiner) 09/24/09
• Melissa Griffin: Commission kicks up (fake) debate (Examiner) 09/17/09
• Melissa Griffin: Fate of past projects hangs in limbo (Examiner) 09/10/09
• Melissa Griffin: ‘Sanctuary’ will amount to nothing (Examiner) 09/03/09
• Melissa Griffin: BART board eclipses incompetence (Examiner) 08/27/09
• Melissa Griffin: BART police in for world of reform (Examiner) 08/20/09
• Melissa Griffin: Was resignation a money issue? (Examiner) 08/13/09
• Melissa Griffin: California pulls a fast one (Examiner) 08/06/09
• Melissa Griffin: Yawn: Fall ballot shaping up to be snoozer (Examiner) 07/30/09
• Melissa Griffin: Gavin doesn’t need Antonio’s help (Examiner) 07/23/09
• Melissa Griffin: Scrapping the state constitution (Examiner) 07/16/09
• Melissa Griffin: Hogtied by The City’s set-asides (Examiner) 07/09/09
• Melissa Griffin: Anticipated food fight between Newsom and Brown averted (Examiner) 07/02/09
• Melissa Griffin: All I wanted was a permit for ... (Examiner) 06/11/09
• Melissa Griffin: Key endorsements make politicians (Examiner) 06/04/09
• Melissa Griffin: Sizing up Mistermayor’s L.A. rival (Examiner) 05/21/09
• Melissa Griffin: Proposition carves out kids’ cash (Examiner) 04/30/09
• Melissa Griffin: Your ticket to talk trash (Examiner) 04/23/09
• Melissa Griffin: Bill more vindictive than effective (Examiner) 04/16/09
• Melissa Griffin: All’s fare in taxi-medallion fight (Examiner) 04/09/09
• Melissa Griffin: JROTC issue reporting for duty, sir (Examiner) 03/26/09
• Melissa Griffin: Supes return to business as usual (Examiner) 03/19/09
• Melissa Griffin: Pointless trip wastes Board of Supervisors meeting (Examiner) 03/12/09
• Melissa Griffin: Struggle for top-brass naming rights (Examiner) 03/05/09
• Melissa Griffin: Controller too controlling (Examiner) 02/19/09
• Melissa Griffin: The Crisis Over Whether We Are In A Crisis... (Examiner) 02/18/09
• Melissa Griffin: It’s business as unusual at the Board of Supervisors (Examiner) 02/12/09
• Melissa Griffin: Special election: Will it happen? (Examiner) 02/05/09
• Melissa Griffin: Dude, WFT? Newsom takes advantage of a tiny typo (Examiner) 02/05/09
• Melissa Griffin: Bored of Supervisors - The honeymoon is officially over (Examiner) 02/05/09
• Melissa Griffin:Special-election update: State of Emergency (Examiner) 01/29/09
• Melissa Griffin:Proposition 8 allies aim to keep donations secret (Examiner) 01/29/09
• Melissa Griffin: Bored of Supervisors - Campos steps up, budget heats up (Examiner) 01/29/09
• Melissa Griffin: Sales Tax Increase is No Slam Dunk (Examiner) 01/22/09
• Melissa Griffin: Bored of Supervisors - Committee Assignments (Examiner) 01/22/09
• Melissa Griffin: BART shooting case hinges on intent (Examiner) 01/15/09

Tags: David Campos, David Chiu, Eric Mar, John Avalos, Melissa Griffin

Posted on Thursday, January 15th, 2009 at 4:21 pm