EDIT: election photos.

EDIT2: California proposition results; San Francisco proposition results.

to be confirmed still

http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp

District 9 Supervisor: My First-Choice: Mark Sanchez - But results not yet clear.Local Candidates; State ( Read more... )

Victory celebrated. Now, sleep.

EDIT: photos.

http://www.pbs.org/vote2008/moreinfo/electionmaps.html

and YouTube of people's own voting experiences:

http://www.pbs.org/vote2008/youtube/

http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/fiore/

1. Pre-debate, Shaffer shouts out to Tim Russert - nice touch.

Cut for visual space: ( Read more... )

Cut for visual brevity: ( Read more... )

1. Well, it seems a group of Serb militants set part of the US embassy on fire in Belgrade. So it goes.

2. grahamsleight, Old Blightey's curse will take on a Banshee's wail amid storm surge this Saturday, apparently. I hope you bring appropriate gear.

3. The Chronicle's Nevius thinks the expensive Chinatown MUNI train plan is too costly ( Read more... )

Early results, mainly from absentee ballots like mine, have the following results:

1. Mayor Gavin Newsom wins again, with a heavy margin. He apparently declared victory.

2. Additional parking Proposition set to fail, additional cash for MUNI evenly balanced.

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Meanwhile, NYTimes features San Francisco's Nihonmachi, and the collection of ( Read more... )

1. IRAQ: "Curveball" revealed.

2. IRAQ: waste, fraud, & abuse with military contracts. Apparently only half their contract officers are actually certified to do their work.

3. X-Files: Scratch one Chupacabra, apparently it's a bald coyote.

4. Climate Change: 110 Mayors meet in Seattle. Interesting and exciting political rumble. Of course Bush ( Read more... )