Editorial: The challenges for Board President Chiu

Pub date January 13, 2009
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Editorial in Wednesday Guardian: Chiu will have to stand up to Mayor Newsom, publicly and privately, and make clear that a cuts only budget isn’t going to fly in San Francisco.

Editor’s notes by Tim Redmond: (Scroll all the way down): Are the wealthy residents and big businesses willing to pay just a little more each year to keep basic services in place in San Francisco? The worst of the bloodbath can be avoided with a couple of fair and progressive new revenue measures on the special election ballot in June.

(Sup. Chris Daly responds and comments in the comment section.

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