Message from the City Controller:

Punning Pundit — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:36:15 +0000

According to a chart I put together, the City expects to only lose about $9M (~1%) in General Fund Revenue from loss of property taxes.

This, despite the fact that SF housing prices have slipped 31% in the last year. I guess they expect that no one will move or be foreclosed on.

Maybe we should tighten our budgets a bit more…

Update (As of 6:57pm PST):
I should add that the SF Board of Sups canceled their “Budget & Finance Committee” meeting today owing to lack of things to talk about. It’s within the rules, of course, but…

If Pride goeth before a fall…

Punning Pundit — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:09:21 +0000

…we need to make sure we never stop having a gay pride festival.

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The GF and I headed to the one in SF. A good time was had by all.

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Message from the City Controller:

If Pride goeth before a fall…