To the New York Times: Deliver your paper on time to your paying subscribers and do not make them wait on hold for 2 hours to report a missing paper. By the way, your writer, Jessica Grose is amazing.

To the New Yorker:  Your New York arrogance is astound even though you have class and good cartoons.  Happy B-Day 100.

To: Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post: About time you stop endorsing candidates for public office. Not sure what Life is like in your World, Jeff … but amazon sure delivers.  Best of luck to amazon.com and the Washington Post.

As for the rest of those in the media world … times are a changing so time to adapt.

Local:  Lure is the new mayor of San Francisco  and has his hands full with downtown SF … but hope he does not forget the Bayview (The T Line/3rd Street 2 year closure comes to mind) … but al least in the Bayview we have Supervisor in Shamonn Walton who seems to care about the young people of the Bayview.  Has a great staff which is the sign of a good manager.  Not a fan of the political class but apreciate clean and maintained streets, street cleaning crew and a MUNI system that works (mostly) … as well as the staff at SF 311.  At least Breed is gone.

State:  Governor Newsom?  A want a be President?  born October 10, 1967, in San Francisco, California, to Tessa Thomas and William Alfred Newsom III, a state appeals court judge and attorney for Getty Oil.  source: Wicipedia 

National: Trump is a wild card. See what he does.  Wish him well.  The federal gov is due for a shakeup  Is he up to the job?  We shall see… At least Nancy Pelosi was forced to be polite and sit in her seat trough Trump’s State of the Union address to congress.

Biden is out to pasture and Harris is a footnote in history.   What was she doing sending me 2-3 mailings/week asking for money when her only slogan was “Send me money to Defend democracy”?  And with 1.5 billion$ from coastal elites – is that is the best she could come up with?

The Demo party will certainly need to recalibrate their message and vision.  Remember the Democrats were the party of the KKK in the South and machine politics in the North. Roosevelt (P33   b. 1882 d. 1945 age 63) was the President who ordered over 100,000 Japanese citizens of the United States into concentration camps during World War II.

Boycott Berkley California

When I sent a letter to the mayor of Berkley and the Police chief about a ticket I got for not wearing a seat belt on University Avenue – I got no reply.  All I asked for was an update on how many of these tickets they issued last year.  No reply.  Got a simular ticket from a Daly city cop and got a reply within days from the mayor’s office.  Makes me wonder if the government of Berkley is totally incopetent that letters and emails sent to them get no reply.

I asked the cop, don’t you have anything better to do than give me a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt and his reply was “Shut the Fuck up or I am going to take you in”.  Is that “Protecting and Serving”?

Will I get a reply to emails or letters to the mayor and chief of police?  So far no reply.  anyone else with interactions with Berkeley gov – send to bob@zpub.com

Berkeley Mayor’s Office
2180 Milvia Street, 5th Floor
Berkeley, CA, 94704
United States

Phone: (510) 981-7100
Fax: (510) 981-7199

mayor@berkeleyca.gov

Election season finally over,  I was kind of rooting for Kamala Harris but getting 2-3 mailings a week from the Harris campain asking for money to “Defend Democracy” was not much of a platform/vision for the country …  and with over 1 billion$ in campaign contributions think she could have done better.

Election season over thank God –  Wish the Trump guy and Mr. Dan Lurie  luck in the New Year.  Breed and Harris lost the election fair and square.  Got 2-3 mailings a week from the Harris campain asking for money to “Defend Democracy” (and with with over 1 billion dollars in campain contribution could not even articulate a vision for for the country – pathetic).  Democracy did Win.  Former mayor Breed did not even respond to emails or USPS mail sent to her office.  Now we will see what Team Lurie can do …  Still wonder why he wanted the Job.

Former mayor Breed is out … she could not even be bothered to reply to email/USPS mail sent to her office.  

Biden promised not to pardon his son and did it anyway.  The Demo party (the party of the KKK in the South and machine politics in the North) will have some reflecting to do as they lost the support of the struggling/working class in the country … guess the coastal elites may have to reflect on why they cannot buy elections with thier $$$.

Trump played the Trump card and won.  We will have to wait another day for the First Women President in the White House and for a “First Man” in the White house.  . And to think Dr. Jill did not even like Ms. Harris.

At least Breed and Biden are out to pasture.  Breed was a complete looser in my book – could not even be bothered to respond to email or USPS mail sent to her office …  She will probably get appointed (by Newsom) to a state commission where she will collect $200,000 per year to attend 4 board meetings per year.  Certainly not a Willie Brown style of politition who actually responed to USPS mail sent to his office. 

History: … The “Democrats” were the party of the KKK in the south and Roosevelt  (b.1882 – d. 1945) issued order 9066 to put US Japanese citizens of the United States into concentration camps. And Kamala Harris sent 2-3 letters a week asking for money to “Defend Democracy”.  Could have done better with the over 1bill$ she got in campaign contributions from the coastal elites. Even Jill Biden did not like her.  As the coastal media … The NYTimes still repeats the mantra that Epstein (b. 1953 d. 1919 age 66) actually committed suicide while in jail.  Building 7 … lets pull it?  Get real … and you wonder why there is no trust in the national media … all they are is an advertising venue for overpriced watches and fancy houses.  Present: Trump played the Trump card and won fair and square playing to income insecurity.  The Future:  We shall see … The future will be what the future will be. My sense is that None of us will get out of this life alive.

Some reflections from Bob in the Bayview.  

They do not even bother to reply to email sent to them.

San Francisco Chronicle – circulation of more than 512,000 and a Sunday circulation of over 539,500.

• Bulwa, Demian Director of News  demian.bulwa@sfchronicle.com
• Garcia-Ruiz, Emilio Editor in Chief emilio.garcia-ruiz@sfchronicle.com
• Nagel, Bill  Publisher  BillNagel-Communications@sfchronicle.com

Email reciently sent, no reply….

We are subscribers to the Sunday edition and live in the Bayview.  Here are some comments/suggestions:

• Cover the Bayview.  It is one of the only semi affordable areas of the city – with the best weather and houses one of the last light industrial areas of the city – yet there is an active art scene.  We even have a winery ½ block from where we live (Gratta Winery/Deli on 3^rd St) and Hardware store from the 30’s.  I know that young people (men mostly) in the Bayview do not respect traffic laws and drive like crazy.
• With regard to your cover story in today’s edition about more Black people being killed in high speed chases – and I know that in San Francisco they avoid these – but the fatal flaw in the story – is that if more Black drivers are involved running from the cops this will be the result.
• I am sure that there is a lot involved with putting out a daily paper but would like to see a better balance between covering victims and what is working in the city.
• An be sure to cover SFMTA and how they have made a mess on Valencia St as well as 17^th St.  The bicycle coalition seems to be running the SFMTA.

Just some thoughts and hope they are helpful.

Sincerely,

Bob Black

<update 12/20/2024>
Griffin from  The San Francisco Standard responds to email.  Guess the SF Chron is a dying paper - part of an old generation.  Wonder if the Chron is even making money for the Hearst Corporation. 

Supervor Shamon Walton (District 10) and many other online publications respond to email … why do you not even bother to reply to email?  Still waiting.

My advice:

Save your money and do not renew.  They are a shell of thier former selves.

President Biden Pardons Hunter Biden’s Gun Crimes

You mzy be one of the worst presidents of the United States.  You are obviously past your sell by date … could not even do live press confrences and could barely read a teleprompter . And to pardon your son for IRS tax evasion and gun violations after you promised not to … give me a break … no wonder your team lost in the election.  You are the epitome of couruption.  Son getting $50K/month from a UKration oil company while you were VP … all legal coruption.

Joe Biden commutes 37 out of 40 federal death sentences

Joe Biden issuing a pre-emptive pardon of his son Hunter Biden for any crimes committed during an 11-year period shamed the Presidency and is a permanent stain of scandal on Biden’s legacy.

Thought that Kamala had it in the bag with over 1 billion$ in her warchest.  But getting 2-3 mailings a week asking for money to “Defend Demorcacy” seemed a littile lame. And Oprha shakering her down for $1 mil for a single night … tacky.  Kind of wanted her to win and have a First Man in the Whitehouse but democracy did finally win out in the end with the Trump guy finally getting back in.  Dont have a clue why he wants the day job of President of the USA but hope he gets rid of the 20,000 government employees around Washington DC plannning for a war with China.

The Year of the Tiger is amost here.

You are an insult to Jews Worldwide.  Your Nazi/Zionist style tactics to the residents of Gaza are not part of the Jewish tradition and will only perpetuate anti-semsitism for decades to come. 

Get out of the way or kill yourself as Hitler did years ago.

Netanyahu: (b. 1949 d. ___ )  You are obviously a war criminal – with the blood of over 40,000  Gaza residents on your hands … all paid for with US taxpayer dollars.  Hitler wantabe?  Is it just the beach front     land you want for a greater Isreal?  Not sure what goes on your  mind but think you are a dispicable human being that does not represent the best of the Jewish tradition.  My adviice, end your esistance on this earth.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/11/israel-opt-netanyahu-gallant-and-al-masri-must-face-justice-at-the-icc-for-charges-of-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/war-crimes-court-issues-warrants-for-netanyahu-and-former-israeli-defense-minister

Interesting site in the city …

Old Mission Police Station

https://localwiki.org/sf/Old_Mission_Police_Station

When it was a station, 1890s-1950

In 1897, the Chief of Police argued for building new police stations for San Francisco. His opinion on the existing 17th Street Station was scorching: “this station is without proper accommodations, badly lighted, in a wretched condition, so far as draining and plumbing are concerned, a condition of things which is the natural outcome of the use of an old, small and dilapidated building.” He goes on to ask for proper funding to build a “substantial” and “fire-proof” station nearby, noting the everpresent risk of riotous mobs.

The fallen turret after the 1906 earthquake. (From a 1994 survey of the building as a historical resource.)

This seems to have worked! A few years later, the Mission got a new police station in the Romanesque Revival style of the time. A historical resources survey says “Built in 1899, the two-story concrete police station was designed by the firm of Shea & Shea. Damaged in 1906, the police station was repaired – minus its original corner turret – and placed back into service. It remained in service as the Southern District station until 1950 when the SFPD moved to a new district headquarters at 1240 Valencia Street.” (It later moved to its current location at 630 Valencia Street.)

The police department says it was built in 1902, and the city’s building records say it was built in 1903. According to this survey of the building, the story is that it was built from 1899-1900 and then completed in 1902.

A photo of it from 1924:

Credit toUC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

Abraham Lincoln could give a speech without a Teleprompter.   Our current President does not seem up to the task.  Is Dr. Jill and Hunter (trusted son/advisor and convicted felon) propping him up?  One wonders who are the puppet masters running the show who stand to loose their jobs/Power if he stumbles at the polls in November.  Kamala Harris is certainly not ready for prime time.  But getting 3 letters a week asking for campaign contributions – give me a break  – I am not even registered as a Democrat.  At least they are contributing to the coffers of the United States Postal Service.

Mohammed Abu Hashem Spent 22 Years in U.S. Air Force. He Quit After Israel Killed His Aunt in Gaza – an article at Democracy Now.  Biden?  Is he all there?

Trump Trashes Biden while welcoming Kamala Harris  … Eagle News July 9, 2024

Donors and even the NY Times are suggesting that for the good of the country Biden should go out to pasture. The guy is clearly not up to another 4 years – and why at his age does he want a day Job anyway?  Are wife Dr. Jill and his convicted felon son Hunter Biden really running the show?  They cannot even stop Netanyahu’s genocide in Gaza – and Biden wants another 18 billion in US taxpayer dollars$ to go to “defense” contractors that Eisenhower warned us about to support the bipartisan Zionist genocide in Gaza.  Xi Jinping must be amused … at the collapse of “Democracy” in the USofA.  Give me a break … does not even pass the smell test.

Dr. Jill and son Hunter are his chief supportors not to mention the pupput masters who stand to loose if he gets Trumped in November.

Then there is Obama – the 1/2 Black 1/2 White guy in the oval office that committed 100,000 US troops to Afghanistan … How did that work out, Mr. Obama as commander in Chief?  At least you got a 20 mil$ book contract and are comfortable in your house in a “good” neighborhood in Washington DC.  Never sent your kids to government schools.

George W Bush … what happened to him?  Hear that he is doing paintings of the soldiers that died on his watch in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Al Gore … the want a be President and inventor of the Internet … still searching for data on his carbon footprint.

Bill Clinton?  Still looking for video of him on Epstein’s island. The “I never had sex with that Lady” kid.  And Hillary?  At least we were spared having her as the 1st Women President – not the best representative of her gender in my not so humble opinion

Trump … never Trump a Trumpster … a want-to-be Dictator competing with a guy obviously past his sell by date – hear that he still wants the Job.  What is the “Free” World coming to?  And they call this democracy – the choice between Biden and Trump?  

Xi Jinping  of China must be amused watching the “Democratic” circus play out in the USofA.

The Future will be what the Future will be … big money and Politics … The Crips and Bloods all legal under the constitution of the USofA.  And the Demos are all after the Supreme court.  Did not get their guys/gals in.  Get a life and enjoy your Fucking drinks, fancy watches and good food while the rest of the folks in the USofA (legal and illegal) are swamped by credit card debt and student loans.  I say let them all eat cake.  But have to Thank American Express for the $25K working European Vacation a few years back. 

Just some thoughts from an old Bob in the Bayview of San Francisco.

To celebrate my g-friend’s 70th B-day.  Took the train from SF to LA and back.  Interesting what you see of California by train.  Lots of RV’s, mobile home parks and agricultural fields.  Also  apartments and apartment construction.  … but it is a 10 hour ride on Amtrak … great way to see California between SF and LA … totally recommend if you have the time.

In LA, recommend the Broad and the Getty.  Both art museums are of the highest quality and are Free.  As well as MOCA … also with free entry.  But there are a lot more in LA.

Stayed at the Biltmore downtown.  100 year old hotel that hosted the first Oscars.  Classic Place.  They were even filming the upcoming Forever series on Netflix while we were there.   Classic Last Bookstore nearby.  Even have a Whole Foods close by.

Good trip, Hope you had a good B-day Leslie.

Bob