Steve Sanders
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From 2012 to 2016, maintenance of street trees and sidewalks was made the responsibility of the adjacent property owner, creating a huge incentive to oppose trees. This is part of why there are so few. ballotpedia.org/San_Francisc...
San Francisco, California, City Responsibility for Street Trees and Sidewalks Amendment, Proposition E (November 2016)
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January 19, 2026 at 1:31 PM
From 2012 to 2016, maintenance of street trees and sidewalks was made the responsibility of the adjacent property owner, creating a huge incentive to oppose trees. This is part of why there are so few. ballotpedia.org/San_Francisc...
The article offers zero explanation except a 100% tariff, failing to really answer the question posed in the headline
January 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The article offers zero explanation except a 100% tariff, failing to really answer the question posed in the headline
Someone on here referred to him as "Nutlick" and I will never not think of it when his name comes up
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Someone on here referred to him as "Nutlick" and I will never not think of it when his name comes up
Air travel delay without compensation? That's on you for not owning airline stock!
September 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Air travel delay without compensation? That's on you for not owning airline stock!
At least when they were saying that kind of thing in the 80s, a lot of companies still had to worry about pleasing customers and making good products instead of being condensed into monopolies that are too big to fail or actually make good stuff. It's even more ludicrous now.
September 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
At least when they were saying that kind of thing in the 80s, a lot of companies still had to worry about pleasing customers and making good products instead of being condensed into monopolies that are too big to fail or actually make good stuff. It's even more ludicrous now.
Similar to print until the Internet. Remember people saying, "I read that", meaning it was vetted by editors and publishers? The printed word carried some weight compared to how now any rando can easily crap out a few words and have them read by strangers.
May 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Similar to print until the Internet. Remember people saying, "I read that", meaning it was vetted by editors and publishers? The printed word carried some weight compared to how now any rando can easily crap out a few words and have them read by strangers.
I have also wondered whether the medium carries some residual gravitas from the mid century, when making something available via video or film was a significant investment that automatically lent some kind of legitimacy (that plus maybe fairness in advertising doctrine?)
May 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I have also wondered whether the medium carries some residual gravitas from the mid century, when making something available via video or film was a significant investment that automatically lent some kind of legitimacy (that plus maybe fairness in advertising doctrine?)