Endorsements for the San Francisco election of March 2024
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by W. Blake Gray
1M ago
It's time for me to tell you how I'm voting in March, a Gray Report tradition. But I dread writing this endorsement post. I have been thinking about how to phrase this for months. I fear I am going to lose friends for saying what I'm about to say. Let me be very clear upfront. For national politics, Donald Trump is the greatest danger facing the United States today. We must do everything we can ..read more
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Google censors a blog post of mine ... from 2010!
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by W. Blake Gray
11M ago
On Sunday I got the following notice from Google, which runs the Blogger software that I use on this blog:Your post titled "The Prisoner, bondage and niche marketing" has been put behind a warning for readersHow about that! I published the post on Dec. 8, 2010, and only now has Google saved young impressionable people from its nefarious mind-warping. If a teenager read the post on its day of ..read more
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Water barons move into Napa, and Supreme Court considers wine shipping again
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by W. Blake Gray
1y ago
The property now owned by Wonderful. Photo courtesy Visit Napa ValleyAccording to Mother Jones, the owners of Fiji Water use "more water than every home in Los Angeles combined." Now, after buying a Napa wine brand last year, they are buying up a property right on Silverado Trail. But they won't take possession right away -- showing just how valuable Napa winery buildings are now.Details in this ..read more
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Herbicide overkill and a story about Mexican enology
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by W. Blake Gray
1y ago
Photo courtesy iStockHey friends. I'm still trying to figure out how to deal with the unpleasant Musky aroma of Twitter, which I used to frequent both for fun and professionally. I haven't deleted my account, but I don't like giving Musk free content either. Until some other social media site pops up to fill the sparrow-sized hole in my day, I'm going to try to fill in at least the professional ..read more
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Endorsements for the November 2022 election in San Francisco
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by W. Blake Gray
1y ago
It's always darkest before the dawn. We can turn San Francisco around!Here we go again! It's the fourth election this year in San Francisco, and I am here to share with you how I plan to vote.Usually I write a very short intro of who I am and why I do this. But this election is different. The No. 1 issue in SF this year was whether or not to recall pro-crime District Attorney Chesa Boudin in June ..read more
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Election endorsement intro: who I am and why I do this
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by W. Blake Gray
1y ago
Who am I, and why should you care about my political endorsements?I'm a freelance wine journalist; I chose this path because wine is the most interesting topic. But I have more relevant journalistic experience. In the SF Bay Area I have been a city editor at two local newspapers. At the second, I was on the editorial board, did some endorsements and won an award for editorial writing. I started ..read more
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Endorsements for the June 2022 election in San Francisco (including the Chesa Boudin recall)
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by W. Blake Gray
1y ago
Chesa Boudin's philosophical predecessor, Judge Jonathan CraneWelcome to a very ho-hum primary election, with one exception at the very end.All of the statewide office elections on the ballot are primaries, but unlike most states, California allows the two top candidates into the November general election, regardless of party. Democrats will ultimately win most if not all of the statewide offices ..read more
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Lisa Perrotti-Brown makes some interesting accusations, and maybe solves the Wine Advocate sake mystery
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by W. Blake Gray
2y ago
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MWLongtime readers of The Gray Report may remember that in 2016, I discovered an unusual situation whereby every sake rated 90 points or more by the Wine Advocate was available at one retailer that sold only those sakes. It was as if the retailer, which I later learned seemed to have a connection to Robertparker.co.jp, had prior knowledge of which sakes the Advocate would ..read more
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Endorsements (with bonus rant): San Francisco school board recall election February 2022
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by W. Blake Gray
2y ago
Total Recall! There are three races on this ballot, but one is much more important and attention-getting than the others, and will get the bulk of this post.Let's do the easier ones first:State Assembly District 17 special primary: Bilal MahmoodThis is ironic. The position is open because David Chiu, who beat Chris Campos for an assembly seat in 2014, decided to take the San Francisco City ..read more
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Update: Sonoma County spokesperson confirms that San Francisco Chronicle wine competition appears to be in violation of health order
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by W. Blake Gray
2y ago
The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, ongoing in Cloverdale in northern Sonoma County, is indeed in violation of Sonoma County's health order this week banning large gatherings. But nothing is going to happen about it unless a Sonoma County resident complains. And even then ... nothing is going to happen.This is an update of my blog post yesterday. Sonoma County Communications Manager ..read more
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