Discusión:Dominios, públicos y acceso

@@@ San Francisco is getting serious about the 2024 Olympics bid. That was the message I got the other day at a sit-down in the mayor鈥檚 office, where all the city department heads who would be involved with bringing the big Games here were in attendance. No sooner did I arrive than Mayor Ed Lee leaned over and said, 鈥淚 have to be out of here in 10 minutes, which means you are the mayor emeritus.鈥? 鈥淲hat does that mean?鈥?I asked. 鈥淚t means you can鈥檛 do your normal thing and leave after 10 minutes,鈥?he said. So I stayed, and it became apparent over the next hour and 45 minutes that Giants President Larry Baer, who was pretty much leading the meeting, is the driving force behind What I learned is that the U.S. Olympic Committee wants the competition to be held near the city. In other words, no equestrian events in Davis. The committee also wants the Central Subway, the Transbay Terminal and BART to San Jose to be done sooner rather than later. As for where the Olympic Stadium would be? The idea is for Brisbane to make land across from Candlestick Park available for a 鈥減op-up鈥?stadium, built at minimal expense, that can go away the day after the Games are over.

There were a lot of empty seats at last Sunday鈥檚 49ers game. And don鈥檛 you believe the story that everyone fled to the shade 鈥?I鈥檝e never seen anyone leave their seat at a pro game in the first quarter. I know the 49ers say the stadium is selling out, but I also know that tickets are readily available on the Internet at below cost. And I鈥檓 getting way more invites to games than I did when the team was at Candlestick. The fact is, San Francisco fans are not as rabid about the Niners anymore. It鈥檚 not just Levi鈥檚 Stadium where you can find empty seats on game day 鈥?check out the city鈥檚 sports bars.

It鈥檚 Fleet Week, a time when upward of a million people come on foot, by bike, by car, train or boat to enjoy the city and the most spectacular air show there is: the Blue Angels. It just wasn鈥檛 the same last year without them. I have a confession to make: I have a Walter Mitty fantasy about flying with the Angels. But like everything except the value of motherhood and apple pie, the Angels come with their share of controversy. It was in 1997 or 鈥?8 that the naysayers in this town decided to make the winged wonders an issue. It started with supposed concerns about the safety of flying over the city. Then it was the folks who said the jets violated noise laws. Nothing, however, was going to stop us from hosting the Angels. On the day of the show, I was with a group watching from the roof of the Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park. Near the end, one of the Angels dipped down so low that we could see the flame coming out the jet鈥檚 tail. It was one of the best 鈥渢hank yous鈥?a mayor could get.

Movie time: 鈥淕one Girl.鈥?A clever mystery in which Ben Affleck as the husband-turned- suspect proves once and for all that he really can act, and Rosamund Pike turns in a performance as the missing wife that will probably earn her an Oscar nod. But there鈥檚 a problem 鈥?the film runs out of steam over its nearly two hours and 30 minutes. For the life of me, I cannot understand Hollywood鈥檚 obsession with movies that go on for two hours. It鈥檚 not like anyone鈥檚 going to buy a second bag of popcorn, so the theaters are not making extra money in the deal. And a movie that long will seriously mess up your day, not to mention your bladder.

Quite a turnout at the annual Three I (Italy, Ireland, Israel) lunch in North Beach the other day. And the loudest applause went to Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White.

Hotel restaurants may soon be a thing of the past here in San Francisco. I鈥檝e had more than one manager tell me the city鈥檚 continuously rising minimum wage and union rules are making it impossible to make money anymore. 鈥淲e take in a million a year at our restaurant, but it鈥檚 costing us $1.6 million a year to operate,鈥?one hotel manager told me. The prediction is, hotels will convert their restaurants to self-serve breakfast buffets, just like the Hampton Inns out in the suburbs.

Have you noticed that when it comes to bicyclists running red lights and stop signs, it鈥檚 usually a guy under 30? And who are are the most law-abiding two-wheelers? Scooters. People who drive them tend to obey all the traffic laws, they don鈥檛 weave in and out of lanes and they drive at the speed limit. They also don鈥檛 make a lot of noise. The only problem is, guys don鈥檛 go for Vespas. They think it鈥檚 a girl thing. Of course, if they did, they鈥檇 probably start running red lights.

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