Published: March, 2003 Two Californians, John Kostecki, age 38, of Fairfax, and Liz Baylis, age 39, of San Rafael, have been named Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year, respectively, for 2002. A panel of sailing journalists selected the two accomplished sailors for this year's distinction from a shortlist of nine nominees for the Rolex […]
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I Lunch for a Living
Published: March, 2003 Editor’s note: This kicks off our latest editorial flight of fancy, in which we will occasionally lunch with folks of note and print interesting conversational snippets. We start off by visiting with John M. Gioia, a member of the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors, representing District 1. Gioia’s district includes the Richmond […]
Port of Call: Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus
By Michael Leo Published: February, 2003 In Homer’s day (the ancient hero, not the cartoon dunce), Kyrenia was an important hub for water transportation in the eastern Mediterranean. Although a commute for the Phoenician Ferry Service a thousand years ago was measured in weeks not minutes, plying local waters for the purpose of gaining money […]
Bay CrossingsBay Environment Cruise Ship Blues
Published: February, 2003 Despite cruise industry efforts to ban him from the airwaves, Cruise Ship Blues author Ross Klein is speaking out about the underside of the cruise industry across North America. Bluewater Network coordinated his San Francisco trip, booking him on major radio stations including KQED's FORUM and KCBS and important venues such as […]
Letters to the Editor
Published: February, 2003 Be Nice to Those Pesky Environmentalists Dear Editor: I wanted to let you know that while I enjoy your magazine, I took offense to the tone of your blurb New York’s Turn to Cope With Ferry Environmentalists. The wording of the paragraph seemed to say, "Don’t bother with worrying about the environment, […]
Time for Ferry Riders to Seek Marin County Sales Tax Dollars
Published: February, 2003 Good for the Golden Gate Bridge District for standing up to the "transit Taliban," those mindless anti-tax blowhards, and imposing a $5 toll. But Bridge District number crunchers are still staring at over $400 million in red ink. Cuts in buses and ferry routes ranging from 20-40 percent, are being serious considered. […]
Bay Crossings Community Calendar
Published: February, 2003 2/2 and 2/4 7:30 pm Marin Symphony Stradivarius First and Beethoven’s Fifth It’s a double debut when concertmaster Jeremy Constant performs the soul-stirring Sibelius Violin Concerto on a priceless 302-year-old Stradivarius violin. Marin Symphony’s music director Alistair Neale begins the evening with San Francisco composer David Carlson’s lushly romantic "Twilight Night." Marin […]
Aging Gracelessly – The Slow Decline of the Port
Published: February, 2003 Those observers of the contemporary scene can daily witness the slow and somewhat agonizing decline of the Port of San Francisco. Politicians and muckraking reporters like Warren Hinkle like to blame Port officials for the present lack of shipping and maritime use, but of course they're wrong. The reason they are wrong […]
Mayor Bev Revs up Support for Regional Plan
Published: February, 2003 Mayor Beverly Johnson practices law in her hometown, Alameda. In 1995, then-Mayor Ralph Appezzato appointed her to the Alameda Planning Board; she was elected to serve on the City Council four years later and was elected Mayor this past November. Mayor Johnson recently took time out of her busy schedule to talk […]
Real Patriots Raise Taxes
Published: February, 2003 If threats to national security are serious enough to trample on bedrock American principles of freedom and privacy, where is the sense in not limiting the use of gasoline, the product that so entangles us with the Middle East? Together with higher bridge tolls, gas taxes alone can realistically discourage single passenger […]