If you have 15 San Franciscans in a discussion you’ll get 16 opinions. Somebody can be counted on to have 2 opinions.

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Yes we are live! The Bella Vista Neighbors in Action (BVNIA) Over 200 homes are affected by the change made at the last minute by the staff of the Transit Effectivness Project to run the 36 on Bella Vista and Molimo to Myra instead of up Reposa to Myra. Two hundred homeowners that bought houses on streets without a bus line on it are faced with the loss of quiet enjoyment and thousands of dollars in lost property value. The reason why this was done. to “save two minutes off the run time”.

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Obvioulsy no one has ever actually driven the streets because if they had they would know . . .

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The upshot of this is I will be forming a “Freinds of Miraloma Park” group. We will organize volunteers to keep this jewel of a playground in good shape.

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In the Chronicle on July 21 Bay Area section article on the transit make over, Supervisor Elsbernd was quoted “. . . it is now up to city officials to show leadership in turning the proposal into reality.

“We have to do something that is a rare thing – saying that people will have to sacrifice for the greater good,” he said. “That’s never easy.”

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Before the start of the work day on my Bella Vista garden project our district 7 Supervisor Sean Elsbernd e-mailed me that he was looking forward to the physical activity after spending the past two weeks working on the San Francisco city budget. Here he takeas a powerfull swing on a very tenacious ivy root.  Budget [...]

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