It seems that The Avenues Blog has come to the attention of all kinds of local politicians running for office.  Since The Avenues Blog likes all the attention it can get, I’ll be kind enough to go ahead and post the latest updates from the local candidates.

Sue Lee is running for Richmond Supervisor and we are having our campaign kick off rally this Saturday July 26th at 1pm at the Richmond District Neighborhood Center on 30th Ave and Balboa. I would love if you could post this information for your readers in the Richmond.

DONE! 

And a little something from Rachel Norton, a school board candidate:

I am a public school parent, co-chair of the parent organization at Argonne Elementary in the Richmond District, and active in Parents for Public Schools and the Community Advisory Committee for Special Education. My husband and I and our two daughters live in the Richmond District. I am sure you haven’t had much opportunity to look at the school board races yet but when you do, take a look at my web site: http://www.rachelnorton.com/.

There.  I’ve done my civic duty.  As a reminder - the fact that I post candidate’s info here is in no way, shape or form an endorsement, just in case you thought it was.

Eric Mar is running for City Supervisor in District 1, and he contacted The Avenues Blog to help spread the word about his campaign.  While I’m not throwing my support behind Eric just yet, especially since I haven’t been able to find his opinions on the issues I care about, I’m happy to spread the word about events in The Avenues - and so am sharing the event info with all of you.

So, here we go:

What: Fundraiser/dinner for Eric Mar, candidate for Supervisor in District One.
When: Friday, June 27, 2008 from 5:30 to 8:30pm
Where:Jane Morrison home, 44 Woodland Avenue, San Francisco
Information: 415-564-1482 www.ericmar.com

Donor’s Choice: $35, $50., $75. Friend $100, Sponsor $250, Patron $500
To reserve, send check to “Eric Mar for Supervisor” to Jane Morrison, 44 Woodland Ave. San Francisco, Ca. 94117

What: Campaign kick-off celebration for Eric Mar. Food, entertainment, children’s activities
When: Saturday, June 28, 2008 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Where: Argonne Elementary School, 680 18th Avenue (at Cabrillo) Richmond District, San Francisco
Information: 415-505-2961 ericmar08@gmail.com www.ericmar.com

The Richmond District Neighborhood Center is inviting everyone in the community to their 3^rd Annual Hawaiian BBQ this Saturday!

Food!  Drinks!  Music!  Raffles!  Entertainment! & More!

Saturday, June 21st

3pm-6pm

The event will be held at the Richmond District Neighborhood Center at 741 30th Avenues, San Francisco, CA 94121 (between Balboa and Cabrillo.)

I have a bit of an addiction that I don’t really like to talk about.  I’m addicted to reality TV.  And usually, it’s really bad reality TV.  Out of the reality TV shows that really feed my addiction, the cop/criminal shows are the ones that really do it for me.  But the TV shows just aren’t local enough, and I’d like at least part of my dose of reality to be located close to home. 

So I depend on my local police departments to feed my addiction to reality!

Depending on where you live, your local police department will email you a crime report, either on a daily, or a weekly basis. 

If you live in the Sunset or Parkside districts, Captain Paul Chignell of the Taraval police station will send you a fairly complete daily report of arrests and criminal incidents throughout the neighborhood, sometimes with a little bit of entertaining commentary to go along with it.  These reports are pretty thorough, but you will sometimes receive a few days worth of emails at a time when the Captain dares to take a day off.

If you live in the Richmond district, you receive an email from Captain Anthony Fotinos of the Richmond police station every Friday afternoon with a “greatest hits” style email that covers the highlights of crime (if you can call them that) that have occurred in the past week.  This newsletter also adds events from the Safety Network calendar to the email - which gives a nice balance of the good and the bad, or yin and yang, so to speak, but they’re definitely less thorough than the Taraval district’s daily updates.  Which makes me wonder exactly what qualifies for the weekly greatest hits list? :-/

If you want to get the Taraval station’s daily update, email the captain to request it. 

And if you want to get the Richmond station’s daily update, email the station to request it.

And even if you’re not a reality junkie like me, you might find these reports useful to know what’s going on in your neighborhood.   After all - knowing is half the battle!

Thanks to the eagle eye of the author of The N-Judah Chronicles, I discovered another blog that features The Avenues. 

Sunset Style

It’s an awesome little blog (we’re all little blogs aren’t we?) written by a native San Franciscan that has grown up in the Sunset and Parkside districts.  The author takes photos of the buildings and scenery and always has some nice commentary to go with it. 

If you know of something like this for the Richmond District - give me a holler, I’d love to share it with other readers!

Happy Friday Folks!

So I am getting ever closer to getting this blog off the ground.  But - have hit a little road block with a lack of widget capability.  For those that are currently reading this blog (both of you)- you know what I’m talking about.  For those that stumble on this post at some date far into the future and aren’t bloggers - I’m talking about the bar on the side with all of the links that doesn’t work the way that I want it to, or, for that matter the way it should.

So - I’m working on charging through the roadblock - and of course, if it ends up that I can’t charge through it, the theme will likely end up changing. 

For now though, I thought I’d link to a few recent posts from across the blog-o-sphere that are in some way, shape or form, related to The Avenues.

Enjoy - and check back in another week or so to see if the kinks here have gotten worked out yet.

Part of the Great Highway Disappears - and then Reappears with a New Name! [Curbed SF] 
Who is Really Lucky - You or the Fish? [SF Citizen]
What the Happs in the Sunset Today, Tomorrow, Next Week & More [Sunset District Events Calendar]
Sunset Dweller Checks Out Pacific Catch Restaurant [N-Judah Chronicles]
Richmond Dweller Checks Out Seal Rock Inn Restaurant [94121.net]