[SteveH]

The inevitable theme of every single Mercury editorial in modern times takes the tone of "reason vs. Republicans." The Mercury has never, to my knowledge, considered a tax increase that it did not approve of. Color this Mercury bright red, please!

[Regulator]

The Murky Snooze (or Jerkury Mewz as some here call it) is the weirdest anomaly in all of the Silicon Slum.

Here they are in the land that Venture Capital built, and all they can do is spew endless leftism: taxes are good, Government is all powerful/all knowing, Gray Davis/Ron Gonzales/Willie Brown/Jerry Brown the wisest and most benevolent politicians ever, Republicans all BAD, I mean BAD people, Prop. 13 evil (food from childrens mouths!), etc etc ad nauseum.

It really is strange in a town where some of the most glaring examples of capitalist success are based.