Profile: Peter Byrne

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there is no way to fix muni
unless you fire everybody who works for it. duh. see: http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-08-06/news/death-maiming-money-and-muni/ and: http://www.sfweekly.com/1998-12-02/news/rewarding-failure/ cheers!
on: San Francisco's Muni: Why can't it run on time?
September 23, 2010
awesome story
really good work. nobody should ever fork over a penny to the new york times and the rest of those msm fools who are paid NOT to do reporting like this.
on: BP's oil spill is causing health problems - the human story
September 18, 2010
organ watch
I once wrote a story about the Curator of the Unclaimed Dead (actual job title!) at UCSF. Turned out that some of the bods were missing certain organs that had been removed after death and, presumably, sold. --Peter Byrne
on: Unclaimed Kin in Los Angeles Piling Up
April 3, 2010
Good work

This was a professionally researched and well-written investigative piece. It gives me hope that a mix of young and "seasoned" journalists can use innovative publishing methods to perform the ancient art of pulling the covers off of ruling class shenanigans.

Personally, I am pleased that the intellectually and monetarily corrupted daily newspapers are almost totally dead--good riddance. Advertising was always a terrible model for news delivery. It never worked. Ever. 

Reader funding is the obvious path.


on: Bay Bridge Explained
January 4, 2010

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