Updated on December 24, 2020 at 6:58 pm
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San Francisco-based businessman and entrepreneur Dwayne Jones has made quite a living over the last decade, consulting on a unique city program he himself helped create.
Records show that the former mayor’s office official and his consulting firm, RDJ Enterprises, netted at least $7 million in consulting contracts after partnering with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission in 2011 to craft the agency’s Community Benefits program, designed to give back to the communities that are home to SFPUC projects.
A key part of the Community Benefits program is its Social Impact Partnership program, which gives contractors and consultants on public projects extra credit for donating time and money to schools and non-profits. As bidders, firms can get up to a five percent boost in their overall score, based on how they pledge to volunteer and make donations over the life of the contact.
Nearly 70 years ago, Arthur Miller wrote âThe Crucible,â a play ostensibly about the 17th century Salem witchcraft trials, in which about 25 people, mostly women, were accused of consorting with the devil and suffered horrible deaths.Â
Thereâs no doubt, however, that Millerâs play was an allegorical denunciation of persecuting Americans suspected of harboring communist beliefs, particularly hearings by Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy. In fact, after writing the play Miller was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to identify others with whom he had attended certain meetings.Â
The Salem trials and the McCarthy hearings generated two enduring terms âwitch hunt and McCarthyism â to describe intolerance for those who donât conform to current religious or political dogma.
CALmatters Commentary: California has own version of 21st century witch hunts
Dan Walters: CALmatters Commentary
Nearly 70 years ago, Arthur Miller wrote “The Crucible,” a play ostensibly about the 17th century Salem witchcraft trials, in which about 25 people, mostly women, were accused of consorting with the devil and suffered horrible deaths.
There’s no doubt, however, that Miller’s play was an allegorical denunciation of persecuting Americans suspected of harboring communist beliefs, particularly hearings by Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy. In fact, after writing the play, Miller was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to identify others with whom he had attended certain meetings.
In summary
Cancel culture is erasing names of historic or current figures from public places if they deviated from contemporary ideology
Nearly 70 years ago, Arthur Miller wrote “The Crucible,” a play ostensibly about the 17th century Salem witchcraft trials, in which about 25 people, mostly women, were accused of consorting with the devil and suffered horrible deaths.
There’s no doubt, however, that Miller’s play was an allegorical denunciation of persecuting Americans suspected of harboring communist beliefs, particularly hearings by Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy. In fact, after writing the play Miller was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to identify others with whom he had attended certain meetings.