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I joined SF's Sunshine Ordinance Task Force to expose corruption. Instead, I'm a cog in the machine
Kevin Frazier
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City Hall's minaret is seen from a window of 50 United Nations Plaza in San Francisco on May 6, 2016.Michael Short/Special To The Chronicle
I’ve always been an aspiring muckraker. Years ago, in my hometown of Portland, Ore,, I immersed myself in local and state politics, and watched the “sausage” get made as a lobbyist in the Oregon State Legislature. I was appalled at the often-questionable actions taking place behind closed doors. A state senator once told me he wouldn’t consider a bill to reduce diesel pollution on school buses because the Big Oil lobbyist “got here first.”