War is hell War is hell War is hell
From MSNBC.com week in pictures. Check the full image here. Gut-wrenching. I thought Obama was going to bring our troops home? I know, I know, I know.. Read the rest of this article»
California senator gets a DUI leaving Faces.. in state issued car
Honestly I don’t care about the senator Roy Ashburn’s [oh wow that last name is tempting me to exchange one of the letters for some giggles but I WON'T do it!!] sexual orientation. Whatever. We all know the most outspoken anti gay haters are the ones who are having affairs on their wives… with men. Yawn. No, what irks me is that he was driving a “state issued” car to go to a night club! What the $#%@? MY tax money is being used for HIS night-clubbing car? For real-real?
No wonder CA is broke and broken. Read the rest of this article»
California is broke.. and broken
People protesting the state of education in California. Finally. Is anyone surprised the California school system is being decimated now? With immigration, welfare, corrections, and government spending completely haywire, I don’t know how this could Read the rest of this article»
A critical reading of Mayor Kevin Johnson’s “Go Green” blog
Mayor Kevin Johnson posted a blog called “Mayor Johnson goes green.. starting with shades and nickname“ yesterday. I couldn’t resist a few remarks. My comments are in bold..
“Call me Kevin “Green Shades” Johnson. I’ve had a few nicknames, but none I’ve liked as much as “Green Shades.” The idea of walking around with cool looking, green-tint sunglasses is the image I want to project for Sacramento. Our weather is perfect for sunglasses, at least 300 days per year. Read the rest of this article»
Holy yacht club! Bank bonuses up 17% in 2009 despite economy woes
That’s right, as banks are slashing our credit limits, raising interest rates, slapping unemployed folks with $40 late fees for being two days late on credit cards, charging outrageous interest rates, foreclosing on homes instead of lowering interest rates, and denying small business loans left and right, bank executives are surfing a tidal wave of bonuses to keep their caviar appetites at bay and their yachts in the water. Read the rest of this article»
Ohio man decides to teach bank lesson, bulldozes foreclosed home
A Ohio man named Terry Hoskins BULLDOZED his $350k home after the bank started foreclosure proceedings on it (and his small business failed). According to Hoskins, he wanted to teach the bank a lesson. “When I owe $160,000 on a home valued at $350,000, and someone decides they want to Read the rest of this article»
Don’t believe everything you hear
I was in a grocery store the other day and the head of the produce department told me not to refrigerate avocados else they will turn black inside. Anyone who loves avocados as much as I do knows that is not true. Avocados are one of the most fridge friendly fruits in existence. The only way they will turn black is if you slice them open and leave them exposed, and even then you can scrape away the discoloration. Here are a few tips from an avocado aficionado: Read the rest of this article»
Lawmaker wants to raise fine for texting/talking on cell when driving
SacBee.com reports today on a story about a “lawmaker” (Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto) who wants to boost the fines for talking on cell phones and/or texting while driving. Man these politicians are shameless. Read the rest of this article»
Good news for some: vacant housing soars, pending sales flat
From BI: “The shadow inventory (vacant units but held off the market “for other reasons”) — rose 3.497 million units from 3.403 million. Fully 13.4% of the housing stock is currently vacant and that degree of excess capacity is very likely going to exert ongoing downward pressure on residential rents and Read the rest of this article»
Mayor Kevin Johnson drops the “F” bomb in news conference
This article has been updated 2/20/2010 9:55am.
. If the mayor is not seeking new P.R. representation, he should be.. Read the rest of this article»
Kerridge divorces Sac Town
Ray Kerridge has finally been dislodged from the city administrative pipeline. No word on whether he self propelled or was plunged. Either way I think this is a good thing for Sacramento. I suggested he resign when the first massive budget shortfall was announced, followed by the news that Sacramento had become the second most violent city in California (second to only Oakland). If you’ve read this space for a while you’ll remember when I Read the rest of this article»
“Most deadbeat state” California still welcoming immigrants by hundreds
A few minutes before I read an ABC News article on California is now officially the brokest damn state in the union, I was reading an article in the Bee stating how Sac State University president Gonzalez would be welcoming another thousand immigrants into U.S./California citizenship today. Good Lord.
Where are these people going to live? Work? Get educated?? CSUS is turning people away Read the rest of this article»
King Fong and Assembly hopeful McCarthy sabotage SAP, but is KJ to blame?
As you may or may not know, weak Mayor Kevin Johnson took the initiative to launch his own arena task force (known as the Strong Arena Proposal or “SAP” here on Joe Sac). Last year he announced his plans to an unimpressed city council, and then proceeded to solicit seven viable plans which were recently presented in gala fashion at an evening city hall event fit for a King Fong.
For a brief moment in time, it appeared as though the stars were finally beginning to align for Johnson, especially when it was divulged that none of the proposals Read the rest of this article»
Change [of attitude] you can believe in
One of the most startling polls published to date here. When nearly 20% of Americans are “angry” you know we are in deep doo doo. I said it before and I’ll say it again, “Recovery? What recovery?”
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Mayor assumes “full responsibility” for contention caused by SAMI 1.0
In this video from last night’s council meeting, Kevin Johnson proposes SAMI 2.0 to the council. The music at the beginning is the Metro Sac channel background music. I overdubbed it because it seems so appropriate to underscore what appears to be a lot of sincerity (and dare I say humility) on the mayor’s part. Read the rest of this article»
iMayor Update: Bug in accountability feature threatens to derail unit
The last we reported on iMayor, he was feverishly working his SAMI and courting the Maloof brothers. We reckon investors can’t be too thrilled about the latest bug that appears to have rendered his accountability feature all but useless..?
The SacBee is reporting today Johnson wants Sac voters to decide on a new budget analyst position. Can you hear the crowd booing? Evidently this is a first in Sac politics. Course the mayor could have just asked the council for support, but ever since they swatted his free budget audit offer into the cheap seats a ways back, he’s been a little gun shy. Weird. He was never shy about pulling the trigger in his NBA days. Read the rest of this article»
My super duper Superbowl Sunday diary with stale cheez its
Stayed up late last night building a super computer while my wife worked on her super new networking group stuff. Woke up today, Superbowl Sunday, feeling super good about 8am. Had a superbowl of Mini Wheats, sat down and read the news (which wasn’t all that super). Did my morning news sweep. Every site I went to had prominent articles about the Superbowl. Helped a client with a super tricky web site issue. When I responded within a minute of receiving his email he replied, “What? Working on Superbowl Sunday! Sacrilegious!” Read the rest of this article»
Michael Jackson sighting at Fry’s
When we walked into Fry’s this evening there were about 30 people standing around a big screen TV and we could hear Michael Jackson blaring through some mini concert grade speakers. When we got closer we saw Read the rest of this article»