The Extreme Makeover edition of Fargoformayor.com!

Have you seen the Great Fargoni’s new and improved web site?  When it first loaded into my browser today, I had to double-check the URL, because for a moment I thought I had inadvertantly pulled up PLAY-DOH or LEGO’s web site.

From the toddler-esque color scheme and unorthodox layout, to the brainy revelations (”vision is seeing, not saying”), to the family-unfriendly logo of the naked lady with a Tommie Smith fist to the sky, Queen Fargo’s…

I’m mystified (and disappointed) in Obama’s choice for VP. Put me on record as saying this decision may very spell the beginning of the end for Obama’s White House bid.

Joe Biden does not even want to be vice president!!

“There are a lot of people out there who want the job. I’m not one of them…  I wouldn’t say ‘no.’ I hope he doesn’t ask me.” Joe Biden a month or so ago when asked if he was interested in serving…

So apparently there was a surprise agenda item for a closed door city council meeting this evening. Evidently Queen Fargo decided a review of city Manager Ray Kerridge’s performance was in order. A “performance appraisal” they call it.  Eeeyoo don’t you HATE performance appraisals–especially when they don’t come with raises?

The Bee ran something about it today and in the article councilman and KJ supporter Robbie Waters grumbled, “I’m not aware of any problems with the city manager….I think he’s done…

I read a somewhat somber article in Time Magazine today about the great sell-off of American companies to foreign interests. It really got me thinking about the most important things in life.

The impetus for the article was the sale of Anheuser-Busch (read: Budweiser) to a Belgian-based, Brazillian-controlled company called InBev. Price tag? $52 BILLION dollars. Anheuser-Busch isn’t alone according to the article. The weak dollar coupled with a weak economy is leading to what Time has dubbed “The Great American Yard…

Forget the State Fair; if the Sacramento City Hall starts selling deep fried zucchini and Texas style bbq rib sandwiches, I just may take my family THERE this summer to see the circus.

Who could resist? With Heather Fargo, Ray Tretheway, Lauren Hammond and others in our illustrious city council shamefully attempting to portray their dissenting colleagues as election season puppets, RATHER than fiscally responsible budget stewards attempting to curb spending n the face of a staggering $58 million dollar budget…

I spend a lot of time writing about stuff I care about. I thought I’d change it up and share a list of things and people in the news I wish I didn’t have to hear about..

The Corti Brothers move
I hope they put a Long’s Drugs in that lot–Natomas style, baby. Welcome to “NEW Sacramento” y’all!

Urban forests
People and public safety first, THEN trees!

Sac Tree Foundation
When are we going to see a Sac Teen Foundation, Ray?

Southern Californian commercial developer Joe Zeiden
With today’s…

A year ago the City of Sacramento passed two gun ordinances: One ordinance made it mandatory to report gun thefts within 48 hours; the other mandated logging and fingerprinting of anyone buying ammo in Sacramento city limits.Today the city is holding a ceremony at the police warehouse to–according to their press release–”trumpet the success” of the program.

Sacramento city councilman Kevin McCarty sponsored both “bills,” so it’s likely he will be playing lead trumpet this morning at the ceremony. I picture…

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I run a bit behind on this stuff (yes, I do have a family and a job!), so apologies if it’s old news. But Mayor Fargo and puppet Ray ‘TreeTheWay’ Tretheway recently grabbed another tree award at the 76th Annual Mayor’s conference. The award pulled in another $75,000 for the Sac Tree Foundation (Treetheway is its Director).…

CNN is reporting soul legend Mr. Isaac Hayes has died. He was 65.

Isaac was a rare breed like Luther Vandross. Both are dear favorites of mine. Both were soul virtuosos, and both had an affifinity for taking pop standards (from the likes of geniuses like Burt Bacarach) and transforming them into rich, bluesy, gospel tinted R&B masterpieces.

I have played piano, keys and recorded/performed R&B and Rock for many years, and Isaac’s extended jams

Heads are spinning, nodding, shaking, and probably rolling tonight after local officials released a commissioned report stating blacks (and Hispanics to a lesser degree), are two times more likely to be pulled over than Whites and Asians in SOME AREAS in the city of Sacramento.

I read through the report last night (not recommended). Looks like Lamberth Consulting–who executed the study and penned the report–definitely earned their money. The reports offers a lot of conclusions, but the only ones I am…