Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Hope you had a nice one. Now for a look at something we’re NOT thankful for. We’re not thankful for the lopsided article in the Bee today about the 9,000 property value appeals currently in the Sac County Assessor’s books, nor the suspiciously dicey manner in which the county of Sacramento Assessor’s [...]
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Sacramento homeowners paying for County budget shortfalls? Sure seems that way..
By Joe • Dec 2nd, 2008 | 
Thanksgiving 2008: What I am thankful for
By Joe • Nov 27th, 2008 |
Well this will be my last blog for a few days. I’m taking the next five days off with the fam’. I hope you all have an enjoyable Thanksgiving with those you love.
I am thankful for my wife. She has been incredibly supportive of my demanding job, my music, my writing, my blog, and my [...]
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Mayor Johnson goes Lombardi on supporters, says achieving the Sac dream not a spectator sport
By Joe • Nov 26th, 2008 |
May I rant for a minute? After all, this is a blog. Hey just be happy I don’t put up restaurant reviews and family photo galleries! My Tuesday evening rant:
<rant>
Hey KJ, news flash my brother: SACRAMENTO IS ON THE MAP! It was put on the map a long time ago (1839, to be specific). In [...]
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First Annual Joe Sacramento Thanksgiving Dinner Giveaway
By Joe • Nov 25th, 2008 |
My wife and I have purchased gift cards at Safeway to help a few families in need this Thanksgiving holiday. If your family, or one you know of, can not afford to buy a Thanksgiving dinner this year, please have them email me at joejoesacramento at gmail dot com.
In the email they should state in [...]
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Cops working hard in Natomas area where criminals work to dampen the holiday spirit of businesses and residents
By Joe • Nov 24th, 2008 |
First, I have some good news to report today. On a positive note, police officers brought in 13 Natomas area truants last week. According to Sac PD: “Most of them [were] taken to the Inderkum Attendance Center where there are community based organizations/social workers that attempt to get to the root cause of a students [...]
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“We don’t judge”: The spirit of philanthropy is alive and well at Sacramento’s Loaves and Fishes
By Joe • Nov 23rd, 2008 |
Note: if you have difficulty playing this video here, please view directly on youtube.com here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5qlv7CAbjI
John Dahilig and I had the honor of meeting with Loaves and Fishes Procurement Director Alan Kleinman this past Saturday. We set out to interview him to ask some questions about common misconceptions about homelessness. We learned far more than [...]
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It’s a jolly good holiday season for thugs in Natomas as police all over region lean on community for help
By Joe • Nov 20th, 2008 |
UPDATED 21NOV08: MORE business robberies reported!
From *couples being robbed at gun point and locked in the trunks of their own cars, to 14 year olds being robbed at in front of Kohls, to teens being “stoned” by marijuana smoking youth in Natomas Park, to employees being held at gun point in Aeropostale, to a [...]
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Sacramento is #3 for plastic surgery in America, city employees top list of potential candidates
By Joe • Nov 18th, 2008 |
That’s right, Sac Business Journal reports this week Sacramento has been named the 3rd most popular city in AMERICA for plastic surgery! San Francisco took the #1 spot. Los Angeles was a distant #48! Plastic surgeon guru Dr. Debra Johnson told Sacramento Business Journal, top procedures among women in Greater Sacramento include “liposuction, breast augmentation [...]
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Final thoughts on Proposition 8 and a few words for both sides of the battlefield
By Joe • Nov 17th, 2008 |
Well, it’s time to move on to some other more pressing issues. I have thought a great deal about the gay marriage issue, I have listened intently and impartially to both sides. I have come to a few general conclusions, and barring any substantive events, this will probably be the last I have to say [...]
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Is this tomorrow?? Could escalating division over gay marriage lead U.S. back to segregation?
By Joe • Nov 14th, 2008 |
The purpose of this article is to hypothesize what might happen if states are left to decide civil rights issues, and voters were allowed to determine laws based on their own moral or religious convictions. The premise is that the United States could become the “divided states.” It is written from an essay writer 120 [...]
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Sacramento homeowners paying for County budget shortfalls? Sure seems that way..
By Joe • Dec 2nd, 2008 |Thanksgiving 2008: What I am thankful for
By Joe • Nov 27th, 2008 |Well this will be my last blog for a few days. I’m taking the next five days off with the fam’. I hope you all have an enjoyable Thanksgiving with those you love.
I am thankful for my wife. She has been incredibly supportive of my demanding job, my music, my writing, my blog, and my [...]
Mayor Johnson goes Lombardi on supporters, says achieving the Sac dream not a spectator sport
By Joe • Nov 26th, 2008 |May I rant for a minute? After all, this is a blog. Hey just be happy I don’t put up restaurant reviews and family photo galleries! My Tuesday evening rant:
<rant>
Hey KJ, news flash my brother: SACRAMENTO IS ON THE MAP! It was put on the map a long time ago (1839, to be specific). In [...]
First Annual Joe Sacramento Thanksgiving Dinner Giveaway
By Joe • Nov 25th, 2008 |My wife and I have purchased gift cards at Safeway to help a few families in need this Thanksgiving holiday. If your family, or one you know of, can not afford to buy a Thanksgiving dinner this year, please have them email me at joejoesacramento at gmail dot com.
In the email they should state in [...]
Cops working hard in Natomas area where criminals work to dampen the holiday spirit of businesses and residents
By Joe • Nov 24th, 2008 |First, I have some good news to report today. On a positive note, police officers brought in 13 Natomas area truants last week. According to Sac PD: “Most of them [were] taken to the Inderkum Attendance Center where there are community based organizations/social workers that attempt to get to the root cause of a students [...]
Read the rest of the story»“We don’t judge”: The spirit of philanthropy is alive and well at Sacramento’s Loaves and Fishes
By Joe • Nov 23rd, 2008 |Note: if you have difficulty playing this video here, please view directly on youtube.com here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5qlv7CAbjI
John Dahilig and I had the honor of meeting with Loaves and Fishes Procurement Director Alan Kleinman this past Saturday. We set out to interview him to ask some questions about common misconceptions about homelessness. We learned far more than [...]
It’s a jolly good holiday season for thugs in Natomas as police all over region lean on community for help
By Joe • Nov 20th, 2008 |UPDATED 21NOV08: MORE business robberies reported!
From *couples being robbed at gun point and locked in the trunks of their own cars, to 14 year olds being robbed at in front of Kohls, to teens being “stoned” by marijuana smoking youth in Natomas Park, to employees being held at gun point in Aeropostale, to a [...]
Sacramento is #3 for plastic surgery in America, city employees top list of potential candidates
By Joe • Nov 18th, 2008 |That’s right, Sac Business Journal reports this week Sacramento has been named the 3rd most popular city in AMERICA for plastic surgery! San Francisco took the #1 spot. Los Angeles was a distant #48! Plastic surgeon guru Dr. Debra Johnson told Sacramento Business Journal, top procedures among women in Greater Sacramento include “liposuction, breast augmentation [...]
Read the rest of the story»Final thoughts on Proposition 8 and a few words for both sides of the battlefield
By Joe • Nov 17th, 2008 |Well, it’s time to move on to some other more pressing issues. I have thought a great deal about the gay marriage issue, I have listened intently and impartially to both sides. I have come to a few general conclusions, and barring any substantive events, this will probably be the last I have to say [...]
Read the rest of the story»Is this tomorrow?? Could escalating division over gay marriage lead U.S. back to segregation?
By Joe • Nov 14th, 2008 |The purpose of this article is to hypothesize what might happen if states are left to decide civil rights issues, and voters were allowed to determine laws based on their own moral or religious convictions. The premise is that the United States could become the “divided states.” It is written from an essay writer 120 [...]
Read the rest of the story»
