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Maybe billboard vandals need a splash of their own paint?

By M. Johnston • Jun 30th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

Newsflash to Christians who vandalized the atheist billboards: vandalizing is a crime. It is a form of theft. Hence it is sinful. HWJR?
Yeah HWJR is my new slogan for my fellow Christians engaged in acts that Jesus might not approve of . It stands for How Would Jesus Respond (to YOU)?

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Will Sacramento council keep American Traffic Solutions on boycott blacklist?

By M. Johnston • Jun 22nd, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

American Traffic Solutions is the company that provides info from cameras that take pictures of red light violators. The city has a whole bunch of red light cameras (operated by the county because the city of Sacramento operated them at a loss and had to hand them off to the county). Will the city’s buffoon [...]

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Sacramento County facing tough budget decisions, why not call MEGabucks Whitman!?

By M. Johnston • Jun 14th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

I don’t know why Jan Scully and Roger Dickinson are bickering about budget bucks when ol’ MEGabucks Whitman could easily write a check and solve the entire Sacramento County budget crisis with a flick of her pen.

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Rob Fong must have nothing better to do

By M. Johnston • May 26th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

I’m sure I’ll make some more enemies for having a dissenting opinion,  but this is preposterous. With this boycott the illustrious Sacramento City Council approved last night, Sacramento is not punishing “Arizona”— they are punishing Arizona residents!!! Nice going KJ. You are truly a man of the people. Pish.

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“Meditation rooms” replacing chapels in the name of diversity

By M. Johnston • May 15th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

The Bee ran an article about how hospitals are creating “meditation rooms” for staff and visitors–and converting chapels because–gulp–the word “chapel” invokes thoughts of that old antiquated geezer in the sky: that old crusty  God guy. Specifically “Some hospitals don’t call the rooms chapels because that label invokes the Judeo-Christian tradition..”  Yeah.
God forbid we [...]

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Should local government embrace the “green rush” or attack it?

By M. Johnston • Apr 6th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

Not long ago I wrote a piece here poking fun at Kevin “Green Shades” Johnson’s new love affair with renewable energy (even though it was only a footnote in his campaign, and it was actually his adversary Fargo who was the real “green” fan all along).
First of all Sacramento is not going to be the–what [...]

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Folsom prison guard to serve time for smuggling, but why??

By M. Johnston • Mar 31st, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

I just read a story about a Folsom Prison C.O. who has admitted he smuggled contraband into prison; as a result he will soon be sentenced to one year in county jail. Grrr.  Can anyone explain to me why a non violent offender like this should be doing time? Doesn’t it cost something like $25,000 [...]

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“Investors” saturating <$300k real estate market .. unchecked

By M. Johnston • Mar 28th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

Via Facebook: “Investors are quietly dominating the <$300k real estate market and once again elbowing prospective home buyers out. I think there should be a law that regulates how many homes a person can own. Isn’t owning a home an integral part of the so-called “American Dream”? Why do we allow [...]

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50% of Natomas High teacher jobs might be lost to restructuring if school accepts federal funding

By M. Johnston • Mar 8th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share
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California senator gets a DUI leaving Faces.. in state issued car

By M. Johnston • Mar 6th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

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. [...]

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