UPDATED 8/28, 2010. Word is Sacramento Magazine has awarded North Natomas its #1 neighborhood award. Having spent nearly ten years of my life living in North Natomas, I’d like to share a few thoughts on this.
First, the incoming councilperson might want to downplay the award.  Granted, the realty community is probably thrilled about it  (understandable), [...]

Angelo Tksakopolous walks into a bar and orders a drink. Bartender goes “So I hear you got the mayor Kevin Johnson in your back pocket, huh Angie?” Angelo shoots back, “In my pocket? You kiddin’? I got him in my back YARD!”
Hey there is an upside to this Sacramento. At least KJ has finally delivered [...]

Ah the power of words. And people will actually argue if you have the audacity to assert that mass media greatly influences opinion in this country. As you probably have already guessed, my headline refers to a now internationally known incident in which an expectant bovine was shot 11 times by Cal Expo police after [...]

Updated 7/8/2010 – Job was posted on mayor’s website from what I am told.
Once again Mayor Johnson has hired someone from outside Sacramento for a staff position. Recently he held a press conference to introduce a new staff member, Keith Hart. Keith comes to us all the way from Baltimore, MD, and has been given [...]

I can’t help but ask myself that question given Johnson’s continued push for strong mayor, despite his  7-2  ”sound defeat” in council chambers recently. I started thinking about it after I read a comment directed at Johnson stating  ”7-2, what part of that don’t you understand Johnson?”
K, first of all, the 7-2 council member vote [...]

Marcos Breton wrote a scathing column on Kevin Johnson’s recent behavior in council today. He concludes “We deserve better” (than Johnson). Yowch.
Like myself, there was a time when Breton was actually a Johnson supporter (more or less). And like myself and many, many others who voted for Johnson, Breton appears to be fed up with [...]

The conversation level around the internet is abysmal. Our collective growth  is being stunted and tolerance levels for diversity is spiraling out of control.  But why? What has caused the tone to dive into the depth of the sewer? One of the main reasons is the absence of personal accountability on the net.
I don’t blame [...]

I received an email from Open Sacramento this morning . Open Sack is the new “SAG.” They are a grass roots coalition of concerned citizens [ahem] who fight valiantly for transparency, accountability, and serendipity in Sacramento government. :\  Ronnie West (KJ’s brother) was the author. I quote…

I love this picture from Johnson’s Twitter account. It shows him bouncing high above the earth, skipping rope, magically suspended in the sky. Weeeeee.  He’s right up there at home with all of his pie-in-the-sky shenanigans.
This image is positioned atop a block of text that reads:  “I am loving my job as mayor and honored [...]

You have to love Kevin Johnson’s response to reporters “Good to see you guys”  LOL!