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Forget the audit, the problem with Sacramento is the City Council
By Joe • Oct 15th, 2008 |I received my absentee ballot today. These days I get pretty excited when I see that envelope in the mail. Admittedly, earlier in my adult life I wasn’t too interested in politics. I was too busy doing other things. I guess I never had a reason to care. After all, it was easy to buy [...]
Read the rest of the story»More thoughts on leadership, the election, and the hurtful consequences of self serving governance
By Joe • Oct 13th, 2008 |I supported Obama early on. I thought he was the right guy for the job. I articulated this in at least two articles on this site in April and May. Then again, my support for him presupposed he would select a strong running mate like Hilary Clinton.
Then the Biden choice was announced. I was bowled [...]
Natomas community leader raises questions for Tretheway and city after West Natomas blaze severely injures firefighters
By Joe • Oct 7th, 2008 |“The question to ask is how many more tragedies before we get the fire station we need on the West side of I-5? Whose home will be next or will it be a school? Which brave firefighter will have to try to beat the odds because we don’t have enough help? And what price will [...]
Read the rest of the story»Is Kevin Johnson a true Democrat? Who cares
By Joe • Sep 28th, 2008 |Throughout this election season, Sacramento voters have been bombarded with lectures, stories, blog entries, speeches, mailers, press releases, and even bumper stickers touting which mayoral candidate is the true Democrat, as though the title were some sort of regal honor that will determine the outcome of the election. Do voters even care? I sure don’t. [...]
Read the rest of the story»Eight is Enough: Local newspaper publisher says no to Fargo, sings KJ’s praises in endorsement letter
By Joe • Sep 25th, 2008 |What a fabulous letter from Cecily Hastings of Inside Publications. Inside Publications publishes newspapers such as Inside East Sacramento and Inside Arden [hey when is Inside Natomas coming?]. The basic premise of her support for Kevin Johnson is that eight years of Fargo is enough. Eight years is enough for a president, a governor, and [...]
Read the rest of the story»Sacramento Mayor Fargo and City Manager Rainman Kerridge defend Driving Miss Daisy scandal
By Joe • Sep 18th, 2008 |You didn’t think I was gone for good, did you? Hey, I have to work, too. My job is such that is fluctuates from semi-organized chaos to blissful tranquility (with nothing in between) and the past few weeks have been the former.
I recently got promoted, and with my promotion came a ton of new responsibilities. [...]
Despite expert’s ominous levee failure prediction, Kerridge & Fargo circus approves more Natomas building
By Joe • Sep 8th, 2008 |“When you have a community that is on track to get a level of flood protection, to cripple us economically in the process is absolutely dumb,” -Heather Fargo in January of 2008 to KCRA in response to the Federally mandated building moratorium in Natomas.
Ben Adler of Capital Public Radio did a fantastic spot this morning [...]
Fargo mum as Sacramento Police yank fifty percent of patrol cars off the streets for dicey cost cutting experiment
By Joe • Sep 3rd, 2008 |Where is Batman when you need him? Dark Knight anyone?
If there were ANY lingering doubts about Heather Fargo and company’s lack of commitment to public safety, I hope they have all been removed now.
In a JOLTING development, the City of Gotham Sacramento has decided to pair up OUR police officers and reduce OUR patrol car [...]
And the ‘worst political web site of the year’ award goes to…
By Joe • Aug 26th, 2008 |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 inadvertently pulled up PLAY-DOH or LEGO’s web site.
From the toddler-esque color scheme and unorthodox layout, to the [...]
Johnson camp says Fargo “playing politics” with city manager Ray Kerridge, but who’s REALLY playing political poker?
By Joe • Aug 19th, 2008 |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 [...]

