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…

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…

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).…

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…

Another day, another ‘kick in the teeth’ of Sacramento taxpayers. At this rate, we’re all going to need dentures pretty soon. Couple of things to cover here. Let’s start with Mayor Fargo’s number one priority: Trees.

Today the Sacramento City Council approved a $650,000 expenditure for “Urban Forest” rangers to COUNT TREES in the city (see the end of this article for a brochureware email from Sac Tree guru Ray Treetheway).

Countin’ trees ay? Hope they count them trees better than they counted…

If your kid ever asks you, “Mom/Dad, what does it mean when someone says you have ’sour grapes’?” you may want to show them a picture of Sacramento County Supervisor Roger Dickinson.

In fact, in light of his statements in a recent radio interview, Dickinson may have enough sour grapes to start his own winery–or is that “whinery”?

Shortly after the Sacramento City Council joined other cities in REJECTING a permutation of Dickinson’s anti-gang tax shenanigan,  he appeared on Ben Adler’s Capital…

FARGO DEMANDS A SALES TAX INCREASE IN THE MIDST OF A RECESSION, DURING THE WORST REAL ESTATE CRISIS IN HISTORY, AT A TIME WHEN GAS IS NEARLY $5 PER GALLON AND HAS A CAMPAIGN THEME CALLED ********PROGRESS******???

Heather Fargo did not even know there was a crime problem in Sacramento until last month when her mayoral opponent Kevin Johnson told her there was. Even then she scoffed at the idea, and said the only problem residents had made her aware of…