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Happy Halloween! Take the Joe Sacramento “Trick or Truth” Quiz and test your election season knowledge!

By Joe • Oct 31st, 2008 | Bookmark and Share

joe sacramento trivia quizHappy Halloween, Sacramento!Looks like it’s going to be a damp one. May the make-up run and the candy stay dry!  Answer to the best of your knowledge. Ghoul luck!

1. Before they joined the illustrious ranks of the city council, South Natomas neighbors Heather Fargo and Ray Truthaway successfully sued the city of Sacramento on behalf of their neighborhood association to stop urban sprawl in their community. Trick or Truth?

2. Ray Truthaway is the executive director for the Sacramento Tree Foundation…

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No free lunch? The comedy hour at Sacramento city hall is still free of charge every Tuesday night

By Joe • Oct 22nd, 2008 | Bookmark and Share

sacramento city councilUpdated 10/23/08 @ 10:40am.

When Eric Hogue asked me on his Capitol Hour radio show  last week if I thought the council could be salvaged, I was optimistic. I opined the council might have a chance with a quality leader.   Oops. I stand corrected. It’s going to be a long two years with this comedy troupe in charge.  But one thing’s for sure, not everyone will be laughing..

If you didn’t make it out to last night’s council meeting, you…

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Kevin McCarty endorses Fargo hours before Feds announce St Hope probe conclusion

By Joe • Sep 4th, 2008 | Bookmark and Share

kevin mccartyIn what will undoubtedly be remembered by perceptive types as one of the slimiest political moves in the history of Sacramento politics, holdout councilperson Kevin “Forest Gump” McCarty (oh come on, I kid the McCarty!), FINALLY announced his “endorsement” of Heather Fargo on the steps of city hall today.

The Big Ooze, as we like to call him, dug deep into his bag of speech tricks and called proud Mama Fargo a “leader” (whiskey tango foxtrot?!), and told hapless onlookers and…

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Sacramento City Council spending money like it’s growing on.. trees

By Joe • Aug 7th, 2008 | Bookmark and Share

ray kerridgeAnother 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…

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Roger Dickinson and friends take a notably sour turn after anti-gang tax concoction fails

By Joe • Aug 6th, 2008 | Bookmark and Share

roger dickinsonIf 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…

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ALL POINTS BULLETIN! 211 in progress at Sacramento City Hall with strong arm “gang tax” hold-up

By Joe • Jul 22nd, 2008 | Bookmark and Share

hell no to gang taxRemember the names of these five bandits the next time you go to the polling place: “Heather Fargo, “Sunshine” Ray Tretheway, Rob Fong, Kevin McCarty and Bonnie Pannell.”

These are your city council members who voted YES to a city wide “gang tax” fantasy that seeks to penalize the working class to plug GAPING budget holes the city government themselves created.

Earlier tonight, newly converted, born again crime-fighting superhero Heather “Mrs. Incredible” Fargo somehow got four city council members to go along with…

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