Happy 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 [...]

In my estimation the real victors tonight were the voters, thanks to the superlative work of debate moderators, Edie Lambert and Gulstan Dart–especially Edie. I was already a fan, but I have even more respect for her after this debate. Edie posed explicit questions to Johnson, and then pressed him to elaborate on his answers, [...]

Updated 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 [...]

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 [...]

A fellow community member sent a great email to members of a  neighborhood association list I subscribe to. In it she opined that more residents must get involved in their communities in order for change to occur. I responded to her with my theory as to why more people don’t get involved. Of course my [...]

I went to a “town hall” meeting featuring mayoral hopeful KJ in Natomas a few weeks ago. I recall Johnson saying he didn’t think Sacramento had done a good job developing along its rivers. How Portland and other cities have done a far better job. Take San Antonio for example, said Kevin, to the delight [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

You scream, I scream, we ALL scream: “GUN!!!!”
Wonder if Fargo, Dickinson, and Marcos Breton’s super duper new anti-gang tax would have prevented any of these crimes?
I’m pretty sure all these new crimes reported by the PD all occurred in Natomas–or at least in that general vicinity. I have not included a slew of other [...]

Note: Revised. I sent the editor of the Bee, Melanie Sill, an email and thanked her for the article about Natomas low income housing. I DO appreciate the coverage, regardless of my impatience and frustration about Natomas issues, and what I perceive to be negligence on the city government’s part (some of which they have [...]