Daniel Weintraub approached me several weeks ago and invited me to participate in an article he was working on for the Bee. He said it would be comprised of advice for the new mayor. The only caveat was that I would have to use my real name. I declined. He was very understanding and invited [...]

That’s right, Sac Business Journal reports this week Sacramento has been named the 3rd most popular city in AMERICA for plastic surgery! San Francisco took the #1 spot. Los Angeles was a distant #48!  Plastic surgeon guru Dr. Debra Johnson told Sacramento Business Journal, top procedures among women in Greater Sacramento include “liposuction, breast augmentation [...]

Updated 11:14pm - Oct 31. ‘08
I had today off. I ended up working anyways. I headed over the freeway to South Natomas with three South Natomas residents, including District 1 city council hopeful John Dahilig. We spent a good three hours video-interviewing anyone who would talk to us, from the Natomas High area to the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Low income housing in North Natomas is finally the talk of the town — at least for a few minutes. Guess it pays to be a squeaky wheel after all.
Mary Lynne Velinga (I got it!) recently wrote a superb article that explored this hot potato in the Bee. In it were some dubious “official” quotes, [...]

Time to stop and smell the flowers with Sunshine Ray Tretheway and his staff! Here we have included a few of our favorite quotes from two Tretheway letters that appeared on the Natomas Buzz (http://www.natomasbuzz.com) web site recently.
The first set of bites are from Tretheway himself in response to a resident’s status update on [...]

Updated: Make sure you read the comments below as some interesting points have been made by readers. Also, it seems truancy rates can mean different things by region, but I think we can all agree what they mean in Natomas given the well documented crime issues and delinquency problems.

If you visit Mayor Heather Fargo’s circa [...]

“Dont push me, cause Im close to the edge, Im trying not to lose my head, Its like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under” - Grrandmaster Flash in “The Message”

I was over at some apartments in Regency Park (which is north of Natomas Park) off Zurlo Way yesterday [...]

Man, I don’t know whether to rejoice or LMAO about Fargo and Tretheway’s sudden election-season interest in Natomas public safety. Yesterday I received an email from Captain Daniel Hahn stating the Sacramento Police Department (note: THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, not city leaders) wished to meet with residents about the rash of home invasion armed robberies in [...]