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21 Days of Tretheway: Campaign Conversations (Day 1)

By M. Johnston • Jun 7th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

Natomas Radio (Audio File Attached!)

Ray sits in his office with a small group of people. Suddenly Staffer2 comes crashing into the room, out of breath, his eyes wide and completely out of breath. He is holding his iPhoneand pointing to it.
Staffer2: SIR! BREAKING NEWS!!!
Ray: Gadzooks! You scared the sugar out of me! !
Redacted woman: What [...]

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21 Days of Tretheway: Campaign Conversations (Day 2)

By M. Johnston • Jun 7th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

Cruisin’

In this fictitious satirical episode, Ray and the gang are driving through his South Natomas neighborhood slowly. Ray is waving out the window at people as if he’s a celebrity but no one recognizes him. He talks on the car speaker phone to someone at the same time..

Ray: Yeah well I just saw a survey [...]

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Racist graffiti sprayed all over South Natomas

By M. Johnston • May 13th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

Way to keep it classy, boys.

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Joe Sac regular is featured on TV news after capturing two would-be home invaders

By M. Johnston • Jun 1st, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

Just as I settled in to watch some TV with the family last night I heard from frequent Joe Sac contributor Jim Knapp, founder of Build America, the non profit organization created to rehab dilapidated homes in Sacramento with the labor of Sacramento’s wayward youth.  He said he had some news that would have to [...]

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After all the drama, “Tree Fort Tretheway” gets his way, while grand jury calls for NUSD investigation

By M. Johnston • May 28th, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

Several months ago all hell broke loose in these parts when Slim Shady Ray Tretheway composed and communicated what many called an appalling proposal to fund a much-needed fire station, community center, and a new Denny’s, Burger King few traffic projects with funds already earmarked for area traffic projects.
When Ray’s proposal first hit the email [...]

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No audit, now what Mayor Johnson? Whatever you do, don’t ask Ray Tretheway

By M. Johnston • May 17th, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

During the 2008 mayoral campaign Mayor KJ promised countless citizens and journalists he was going to manage the city’s budget a lot better than the [deposed]  Queen Mayor Fargo had. When asked how he would do that, his response was always the same: A top down audit of the city’s finances to uncover government waste. [...]

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Sacramento Councilperson Ray Tretheway is a beacon of bright ideas.. sigh

By M. Johnston • Apr 25th, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

Ray is on fire with all his bright ideas!
Before the invention of the light bulb, illuminating the world after the sun went down was an arduous, hazardous task. It took a lot of candles, torches and/or oil lamps to even fully light a good-sized room, and more than a few people lit themselves afire, or [...]

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EXclusionary housing on council radar this coming Tuesday

By M. Johnston • Feb 7th, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

Agenda item #18 for this coming Tuesday’s city council meeting is as follows:
Inclusionary Housing Workshop [To Be Delivered] (Updated on 2-6-09 at 9:35 a.m.)
Location: (Citywide)
Recommendation:Review results of economic analysis and neighborhood research. Provide direction on potential framework for changes to Mixed Income Housing (Inclusionary) Ordinance. Contact: Lisa Bates, Deputy Executive Director, (916) 440-1330, Cindy Cavanaugh, [...]

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Local church has the Answer to North Natomas delinquency problems

By M. Johnston • Jul 2nd, 2008 | Bookmark and Share

“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 [...]

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