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Eight is Enough: Local newspaper publisher says no to Fargo, sings KJ’s praises in endorsement letter

By Joe • Sep 25th, 2008 | Bookmark and Share

What a fabulous letter from Cecily Hastings of Inside Publications. Inside Publications publishes newspapers such as Inside East Sacramento and Inside Arden [hey when is Inside Natomas coming?]. The basic premise of her support for Kevin Johnson is that eight years of Fargo is enough. Eight years is enough for a president, a governor, and should be for a mayor as well. I could not agree more. Great points all the way around.

Eight is Enough: Why I support Kevin Johnson…

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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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Marcos Breton’s Sunday column typifies myopia epidemic strangling true progress in Sacramento

By Joe • Jul 27th, 2008 | Bookmark and Share

marcos breton sacramento beeThe good news is that Sacramento has a new public safety watchdog in Lt Marcos Breton. The bad news is that he’s barking up the wrong political tree and doing the same thing all the other business-as-usual dinosaurs in this town do: Gang up on and condemn those who oppose their ideas.

In what must be one of the most disjointed, bass-ackwards opinion columns in the history of the Bee, the oft-maligned Breton has leveraged his Sunday column space to urge Bee…

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