Any euphoric politicians willing to go on record and say we Natomas residents should still feel “safe”? Broad daylight is evidently no longer a crime deterrent in this age of $5 per gallon gas (or milk). Add two more home invasion/armed robberies to the growing list of those taking place in what Mayor Heather Fargo [...]

Remember this magazine cover at left? Heh. I recalled it today when I read Governator Schwarzenegger has–in an ironic twist– announced today he will buck convention, and decline an invitation to speak at the 47th Annual Capitol Prayer Breakfast in Sacramento, and instead attend an “environmentally-themed” conference with the McCain machine in Santa Barbara.
The irony [...]

Feeling visual today. Here’s something to ponder, especially for those wearing rose-tinted contacts. I thought it would be interesting to take a city like San Jose and compare crime rates with safe ol’ Sacramento.
I created the accompanying chart using the FBI’s crime stats for California. It’s important to keep in mind that San Jose’s [...]

THE NOW INFAMOUS, KNEE-JERKIN’, UNFILTERED, STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS RANT
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Fine! Let’s change the game. Let’ just start saying MANY NEIGHBORHOODS aren’t safe instead of generalizing and saying Sacramento is not safe. This tit-for-tat thing is getting RIDICULOUS..
The local newspaper here wrote yet another fantastically pro Heather Fargo piece targeting mayoral candidate Kevin Johnson’s so-called inflated [...]