October 2010
17 posts
Here’s one for ya Bramble. Toadies, by the...
“Just how third world do we want our infrastructure to be?”
– Asks Rob Kerth, by way of saying he thinks Measure B is really dumb, for real. On the other hand, the city kind did its own stupid stuff to provoke a ratepayer revolt, at least that’s the argument that Craig don’t-call-him-a-gadfly Powell makes in my story this week. Other stuff I wrote...
September 2010
30 posts
Five year-old: Dad, why would she want to boil the ocean in Sacramento?
Forty year-old: Hmm? Oh, um, maybe to kill all the state workers. Time to get your PJs on.
cosmog: @billforman I know it's the Specials (much... →
cosmog: RT @AlterNet: 'Waiting for Superman'... →
“I guess that’s why you write crappy articles for SN&R and not a real...”
– My biggest fan, Strychnine, reacting to my column this week about the likely rejection (right on schedule) by the Cal Expo board of Gerry Kamilos’ Convergence plan, and the likely pursuit of an entirely different scheme to sell of public land for private development. Luckily, Strychnine...
Sacramento City Council comes out for free thought
Atheists, brights, and other free thinkers were mightily bummed last year when Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson denied their request for His proclamation of Freethought Day in Sacramento. Freethought Day rolls around every October 12, and marks the day in 1692 when Massachusetts governor William Phipps declared “spectral evidence” was no longer allowed in court proceedings.
Spectral evidence is of...
Kosmoceratops is one of the spiniest dinosaurs... →
yeah it is…
cosmog: RT @jewgravy: Pavement on Colbert.... →
Sacramento Bee headline writer always in the mood...
From today’s Sacramento Bee:
And from three weeks back:
I’m just saying…
“We are deeply appreciative of the historic 24-year run we enjoyed with our...”
– Speaking of branding. This just came over the transom from the Maloof Sports and Entertainment. Next year, it won’t be Arco Arena anymore, as the Arena Naming Rights Partnership is set to expire. In a joint statement with the gas company, the Malooves said, “We are deeply appreciative of...
School district introduces new corporate-sponsored...
We were getting impatient at my house earlier this month, waiting for the Sacramento City Unified School District to post the school menus online
It turned out the delay was because SCUSD has developed new menus that let you know what’s for lunch AND include a bunch of nifty advertising for the big food companies that manufacture school food. This is the first time in years that the...
cosmog: Anybody got the #NewTwitter yet? Will it... →
“A Fenty defeat would be a repudiation of the mayor’s closely watched...”
– DC Mayor Contest Shows Anti-Incumbency Not All About Tea Party : It’s All Politics : NPR Make room for Michelle…
“…The costs of a new fairground facility at the existing ARCO Arena site in...”
– I haven’t gotten through all 144 pages of the Cal Expo Development Plan Alternative Analysis Report (aka the Plescia report) yet. But the intro isn’t looking so good for the Convergence arena plan. If anyone wants to compare notes later, dig in…
WatchWho killed second saturday?
sacfortourists:
death on second saturday
“West Sac residents I’ve met feel safer because of the [gang] injunction....”
– Today in “What the fuck is Marcos Breton talking about?” - Has Breton’s column been longer lately? Perhaps it’s to make room for sweeping statements like this. In fact, I think the people who really hate the West Sacramento gang injunction the most are those people who live...
Hey everybody, KDVS (specifically Doug Everett...
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cosmog: Props on the Capital Public Radio site.... →
cosmog: @Billforman I knew this would all somehow... →
ACLU raises questions about microchip tracking of... →
Wow, just wow. Good story by Corey Johnson at California Watch, about radio-tracking schoolkids at one school in Richmond. Johnson writes:
Each child can be seen as a “moving dot” on the screen. If a child strays out of their assigned area, an alert is sent to the teacher.
“Lyon is one of the Sacramento region’s most successful business people. We...”
– Sac Bee editor Melanie Sill in her Sunday column today. The Bee seems to be spending as much time telling us about Michael Lyon’s importance as they are reporting the facts of his (allegedly) pervy secret indoor surveillance system. Lots of folks attribute Friday’s Bee-J and...
