Through the years I have belonged to several Gym memberships throughout Sacramento. I’ve belonged to posh gyms with shampoo slash conditioners and deodorant in shower. Belonged to the family clubs were members worked up sweat chatting about working out and to the bare bones gyms where towels had cords attached and you showered in the bathroom sink. I liked […]
Its a stressful time for the National Basketball Association board of governors. Two cities, Seattle Washington and Sacramento California are vying for one professional basketball team the Sacramento Kings. The issue for both cities may come down to which city is in the best position to build a new arena? In 2006, Sacramentians voted against a measure […]
How do you feel about tax dollars being used to keep the Sacramento Kings and building an Arena at Downtown Plaza. Here is an opportunity to be heard…. This is bellwether before the March 26th Council meeting where the council may vote to authorize a public subsidy to help finance an arena. Three meetings are planned, council members will be in attendance. This is an opportunity to […]
There are defining moments that never fade from memory. My defining moment was in an hotel room in Portland Oregon. I was sixteen years old watching Johnny Carson on the 14th floor of the Portland Hilton looking down onto 6th Ave watching the city go by. I clearly remember thinking this is what I want. […]
The plan: Light Rail out to the Folsom Outlets. Get a little reading done and a little lunch at the shopping center. Detour 1: Rite Aid on K Streets for breath mints (an omen?) Detour 2: Changing trains on R Street Detour 3: Hasty exit at Watt And the rest of the story. On […]
We have long opposed of the construction of an arena in downtown Sacramento. We have argued need, cost, and investment to the community. This financially strapped city had spent more than a million dollars on studies related to the Arena. The Railyards Through the years there have many locations considered for a new Arena including Downtown Plaza. However, city leaders […]
Katt Williams, left, and attorney Harris Taback Superior Court Judge Laurel White wasn’t impressed. A warrant was issued after Williams blew off the court three times. Williams crime in the big tomato, was driving a three wheeled motorcycle on city sidewalks. Mr Williams went through a few red lights with the Highway Patrol in pursuit. His attorney said […]
We don’t scrape ice off our car window’s in Sacramento…… It’s barbaric! We don’t know how and we don’t wanna know! People who live in Montana or somewhere in New England scrape ice, we’ve seen it on TV. They have this archaic device that requires a physical effort… Dubya Tee F !!!!! This isn’t cool […]
Ok, I know there will be some people who will morn the closing of the Cosmopolitan on 10th and K Street, I just wont be one of them. The California Musical Theater is a great company, they run the very popular Music Circus. On paper the Cosmopolitan which a part of larger complex was a good add for downtown. […]
Its been while since I’ve visited the Island of Oahu. Oahu is 597 square miles of beauty. (Sacramento County is 994 square miles) One side of the Island is lush and green and the other side is dry, like driving through the valley in summer from California to Reno. One can drive the entire […]
May 11, 2013
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