Pinky Up: I’m from San Francisco. When anyone would ask me about Pride in Sacramento, I would say you must be on time because 5 people walk in a small circle twice. My eldest daughter from San Francisco and her partner wanted to see Sacramento Pride Celebration. First things first, its […]
Sunday: Neil Patrick Harris is Bigger! Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper are going to be Richer! After winning six Tonys — including Best Musical — this past weekend, Kinky Boots will kick off a national tour beginning in Las Vegas in September 2014. Monday: Good thing we live in the US of A. The Russians and Chinese people […]
Sacramento City Council members earn $55,000 a year. Last night five members (plus the mayor) voted to gift themselves $43,500 in discretionary monies. The bonanza was cleverly drafted into a budget proposal that would increase police and fire personal as well as restore other city services. When citizens passed Measure U to temporarily increase taxes, […]
Disneyland for everyone !! Apparently, the city council views Measure U as a bonanza. Sacramentians voted to tax themselves for extra police, fire and services. In addition to their salaries, the council wants $391,500 which amounts to $43,000.-(including the mayor) per council member ,to use as their discretion. The vote is tonight.
Sacramentans can exhale, the Kings are staying and the Maloof‘s are gone. Mayor Johnson efforts must be commended . Once the celebrating ends and the last bit of purple confetti is swept away, reality begins. A few weeks after the council approved a non binding $258 million term sheet. City Manager John Shirey told the […]
Is the proposed arena deal good for Sacramento? We took a look at the last 10 NBA arenas opened or renovated 1999 to 2012. The economic crisis has had a major effect on local government, cities have made severe cuts to services. Most professional sport venues opened after 2007 were financed with private dollars, […]
Star Power While Madonna, Prince, Bruno Mars, J Lo and Chris Brown appeared on ABC’s Billboard awards, Pitbull (akaArmando Pérez) and Taylor Swift appeared on the Billboard Awards and CBS’s Tim McGraw‘s Superstar Summer Night Special” both show’s were on a 9pm Sunday night. Can he walk and chew gum? I don’t know. But it […]
Its happening where the lights are bright. Downtown- Midtown and East Sacramento. Baby Boomers, empty Nesters and Millennials are returning to the urban core where one can walk to restaurants,shops museums and other venues. The once dormant condo market is on fire in midtown. During the Economic crises, they couldn’t give condos away, many became rentals. […]
Readers know I have been very critical of the Mayor of Sacramento. But every once in a while, you have to sit back and give credit where credit is due. Mayor Kevin Johnson assembled a team to retain the Sacramento Kings and was successful. Sacramento is the capital of the largest state in […]
Clearly its personal…… It’s not about the City of Sacramento or Seattle. It’s about honor and principal. The newly empowered, Maloof Family wants respect. If they had the cash, I believe they would stay in Sacramento and build this team, the brothers liked Sacramento and the liked owning a professional franchise. But they don’t have the capital. […]
June 16, 2013
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