After reading an editorial in the Sacramento Bee this morning, Mayor Kevin Johnson posted a response on his blog. We haven't been able yet to get permission to reprint it on our site, but we think Sacramento Press readers will find it interesting. Here is the link to the blog post. Please feel free to continue the conversation here on The Sacramento Press. (Later this evening, our reporter Kathleen Haley received permission from Johnson's office to reprint Johnson's blog post from his private campaign website, which is not subject to the same open access as would be a post on a government blog. Here is his post in his entirety.) It’s all about accountabilityI love accountability. And

Sierra II in Curtis Park was the location for the ninth and final Town Hall Meeting of the City of Sacramento Charter Review Committee. The crowd of approximately 45 people was on the Baby Boom-plus end of the generational scale. It included members of the public, neighborhood representatives and former, current and candidate public officials, from the Central City, Curtis/Land Park, Oak Park and the South Area. The City Charter legally and procedurally defines the City of Sacramento and its operations. Kevin Johnson's Strong Mayor Initiative, which would dramatically change the City Charter, will be on the June 2010 ballot. Sacramento was founded with a City Charter in 1858. In 1921, d

 (This comment in response to Suzanne Hunt's "Pilot Alley Project To Get $100,000" is too long for a comment and too important to not bring to immediate attention. If the public is ever to have a voice in this matter and the expenditure of those funds, now is the time). Today ground was broken for Jeremy Drucker's Stitch model project in the 17th/18th/L/Capitol Alley.Today would have been the September Alley Activation meeting, which was inexplicably cancelled. At August's Alley Activation meeting, Steve Cohn announced the availability of the $100,000 CDBG funds. He said the money needed to be spent and projects completed within a year and "Let's have a plan together within the next thre

A coalition of business and community leaders, Labor, and the Democratic Party of Sacramento County announced today that they are joining together to preserve and protect Sacramento’s community-oriented government structure and stop the poorly-drafted, so called Strong-Mayor initiative that, if passed, would give Sacramento a Boss instead of a mayor. The coalition will use the name SAVE Sacramento, an acronym for Support Accountability, Voice, and Ethics in Sacramento. SAVE Sacramento will launch its new website, www.bossmayor.com, today at 4 pm. It will enable Sacramentans to learn the truth about the initiative drafted in secret by the attorneys for Sacramentans for Accountable Governme