In a rather blatant effort to suppress a campaign message, opponents of Sacramento’s "Yes on Measure B" campaign" - also known as the Utilities Rate Rollback Initiative - have been engaging in wholesale theft and obscuring of campaign signs of the "Yes on Measure B" campaign in North and South Natomas, the same area as an infamous sign theft incident this past June involving campaign operatives of Natomas Councilmember Ray Tretheway.    At an 11:00 a.m. press conference today at the intersection of Del Paso Rd. and Natomas Blvd covered by local TV stations, "Yes on Measure B" campaign chair Craig Powell detailed the theft and/or cover-up of nearly 60 yard signs displayed in the Natomas

Opponents and supporters of a November ballot measure to cut utilities rates in the city released their fundraising statements Tuesday. The new campaign statements provide information about money raised in recent months up to Sept. 30. The statements showed that the Yes on Measure B campaign had raised more than six times the money of the opposing campaign in the past few months. The No on Measure B campaign raised $6,000 by Sept. 30. Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 447 gave $5,000 to the campaign, while the Friends of Steve Cohn for City Council 2010 committee contributed the remaining $1,000. The Campaign for Common Sense Utilities Rates, which backs Measure B, had raised $39,822 from J

 With the city budget and Mayor Kevin Johnson’s updated strong mayor proposal on the City Council’s agenda, the public is likely to see political fireworks at two meetings Tuesday. During the first meeting, at 915 I St. at 2 p.m. the City Council will discuss key issues related to the city’s budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. The city must settle a $43 million budget gap. Council members will consider whether to scale back proposed cuts to the city’s fire, parks and police departments. Read the report on some of the planned budget cuts here.  Another issue on the council’s afternoon agenda is the Utilities Department budget. Find information on that budget here.  The City Council wi