This article mentions nothing about access to midtown parking garage for a flat $2 rate for Second Saturday visitors. Parking: East End Parking Garage (17th Street between Capitol & L) $2 flat rate now available nights and weekends at East End Garage. Conveniently located and easy walking distance the Central City. It's mentioned on the Midtown Business Association's website, the city of Sacramento's website, Downtown Grid, and even sacramento.about.com. Why is this not mentioned in the story? I think if more people knew this existed, they'd cough up the measly $2 and park in a convenient location that doesn't force them to circle midtown for a coveted spot.

Where is Daniel Belcher riding where he gets hit by a car every time he chooses the road? Must suck to be him.

Can you give any more information about what happened?

I think Markes makes some excellent comments. I too live and work in Midtown and didn't feel like he was attacking me as a lowlife scum. Unless someone has witnessed the vandalism and then followed the perpetrator back to his/her home (and so far, I haven't read that residents or police have actually caught/arrested anyone), can we really assume who's responsible for these deplorable acts? At least Markes has seen evidence and had some face-to-face interaction involving his experience with vandalism.

Getting the officer's side, or the police department's side for that matter, isn't justifying what the officer said; it's a basic tenet of journalism.