When I was in high school I had a real problem with religion. Why? As a teenager I couldn't get a grip in my spirit why "churches" had to spend so much money on buildings when there was so much need in the lives of people. It seemed like every time my girlfriend took me to church all they were seeking was money for their new building projects. Maybe those building projects of yesteryear are to help people today for such a time as this. Let me explain. It wasn't  until I was 23 years old that I came to the truth that in the word and eyes of God the church is not a building but rather the church is the people who believe in Him. But believing in God also means believing that Jesus Christ i

In case you missed this earlier, let me clarify the newly coined term "greenwash". If whitewashing is to 'gloss over or cover up a crime or a scandal', then "greenwashing" would be the use of money in an attempt to gloss over or cover up a crime or scandal. When our family read that the new wing at the Crocker Art Museum was going to be named The Teel Family Pavilion, we became unglued. This is the same family that owns the Raley’s Supermarket chain of stores. Joyce Raley Teel’s $13 million dollar donation enabled them the honor of having the new addition named after them. As you know from my previous articles about Raley’s and the Teel’s, a crime was committed against my father and our

Let me clarify the newly coined term "greenwash". If whitewashing is to 'gloss over or cover up a crime or a scandal', then "greenwashing" would be the use of money in an attempt to gloss over or cover up a crime or scandal. One year ago today on January 12th 2009, my friend and reporter Leann Lopez hand delivered nine letters with a "hungry4justice" card to the receptionist desk at City Hall. Mayor Kevin Johnson and all off the other city council members should have personally received their copy. Maybe the City Council didn't think this issue was important enough or they didn't want to believe this story to be true because Leann did not get one response by phone call or email about the

I just went to the Sacbee website and sure enough, Mike Teel was made CEO of Raley's. Now lets see what happens to the Good Eats place.  

I walked into the Pete's coffee shop at Alhambra and Folsom Blvd on Saturday afternoon and saw a friendly familiar face that I recognized. It was none other than Sac Press' Editor in Chief David Barton just enjoying life with a cup of something and a newspaper(of course). I re-introduced myself to him and sat down with my coffee at a table across the room. I really wanted to talk "news" with him but I didn't want to interrupt his down time. As I sat there at my table enjoying that great Pete's coffee, I found myself looking at the building that is kitty-corner from Pete's. It is the old Andiamo restaurant that has been recently updated. This was suppose to be the site of the Good Eats Gro

Thank you Christa for that info. I wanted to remind people of the main event, but I welcome everyone else to add comments of other attractions in midtown Saturday night to bring the people in.

Kati that was good to let readers know about this big event. It will be a great day for Sacramento. That happens to be my birthday as well and since i enjoy the Crocker Art Museum I will probably celebrate my birthday there. In fact, all my family and friends will be there too. Something that is worth noting is that the new Crocker expansion will be named The Teel Family Pavilion after Jim and Joyce Raley Teel who donated 13 million dollars to help build this new 100 million dollar wing. After you read my SacPress articles of how the Teel's got their money you will know why me and my family will be there on October 10th, 2010. Great article!

Thank you Jim for your comment but you can't burst my bubble. My dad was naive when it came to people he thought could be trusted. He always had the belief "innocent until proven guilty". By the time he figured out that the three men that hired him were thieves, he was ashamed of himself. Children that become victims of sexual offenders are often naive too, but we don't hold that against them do we? or call them names. But rather we pursue the criminal even more as an example to others. We sure cannot let criminals buy their way out of their crimes and justice, can we Jim? I guess you could say my dad was in a fantasy land. He was fantasizing what he was going to do with all of his bonus money. Keep in mind, he had nine children and about 30 grandchildren and he had hopes that he was finally going to be able to afford to do some things for them and their mother he never could afford to do before. You look like you are dressed for the military, Why don't we consider doing a new reality show called "A Battle Against Billionaire Criminals" First it can show Bernie Maddoff, then Allen Stanford and next Jim and Joyce Raley Teel at the Teel Family Pavilion at the Crocker Art Grand opening on 10-10-10. Oh by the way. That is my birthday too. Let's Party Jim.

Hi Tamaradorris, I see that you don't have an answer yet so I would assume it is the same word limit as the rest of the articles that have a 20,000 "character" limit. If this is wrong I hope they will correct me and then we will both know. Write On!

I think every time layoffs happen there should be a party like this to make the final experience as a group a pleasant experience as well. The mixing of emotions is probably a good way for the healing process to take place.