Newest articles and comments on The Sacramento Press written by Jay Spooner

Jay Spooner on "Szalay prepares to say good-bye to top county spot"

2011-07-01T22:09:58Z

Hilarious...After months and months of malfeasance(Incl. sexism/racism) this guy has the nerve to say "Don't screw up"? Amazing the disconnect between what he believes and what is really going on. Morale is at an all time low, Upper management types that actually do the REAL work of the County are leaving in droves, Parks, the environment and most every dept. across the board are being eviscerated and Szaley, McGlashan and Peters keep on fiddling while the County(pretty much literally) burns. But it's OK because Hudson will eliminate all environmental review, parks and spend $600,000 plus(that the County does NOT have) to close/relocate all the Pot dispensaries and then and only then will everything be GREAT again. Disgusting.

Jay Spooner on "Opinion: Let's drop the ugly equivalence "

2010-09-18T19:44:38Z

Yes, but again the 9:30 thing is more about the prevalence of too many kids not because of "drunken revelers" or any "scary" stuff or people. If there was some way of enforcing the 10P.M. curfew(or ANYthing for kids to do) then I would stay out later...As it is I have just a bit of claustrophobia and wall to wall children who don't know to pay attention to others is just too much.

Jay Spooner on "Opinion: Let's drop the ugly equivalence "

2010-09-17T22:06:05Z

Thank you David...Very reasoned and reasonable arguments...I've lived in Midtown for ten years now(just blocks from 20th & J) and also wouldn't trade it for anywhere in Sacramento. I LOVE Second Saturday. The Art and the music and the people but I DO normally go home by 9:30 because I don't much like all the kids("Get off my lawn" indeed)... There are many good ideas floating around and I'll save that part for those forums. Here I will just say thanks for putting succinctly what many of us are feeling. I will NOT let people scare me away from Second Saturday.

Jay Spooner on "Community Brainstorm: Second Saturday Solutions"

2010-09-17T21:49:43Z

Thank you Marion. Lots of good food for thought...A couple of things, There IS already a Third Saturday event that is basically an unattended failure each month which leads me to believe that people might not be quick to patronize events on K St...Porta-potties NEED to be more prevalent to keep people from using yards as such...The Kings bring Millions of dollars into this community and have NEVER missed a loan payment(plus they bring TONS of entertainment and civic pride to this city) so going after them MIGHT not be the best idea...Starting Second Saturday earlier(especially in Winter) seems like a no-brainer...The river promenade MUST be better utilized and probably will once the new Crocker opens...

Jay Spooner on "Ashby and Eldredge Ready for the Rigors of Serving on City Council"

2010-05-12T23:15:59Z

And the photo of Shawn is credited to Jay Spooner Photography...

Shawn Eldredge For City Council District 3 Fundraiser Concert

2010-04-19T20:41:21Z

On April 17, 2010 Harlow's hosted a benefit concert for Shawn Eldredge who is running for City Council in Distrct 3(Midtown and East Sacramento)...

Featured artists were Punk Rock Icon Kevin Seconds(with his wife Allyson), Greenhouse(featuring Gene Smith from Kai Kln), A special reunion performance by Sacramento Blues greats The Chrome Addict's, Shotblast and headling the show to a young entranced and very enthusiastic crowd was up and coming "indie" Rockers Lite Brite.

To find out more more on Shawn Eldredge's positions on the issues go to www.shawneldredge.com or find him on facebook...

All photos Copyright Jay Spooner Photography

Jay Spooner on "Tea Party April 15 2010 at the California State Capitol"

2010-04-19T19:59:17Z

Rachel Rocks!

Tea Party April 15 2010 at the California State Capitol

2010-04-16T21:01:21Z

I don't want to make any big generalized Political statements here, I'll let the photos do that, but I WILL say that the whole thing seemed devoid of any sort of Joy or optimism. Calling the State Capitol "That stupid building" over and over again seemed a little excessive and more than a bit regressive and M.C.s Eric Hogue and Roger Hedgecock seemed more interested in fomenting anger than in putting forth any sort of answers to the "issues" they purported to address.

Jay Spooner on "Inside out-sourcing"

2009-01-09T01:20:55Z

As a 19 year subscriber to the Bee who has seen the paper's size and quality shrink, seemingly by the day, I find THIS whole thing to be VERY disturbing...I agree with Shay when he says "I take with a grain of salt everything I read on the web. I don’t see how websites can compete with real newspapers doing real journalism. Maybe it’s the permanency of ink: It’s real. If you put it on your blog and it’s wrong, you delete it and it’s like it was never said".. THAT being said, The Bee is making it harder and harder, especially in these financial times, to continue to subscribe to a paper that seems to care less about people, the community and their own quality than it does the bottom line. Thanks DWB. Keep up the good work, JS