A new arena is not about jobs Mayor Johnson, it is about your legacy, and adding to your NBA resume.... the jobs is secondary that your clan would like to hide behind. Former Mayor Heather Fargo tried to get this project going when she was mayor and jobs were plentiful, because she wanted a legacy....she was the one that approached the Maloofs about building a new arena in the first place. IF the current arena is outdated, or simply doesn't have a large enough capacity, and you somehow manage to get the go ahead on building a new facility, the smart place to build one is right next to the current arena where we "already have the infastructure in place" (so no/minimal tax payer impact), where "it is within walking distance of several brand new high capacity hotels" (who do you think you are kidding Mr. Michael Ault, executive director of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership). Furthermore Mr. Ault, if now is the time and place to build a new arena, use "your money" to do it, not mine or any other tax payer's money....you really think this kind of project is responsible use of tax payer money when we are in economic times that see people loosing their homes??? In our future, we know the rail yard will be redeveloped. We know at some point a new arena will be built. A smart use of the rail yard would be to build a new mega shopping/restaraunt/entertainment center because K street mall is dead. K street mall will never be a serious player in the retail industry because it is too congested with downtown traffic, you are charged to park your car, you can't park any where close to the store you want to shop at which means carrying your goods back to your car and fighting off pan handlers while you do it. Let K street mall go back to offices or housing. The rail yard runs right into Old Sac so the two would still be connected. Lastly, "bbbbmer" (hiding your name?), since you seem to want to bring political party affiliation into this, Mayor Johnson is a Democrat, you pin head. Here is a link to his Bio....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Johnson. Don't blame the Republicans for Democrat misconduct. The Democrats have been running Sacramento, for that matter the State of California, in the state assembly going back to 1970... here is a link for that info as well... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Legislature. Next time you want to play the blame game, look at your own political party first.