Now would a company send a Wally or a Dilbert to this sort of conference? I am thinking Wally. Dilbert would have an overwhelming urge to speak the obvious, and that would detract from all the sensitive togetherness at this conference.

The article says $25K or more will be saved by less setup, less administration, fewer meetings and fewer "projects" started by a commission. Since they are not going to fire anyone and the commission is doing the same amount of work, how is this going any significant amount of money? Maybe the current staff is putting in a lot over overtime that will now be unnecessary?

It is a good decision. The Calif. Attorney General should not have a veto over a vote of the people -- i.e., by refusing to defend it in court. The court has now allowed others to pick up the task when the attorney general refuses to do his job.

The vast majority of the public in Sacramento are more interested in police and fire protection than art museums and sports events. If you try to compete with those, you'll lose. Why not build a new arena the traditional way -- fundraising, gifts from big businesses and the rich, and even arena ticket surcharges? It may take five to ten years to raise the money. But if this approach had been used when all this replacing-the-arena talk started, we'd be there by now. Once the Maloofs see a realistic executing plan in place, they will likely stay put.

The acronym LGBT means Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender.