Editor's Note: Ronald West is a consultant for Sacramentans for Accountable Government and Mayor Kevin Johnson's brother. Here's how you can tell Sacramento political insiders are getting desperate to stop the city's charter reform movement: They are already lying about reform, nine months before the election. The beauty of charter reform is its simplicity. The voting public will have total control. Come June 2010, Sacramento voters will decide whether to modernize their city charter and create a strong mayor system, or keep business as usual. That's the whole debate. You know opponents of reform are worried because they are trying to complicate that simple statement, scare voters with

I read this same blog on a different website. On the other site, Devin Lavelle is credited with writing "Is the Quickest Way to the Mayor's Office through the Strong Mayor Campaign?" On Sac Press, the author is Evan Hawkins. Ironically, neither Devin nor Evan wrote this article. Sac Press should investigate...

Susie, here are a few of the Mayor's accomplishments: http://www.kevinjohnsonformayor.com/kjfm/?p=174

Sacramento is currently the second most dangerous city in the State of California. In spite of this, Sacramento allocates a smaller percentage of its general fund to public safety than any other major city. A mayor with the authority to propose a budget could allocate an additional $3MM dollars to hire 30 more additional police officers.

Please update your profile. Based on experience, anything short of full disclosure is problematic. Your concluding disclosure paragraph simply summarizes your lengthy mayor/driver analogy. I encourage you to attend the Mayor's town hall meetings. There is one tomorrow from 7-8pm at the Robinson Community Center in Del Paso Heights (3525 Norwood Avenue). This is one of the dozens of arenas in which Mayor Johnson has made himself available for public input.

“It’s especially great to be in a city where the mayor shares the ideals of President Kennedy that the arts are so crucial to a healthy society.” – Michael Kaiser, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Reported by the Sacramento Bee: Kennedy Center officials said they chose Sacramento out of 27 interested cities from around the country in part because of the city's For Art's Sake initiative, started by Mayor Kevin Johnson. That initiative has worked to coordinate local arts organizations and has formed committees working on arts education, funding, facilities, marketing and film.