I really like the Sacramento Press.  It gives an open forum to the public which otherwise would be unlikely to find an audience.  It's free and anyone can say just about anything, and that's good.  I wouldn't ask to have the rules changed. But as to continuing to participate, my reasons for dropping out are simply that, in my mind, a person writes a bit of news or an opinion and the public is welcome to comment on it.  That's good too. I do however take umbrage at readers who, instead of discussing the comments, rebutting them or agreeing with them, instead turn their attention from the comments to the writer with an aggressive, personal, untruthful, mistaken and just plain rude comments

Code enforcement officers are no longer going to accept a note on the door as evidence that the tenant does not want them to enter the property.  They want at least a telephone number.  I realize that in this day and age, even most grammar school kids have a cell phone, but there is still a large segment of our population that  does not have phones.  I don't believe there is a law requiring the ownership of a telephone. (so far). Building Inspectors John Leno and Chuck Monsen tell me that, in any case,—note or no note—the owner or the owner's representative must hang about the property during the 4 hour time schedule to meet with the inspector.  They also told me that this hit or miss ins

 In an earlier tirade against the city council’s high-handed move against both landlords and tenants, I complained about its abuse of authority in trying to force landlords and tenants alike to allow code enforcement officers to snoop around inside residences with the excuse of making certain these dwellings are safe secure places for renters to live.   Evidently, after running down that rare lawyer who isn’t out chasing after mesothelioma patients, the city council learned the astonishing fact that it can’t simply walk into a person’s home without either a search warrant or permission from the resident.  Now the city council has belatedly given residents the opportunity to place a signe

Following my remarks in my commentary Big Brother or Big Bully, a reader complained that the former Franklin Villa had nothing to do with the article about rental home inspections. My thrust there was to point out how the city council members, going back several administrations, have had the policy of sitting in the back room and making sub rosa decisions that affect you, me and our pocketbooks.  Then they bring these matters out in public meetings where they have to allow concerned citizens their three minutes, and not a second more.  When all this is done, they go ahead and pass what they had already decided on in their clandestine meetings. Where does Franklin Villa come in?  The city

In a follow-up to my earlier comments on the new program implemented by the Sacramento City Council, I’d like to add a little more detail. The city has granted itself the authority to enter all rental homes in the city for annual inspections. All landlords must comply. Of course, there is a fee for those who comply and a fine for those who hesitate. I’d like to add that further investigation shows that it will be incumbent on every property owner to inform the city that he/she has a rental unit and pay an annual fee for the privilege. Oh, and one more detail: The owner must live within 35 miles of city hall, or have a representative who does. I feel that for the city to enter rental prope