Is this supposed to be good news? They've said it themselves, "if an arena plan cannot be finalized in a timely fashion, the NBA’s relocation committee has assured Maloof Sports and Entertainment that it will support an application to move the franchise to another market". Really hard to see how this isn't just our fair city being held hostage for another year; the ransom being a new arena complex we probably don't need. One would think that the city would be looking for ways to fill any void left by the kings leaving; not by begging them to stay -- but by instead capitalizing on what makes Sacramento a destination. In my mind, an NBA team has never been one of those things.

I also agree that mentioning him by name is bad form. While I haven't had the debatable pleasure of interacting with this particular individual much, I suspect some might deem it 'Troll Food'. After all, they tend to thrive on notoriety.

I'm a tremendous fan of self-moderated communities, and I think that if given the feature set, your readers would pull it off in fine style. You've provided the ability to rate comments, all that's left is to tie those ratings to thresholds that severely obscure comments that are consistently down-rated by the community. (The text of such entries becomes either extremely light gray, or their backgrounds become very dark.) Those who wish to read them still can, however they aren't as prevalent to those looking for comments of value. Some sites take it a step further and hide down-ranked comments, requiring a + click to display them. http://www.wow.com uses a comment system such as this -- yah, I'm one of *those* geeks. =) Such a system discourages trolls by making it 100% clear to them that their actions aren't appreciated, and that any such content will quickly become that much harder to see if it doesn't bring some value to the discussion. It also completely takes you guys out of the censorship business, which I can only imagine will eliminate any fallout from necessary actions such as this. Take it a step further to automatically ban anyone who only contributes 'Greys', and you've got yourself a system that manages everything all by itself, without making Sacpress out to be the bad guys. Pity folks can't behave themselves and act like adults. While you can't change behavior, systems such as this can at least encourage the type of community you're looking to foster here.

Can't wait to see this on CNN.

I don't view this as a good idea - at all. These properties would likely become centers for crime, not havens of opportunity.