might save my life.

i live in steve cohn's beloved district, the one he dumped for greener pastures. i have been to many council meetings and my opinion is that bonnie has served well and long, too long. a little new energy would sure as hell help the council and district 8. no fan of our mayor, i still think a new voice for district 8, is welcome. if this voice should turn into a cheerleading mayoral sponsor, i will figure i got what we deserved.

i have some familiarity with the area as i was living on tokay lane when i first moved here in 1975 and walked the RR tracks for miles to the south. tokay lane is just south of elder creek off hedge and does not show on the map. i took joy in roads THAT WENT TO THEIR NAMES. reminded me of living in and around boston in the early sixties. those were the days. i saw Julia Child's very first tv shows, and met JFK on labor day 1962 at the compound in Hyannis Port. two wonderfully lucky and life fulfilling episodes. blah, bla. bl.

the kings have been a purple pimple for sacramento. unfortunately our freeway system was built before greg luckenbill and friends figured out a way to develop north natomas. so we are left with colossal traffic snarls and a parking lot at the POWERBALANCEARENA useful for satellite landings. the series of owners has reached the bottom, with the plump, broke, clowns from arizona who give perhaps one whit for sacramento. (i am not sure how much is a whit, but i am sure they will gamble one for us.) the team that once starred oscar robertson, and here vlade divac, "sucks wind" year after year and we get excited when the piss actually makes it into the toilet. i say, bye, bye, lets put 15% of the parking money into bike paths and pedestrian safety, and wish the black and purple a bruised goodbye.

portland is a fine city, and bears little or no comparison to our fine and boring mess where our latest accomplishment is 4 blocks of single lane auto traffic on k street. now kansas city is being drawn as a sister city. i guess we will build a hill with a huge phallic symbol as a war memorial, and we will get some decent art in out museum. hey, the kings came from there