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

kings came here for real estate - develop north natomas. if we let them go will the undevelop natomas on the way out? that is an idea i will vote for.

i did not realize arborist Dan Pskowski had been demoted to root work. i remember him 15 years ago talking about the elms on N. the elm disease came to a halt when it came to the Siberian elms. he is a treasure of our city. he loves our trees and our trees love him. CITY STAFF is a sometimes thing, there are wonders among the moldy figs, but there are a lot of seeds in figs.

superior indian food has been hard to find, INDIA at 8th and J was very good, for quite a few years, but they sold it, and the same location produced the WORST i have ever experienced. they could not even cook rice. many folks are impressed by Bombay on 21st, but while friendly, i would not want to eat again there. so if `Mr. Singh can do well in Toronto, perhaps the most cosmopolitan city in North America, i have high hopes. But the sticky point will be cost/rent. Good, cost is not important.

another good reason to go to the historical society meetings. i however seem to be lapsed. i kick myself regularly

i have only heard your mom on the telephone, but i am going to give her a hug when she is on ACL. hell i might even give you one too, the oldest vip

i enjoyed, thanks.

i will second bill burg on this, but i do so on faith that it cannot get worse. comedyspot brian is right on, if a later voice, to the chorus led perhaps by vrilakis. and brian, how about dougbiggie.com?

i wish Gus well. watching him for the last ten years has bee a pleasure. he has surprised me, principally that one so physically small could be so calm and careful. once or twice i found his explanations to the council very similar to those of the legislative analyst, and that is high praise indeed.

i think, no perhaps here, the most original piece in sacramento press. kudos, and this award should go with a certificate that you can get up as late as feeld comfortable and still find everything you want or need at the sunday farmers' market. very good work!

sounds pricey. and i am reasonable sure i have little interest in the dj after some hearings/ i like the idea that the venue is walkable, but vivian lee's bit on sundays has had some real gems, and seems a better deal.

i went - to see my all time favorite rock guitar. one richard thompson. it was at least the fifth, maybe the seventh time i have seen him. i spilt because of the OVER THE @#%$& sound system. when ear plugs don't work - hard to imagine needing them for richard thompson, and you can feel the bass in your neck - honest ,i left my beer - you couldn't take it with you - and escaped with the hearing i had left. of course this is partially the fault of the promoters. but that subsonic shit has to die.

gus vina has ben doing a grand job for years, and the council's vote was a waste of money. maybe they could get one of the talented crew from BELL. but the crash tax, way to go, way to me a MAJOR LEAGUE CITY. bring back anne rudin and the old council, including robbie, but not the old city manager.

i sure this had been in the things to do sac press directive. really interesting stuff is hard to find, but i found the juvenile hall open house in the bee. that was cool.

i second joesacramento's call for a darker type face, and a larger one when you switch to READ MORE. tis hard to read now and the size of the page shrinks. it would be fun if you could add the B I U bar to the boxes, color if possible, which would dress up all the comments. is this feasile, at least the B U I? i call for more dwb, along with bill burg, he's usually the best thing going.

thanks to "beckler" i rode my bike over on the second day. i'll make this a regular visit in the future. i spent over an hour watching kick-volleyball afore i went thru the gates. few caucasian faces for some crazy reason. boy are they missing out. there was one big guy with his hmong girlfriend, and he was dressed in hmong colors, and of course there were the mormons, some of whom actually spoke hmong. food was splendid.