Drinks are WAY to expensive and WAY to watered down.

14 years is too long. District 8 has a lot of problems that a fresh voice with a different set of eyes may be able to help address.

1) Who was talking about voting? The author and my comments were not directed at whether or not these individuals can vote, clearly they cannot if they do not live within city limits and 2) If, if, and if - a lot of ifs I must say.

So you can only voice an opinion in Sacramento if you live here? It matters not if you own a business or work here? What if one has only lived here for a year but another has owned a business for 20? They still can't voice an opinion? Btw, as Councilmember D Fong and many others have pointed out, many of Sacramento's cops and firefighters do not live in the city either - does that mean they can't voice an opinion about city governance?

@MyQuest - Agreed.

I think they understand. I think they simply don't like Kevin Johnson.

Of course they are.

Yes he was.

The Sacramento Public Policy Foundation Board of Directors are all Kevin Johnson affiliates: Fred Hiestand is the father of Kevin Hiestand who is the former lawyer for St. Hope Tracy Stigler was a member of the St. Hope Board of Directors Joseph Rodota served as an adviser to Kevin Johnson's mayoral campaign

1717 I Street is the address of Townsend Raimundo Besler & Usher, a political consulting firm ran by David Townsend who ran Kevin Johnson's 2008 campaign for mayor. http://www.trbu.com/index.html

The City Roll is absolutely amazing.

Great. Another tax. Thank you Sacramento City Council.

Was this article checked for spelling and grammar errors before it was published? This article is replete with errors, many are simple grammar errors that would have been caught had the writer or an editor taken the time to proofread. Better quality should be expected.

It was a spirited race in D7 but at the end of the day the best candidate won. If Chin had any class he would reach out to the victor immediately and offer his help in advancing the needs of the residents of the district.

Would you care to elaborate with specifics and facts instead of resorting to childish and frankly lame personal attacks?

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 447 is the same union that the Sacramento Bee recently exposed as having spent nearly $800,000 in campaign contributions to local candidates in just the past 3 years. That total, $758,000 but probably closer to $800k with the recent June Primary elections, is "more than the region's two largest law enforcement unions, the firefighters union and the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce – combined", said the Bee. So the City spent nearly $650K to extend their contracts and not lay off workers, the unions did not budge and now Harry Rotz is not even in town to negotiate? Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/05/18/2757891/plumbers-flex-muscle-in-local.html#ixzz0uOXAHexy

Um phone numbers and emails are part of the public domain - get over it. One way of gathering such data is to visit the County Registrar - another is to employ the use of one of the myriad of voter data management systems in existence. Any campaign attempting to reach constituents employs the use of voter data. If you do not want your phone number and/or email used by political campaigns then do not provide them when you fill out a voter registration card.

I fully respect everyone's right to freely express themselves, even when they engage in Orwellian double speak. If one is going to express their opinion they should take care that they don't contradict themselves in the same blog post. The fact is that Rhonda portrays herself as fair minded yet time and again she exposes herself as just another Tretheway sycophant.

Misunderstanding perhaps. I didn't see it necessary to repeat the total numbers that were already included in the article. The point that I am making is that her overall lead is increasing because she is outpacing Tretheway by an even wider margin on the vote by mail ballots than the ballots cast at the polls. The fact that she is should indicate that her lead will continue to grow. In fact, the consensus opinion among seasoned politicos that I have talked to seems to be what final number she will end up at; none sincerely believes this race will head to a runoff. Although technically still a possibility, the chances are really really slim. In fact, there is no indication, by any analysis of the votes that have been cast that a runoff is where this is headed. I thought I was fairly clear that the 53.6% came from the last tally of VBM's that the county updated on Friday afternoon. If not, then that is on me and I will make sure to be extra clear next time.

And??