Sacto arena deal violates public policy and public trust
The dubious arena deal in Sacramento has strange bedfellows aligning. The lack of public debate, the fishy numbers put out by the city, and the deceit about the growing public subsidy has angered many...
View ArticleSacto City Clerk rejects petition to put arena subsidy to a public vote
In another twist in Sacramento’s arena derangement syndrome, a petition drive to put a public subsidy for the proposed Sacramento basketball arena project to a public vote, has been rejected by the...
View ArticleThe quiet Arena lawsuit moves forward
Last week a judge ruled against the lawsuit to place the proposed public subsidy for the new basketballarena before Sacramento voters. Local media heralded the decision. But there is another...
View ArticleSacramento Arena Deal Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over
“It ain’t over ‘til it’s over,” Lenny Kravitz crooned in the 1990’s. And so goes Sacramento’s publicly subsidized arena deal. The group of 12 citizens who sued the city under the California...
View ArticleSacramento Arena Deal About Power and Politics
This is Part ll; Part lSacramento Arena Deal Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over Sacramento has spent 13 years trying to build a publicly funded sports arena, with Mayor Kevin Johnson and Sacramento Sen....
View ArticleLocal ‘Thought Leaders’ Bamboozle Sac GOP on Measure L
I arrived home from a weekend away, lateSunday afternoon, to a robo-call phone message from the Sacramento County Republican Party Chairmantouting Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s “Strong Mayor,”...
View ArticleSacramento Mayor KJ: $8M Art Piece For Publicly Subsidized Arena a ‘Good...
UPDATED: March 13, 2015 to include a photo of the $8 million piece of art from a Sacramento city staff report – a public record. While this may appear to be a local news story from the wayward...
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