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July 28, 2005
Inspection
Complete STS-114 Mission Coverage
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Nov. 9: Henry Rollins @ the Crest!
Yeah! Yeah...(unintelligible mumbling)
Just got my weekly Henry Rollins email and he sent out his tour dates for the rest of the year. He's coming to Sacramento November 9th, appearing at the Crest Theatre.
I caught him a couple of weeks ago on IFC in a documentary about 70s-80s Punk subculture called Punk: Attitude. Jello Biafra was in it as well, it was a hoot listening to Biafra talk trash. Great footage of bay area venues from the 80s, and footage of the Dead Kennedys and Black Flag.
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July 27, 2005
Albee Creek-deux Sept 9-12, 2005
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Murder is not a stranger to the Croetto Ghetto
In the last 3 months, there have been two murders in the Mills Park-Croetto area, affectionately known as the Croetto Ghetto, which brought back memories for me of murders committed in this neighborhood within the last 10-15 years. Although the Police Chief of Rancho Cordova and the city council claim there is no trend or correlation between all these murders occuring under 100 yards of one another, as defined by their unique subset of crime analysis, the rest of the world has a different methodology of assessing and analyzing crime.
April 26th, William Hill was shot to death in the rear parking area of the Sandtrap Lounge off Woodberry Way, formerly called the Keyhole Lounge and site of the 2000 shooting murders of two patrons.
See:
2 killed, 2 hurt in shooting at karaoke bar: No apparent motive noted
By Andy Furillo and Stephen Magagnini
Bee Staff Writers(Published Feb. 15, 2000)SHOOTINGS SPARK FEAR, CONCERNS
February 27, 2000 Section: NEIGHBORS
Page: N1 By Chris Derr Neighbors staff writer
On July 01, Debra Ann Peoples was strangled to death at 10516 Redburn Lane (1)(2), which I believe is at the Grandee Apartments where in 1995, Jim Hill, working as the Grandee Apts manager, was stabbed to death.
See:
TWO KILLED IN INCIDENTS LINKED TO TEENS APARTMENT MANAGER STABBED; GIRL SHOT IN APPARENT ACCIDENT
October 23, 1995
Section: METRO Page: B3
By Janine DeFao Bee Staff Writer
HARD TIMES GONE, BUT A VIOLENT END CAME
October 24, 1995
Section: METRO Page: B1
By Janine DeFao Bee Staff Writer
There are dozens of other stories of violent crimes being committed over the last 10-15 years, just yards from both of these recent murders. There is something wrong in the Croetto Ghetto. Rancho Cordovans should be demanding an accountancy from their civic leaders and city government as to why so much violence has plagued this neighborhood since the early 1980's, and why the new city does so little about it, except cite it as a "Global Village" and suggest that street furniture would cure all of it's ills.
The city council is fully prepared to subsidize another decade of violence with it's ambivalence towards this neighborhood, and Rancho Cordovans north and south of the freeway will have to pay for it, literally, dollar for dollar.
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My 200 words to the Bee about "Unrest in the Uncity"
Well, mayor Cooley got his letter printed the next day the editorial "Unrest in the Uncity" appeared, mine will not get printed, leading me to believe that many of these pieces are choreographed with area politicians, npos and developers which the Bee is supportive of.
Here was my neutered 200 word max "memo" to the Bee:
Re "Unrest in The Uncity," editorial, July 22: The "system" was broken long before now. The three cities that have incorporated initiated cityhood efforts prior to 1990. Citrus Heights, the first to succeed, had to go to the Supreme Court in 1992 during it's battle for cityhood, making it possible for all county residents to exercise the right to have a chance in bringing balance to an inequitable governance model. What many do not realize is that this "system" is not as much an anomaly as has been put forth. San Francisco City and County has a swelling, underserved population with islands of disservice. It was this very model, the dream of a "super county/city" or citi-state that Sacramento County leaders attempted to foist upon voters in 1990. They have been in denial ever since it's defeat at the polls. Two major obstacles face unincorporated communities in their quest for equity from Sacramento County; The county CFO and county sheriff. Once this political machine is disassembled, the financial shell game of the county and the influence peddling of the sheriff, citizens of the Uncity might get a fair chance at shaping a future so many other California counties have realized.
UPDATE: 14:30 | 07292005:
Guess I was wrong. Oops.
>-----Original Message-----
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>Subject: Bee Letter Publication Notice
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> Dear Mr. Scupper,
> Your letter to the editor of The Sacramento Bee has been (or
> will be) published on July 30, 2005.
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> John Hughes Letters Editor (916) 321-1906
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/. - Nokia Could Make Linux Top Embedded OS
Slashdot | Nokia Could Make Linux Top Embedded OS
Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 26, @11:01PM
from the sea-changes-considered-not-promised dept.
prostoalex writes "Nokia's experiment with N770 prototype device and its own Linux-based dev platform got the folks from ARCchart thinking - Is Nokia ready to jump the Symbian ship and switch to Linux? TechWeb chimes in: "Such a switch by Symbian would make Linux, in one fell swoop, the leading mobile device platform. It already is riding a wave with PalmSource's decision to port the Palm OS to Linux and a defection by Nokia would seal the deal.""
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July 23, 2005
"Ten years ago, that just wasn't the case."
"We're doing a lot right now," Weidman said. "Ten years ago, that just wasn't the case." "The community has been criticized for a long time for its reputation as a bad place to live," she said.
I came across a 1998 Bee article, in my archive of stuff about Rancho Notorious, where former neighbor and County School Board member Margaret Weidman made a statement about what is now recounted as Rancho's "Golden Age". While I personally know (and experienced) that Rancho was under siege in the mid eighties on into the mid-nineties, it was refreshing to see evidence of the truth, and how people in leadership of our community then framed the issues, and measured progress.
Here's the article:(continue)
RENAISSANCE IS GOAL OF MONTHLONG CELEBRATION
March 5, 1998
Section: NEIGHBORS
Page: N1
By Chris Derr Neighbors staff writer
--For Rancho Cordova residents, March will be filled with activities that many hope will lead to a revitalized community. The Rancho Cordova Renaissance Month, which kicks off today, will highlight a number of changes under way in the community.
"Rancho Cordova is a growing and vibrant place,' said Curt Haven, executive director of the chamber of commerce. "There are some exciting new happenings.'
The events start at Mitchell Middle School today with a celebration of the passage of Measure V, the $10.4 million school bond measure approved by voters in November. Improvements to the campus are scheduled to begin in June and wrap up this summer.
Saturday the Cordova Recreation and Park District will dedicate one of the Hagan Community Park baseball fields to the memory of Jim Glass, a much-loved booster of sports programs in the community.
The long-awaited groundbreaking for the light-rail station at Mather Field Road and Folsom Boulevard, to be known as the Mather Field-Mills Station, is scheduled March 12. The project will include moving the historic Mills Station building from Dawes Street.
A "Rancho Roundup' is planned March 14 at the Mills Shopping Center on Folsom Boulevard. During the event, the sheriff's community service center, in conjunction with a video rental company, will provide child fingerprinting and video records of children for identification purposes. The California Highway Patrol will conduct a bicycle rodeo for kids.
Community service organizations are invited to set up booths at the site for fund-raising activities, and to provide membership and general information.
Later in the month, a groundbreaking will be held for the new community resource center at Coloma Road and McGregor Drive. The project is funded by the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency.
Jane Smith, a representative of Supervisor Don Nottoli, said the 15,205-square-foot facility is to be finished by late June.
"We've been working on putting the resource center there for nearly five years,' Smith said. "Finally, after all that time, it's coming.'
In addition, the Folsom Boulevard revitalization project, also funded by the housing and redevelopment agency, will have a groundbreaking to signal the start of work to improve the physical appearance of the boulevard by upgrading storefronts and landscaping.
On March 25, Mather Airport will be celebrate the opening of a new, multimillion-dollar airport terminal.
Three days later, the Mills and Rancho Cordova Little Leagues will hold their opening day ceremonies.
Today's Measure V celebration starts at 11:30 a.m. at Mitchell Middle School at 2100 Zinfandel Drive. Nottoli, school board members, chamber of commerce representatives and other community leaders will be on hand for the event.
Saturday's field dedication at Hagan Park gets under way at noon.
Margaret Weidman, who represents the Rancho Cordova area on the Sacramento County Board of Education, said the magnitude of this month's activities is significant.
"We're doing a lot right now,' Weidman said. "Ten years ago, that just wasn't the case.'
"The community has been criticized for a long time for its reputation as a bad place to live," she said.
Evie Kadle, a longtime community activist who has lived in Rancho Cordova nearly 20 years, said she hopes the events will present the community in a more positive light.
For more information about the month's activities, call the chamber of commerce at 361-8750.
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July 17, 2005
The successor to the Goo
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July 16, 2005
I am a deadly predator!
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July 12, 2005
Looking north across Mather Lake
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On the south shore of Mather Lake
My dad and I used to fish here when I was a kid. The USAF allowed vehicle access, and we would drive down and park right near the cat tails. I also learned to shoot here. My dad would have me cast out a line with a bobber, different sizes each time, and fill the bobber with BBs until it sank or shattered. Hitting a moving bobber was also real fun. Many a one way screaming match was had if the bobber came back empty. The only shooting I do now out here is with the camera.
Full Res is best
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Hey, can Rancho join in and start a trend?
News - Elk Grove group gets OK to launch recall drive - sacbee.com
Elk Grove group gets OK to launch recall drive
Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PDT Tuesday, July 12, 2005
ELK GROVE - A group of Elk Grove residents won city approval Monday to circulate two petitions seeking to recall City Councilmen Michael Leary and Jim Cooper over conflict-of-interest complaints.
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Hitchens delivers a body blow (and so well)
From Srebrenica to Baghdad - What the genocide taught us about intervention. By Christopher Hitchens
From Srebrenica to Baghdad
What the genocide taught us about intervention.
By Christopher Hitchens
Posted Monday, July 11, 2005, at 9:41 AM PT
slate.com
Ronald Steel is one of the most gentle and humane liberals I have ever met, but I can still see his next-day's op-ed in the New York Times, announcing that the fall of the "safe havens" was "a blessing in disguise," since it might force the Bosnians to sue for peace. I can remember the red rage in which I wrote a letter to the Times, saying that a mass murder was a pretty effective disguise. And the sickening news, day by day, of the routine and organized torture and slaughter, and then the crude interment of the butchered cadavers, ploughed under like black plastic bags of refuse.
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The European Union utterly failed Bosnia, which was in its very own "back yard." So did the United Nations. So did the Clinton-Gore administration, for as long as it regarded Milosevic as "containable" by the use of sanctions. Bosnia did not cease to be a killing field, and Serbia did not cease to be an aggressive dictatorship until the United States armed forces took a hand. The neoconservatives, to their great honor, mostly supported an effort to prevent genocide being inflicted on Muslims: an enterprise in which Israeli interests were not involved.
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