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Oh, the dog park people are dissapointed??????

Get in line, and bring lots of doggie doo bags, btw Federspiel and White Rock Parks don’t have ONE DOGGIE DOO STATION! Not one. Dog Park, how about just a poo station. We should have a Dog Park at Hagan, but, that’s what you get for trusting this community’s leadership and media. Don’t like, Leave……..(Or contribute to someone besides the incumbents)

courtesy of Rancho Cordova Post.com, the “Acting Mayor” and “Acting City Manager” Curt T. Haven released this news release (no mention of city communications director Nancy Pearl):

“On behalf of the City of Rancho Cordova, we are deeply saddened about this tragic accident. That it happened on Christmas Eve only worsens a horrific occurrence. Our hearts go out to the victims still suffering from both physical and psychological wounds. Our prayers for a full recovery go out to our two neighbors, Sunny and Kim Dickson—and their families–still hospitalized.

Our City Staff and Council Members have been very attentive to the immediate and long-term needs of the residents as a result of the explosion. We have met with as many people face-to-face as we could locate. We have attempted at every step to provide comfort and solace. We understand that those who witnessed the accident are injured emotionally as well and we are doing whatever we can to provide solace.

We plan to work closely with the agencies in charge of the investigation to ensure a seamless process and effective communications with the community.”

Explosion Neighbors Lash Out at City
Posted By: Mark Hedlund
KXTV News 10 Sacramento, CA

Pedro Hernandez, who helped organize the neighbor meeting, said the ceilings are falling in, walls are cracked and the houses have been moved from their foundation. But he said there’s no real effort from officials to go door to door asking residents what damage their homes may have.

When I first tuned into news coverage of the explosion, watching KCRA 3, they had just switched over to Dan Shively for the breaking news, and the first caller to speak with Dan Shively was Pedro Hernandez, starting his call with “Yes…….this is Pedro Hernandez…I’m a Rancho Cordova Community Leader…”.

Now I read in this KXTV News 10 story that Pedro has organized residents of the homes affected and potentially affected by the explosion. Pedro,……Makin’ Moves. Good For Him, at least he did something, and didn’t criticize residents for not being “more positive”. Im sure the Sheriff’s Dept will use footage of this explosion during the public meetings for RCPD contract renewal, and that somehow, city employees will get commendations for their selfless service to the neighborhood, which we will read about in the city employee newsletter called “City Views”. So much to be harvested from a tragedy, where to start….

ranchocordova

Courtesy of the Budge Legacy Machine

Lyrics
Croetto Way

ThoughTProcesS Battles song page

(instrumentals 1 – track 5)

[chorus:]
this is croetto
drama in croetto
this is croetto
the ghetto

[verse 1:]
anything you want can be bought and sold
landlords kickin’ people out in the cold
fights of the “he said, she said” stuff
its not soft, yanno it’s rough

don’t scrub the mold off the bathroom
you crazy, its sweltering in june!
spraypaint over all the mold you see!
most importantly, conserve your energy

the jobs done, kick it on the box chair
throw trash in the rocks there
listen to the ghetto bird – gunshots at night
watch the pimp fight in the twilight

abusive husbands and all the such
wives leave them and go nuts
they just cant take it any more they’re done
next week back to him they run

[chorus:]

[verse 2:]
lady’s exercising on the electric scooters
and losin weight sittin’ at library computers
social butterflies talkin all day to themselves
posted up at the magazine shelves

more people outside of their house than in
text books and backpacks abandoned
stand around in a large group and talk
otherwise just look mean and walk

in destructive ways kids will play
wearin puffy coats in the middle of may
homeless recyclers go for the rebound
in their dumpsters free money can be found

the coke bottle glasses are cheaper around
when aluminum is seven dollars a pound
and the baby momma drama is all around you
a block party with chicken and gravy fondu

[chorus:]

[verse 3:]
Oh snap! My hub caps gone!
now i drive my car like on the autobaun
im the forever rally racer
the urban city smooth – lady chaser

so I’m usin only the best equipment
the 80′s oldsmobiles with no temperment
get some tape, duct tape the ceiling up
glue stuff to the dash, its nuts

mix and match the hand-me-down stereo
kick the wheels out, go very slow
right next to the wood panel garage
no, this style aint a mirage

the anger and tension stew cuz of deciet
dont keep it inside take it out in the street
argue furiously where the whole world can see
livin in croetto doesnt gotta be fancy

[chorus: 2x]

Green Party activist Peter Camejo, 68, dies – sacbee.com

Civil rights activist Peter Miguel Camejo, an advocate of third party politics, died early today at his home in Folsom, according to Ralph Nader, who notified The Bee in an e-mailed tribute.Nader said Camejo’s wife, Morella, was at his side.Camejo, 68, had been battling lymphoma cancer. Nader said Camejo’s condition had deteriorated over the past few days.Camejo was a third party candidate for state and national office. He was Nader’s running mate in the 2004 presidential election, and attempted three gubernatorial runs in California for the Green Party. In 2002 he garnered 5.3 percent of the vote. In the 2003 recall election, he debated Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis.”Peter was a friend, colleague and politically courageous champion of the downtrodden and mistreated of the entire Western hemisphere,” Nader said in his e-mail. “Everyone who met Peter, talked with Peter, worked with Peter, or argued with Peter, will miss the passing of a great American.”

Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

10:00 A.M. — Presentation of Resolution Honoring Geoffrey Davey Upon the Occasion of His Retirement as Chief Financial /Operations Officer of the County of Sacramento

PDF (with no presentation included)

Video of 09/11/2007 meeting

Click the drop down menu below the media player and select
“22. 10:00 am Presentation of Resolution Honoring Geoffrey Davey Upon the Occasion of His Retirement as Chief Financial /Operations Officer of the County of Sacramento”

I post a lot about Rancho here, and the leaders of Rancho. That’s going to change. I’ve had another blog set up with the domain www.ranchwatch.org since ’05, and never made the time, or made the time and approached it all wrong, with the wrong goals and expectations about what I wanted to do with a blog of this nature, and have now tried to be realistic about time management with an affair of this nature, as it will be a solo effort.

I’ve watch closely how Eyes of Argus germinated, and then went supernova. Jason Daniel out of Elk Grove has made a tremendous contribution of time and effort to his blog, to attending public meetings, following news and editorials, and to interacting with elected officials. I honestly could never invest the time he has, but I will none the less try to carve out a start. I also have no desire to co-mingle with the Bee, short of referencing their articles and criticizing their coverage. One of my goals is to never get “acclaim” from the fornicators of Crispy Cream’s empire expansion and collapse in Sacramento. I see the Bee’s influence on my community as mostly negative to misleading and apathetic. Investigative Journalism in Rancho is totally dead. Once Sunrise Douglas took off, ad revenue started coming in, the gag went into the Bee’s mouth, or should I say the Crispy Cream donut.

The Davis blogging insurrection known as “The People Vanguard of Davis” is beyond this simple man’s abilities and inspirations. I enjoy reading their virtual Coup ‘dEtat, but don’t have a whole lot of empathy for their struggle. In contrast to Rancho Cordova, Davis’s woes are, well, for a lack of a better word on my part, fake; manufactured.

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for their neighbor to the east, West Sacramento, especially when it comes to racial, cultural/socio-economic issues, as without a doubt, West Sacramento is actively striving and reaching for Dr. King’s dream, as I feel Rancho Cordova is; Davis is talking about it, and actively excluding people of color, people of lesser means and education.

More on Davis later. The short answer though is, PVD is inspiring for me, and their level of detail and conscientiousness is refreshing, although what they are focusing on at times seems sometimes petty, especially the he-said she-wrote, they-denied merry-go-round with the Davis Enterprise and Bob Dunning. Kinda boring, and less than what I think PVD can become.

I wish there were an analog in Rancho to PVD’s work on the Enterprise, outing the Grapevine Independent. I absolutely believe that John Paul Davis would declare an open Jihad against Shelly Blanchard if he had her sit in for the Enterprise in an editorial swap. There aren’t many examples of blogs like these in the region, blogs that don’t simply harpoon electeds and fail to inform people about the issues.

So, in the future, I’ll post anything I have to say about Rancho at ranchowatch.org. I wish I could roll out a comprehensive outline of what I want to accomplish, the resources I want to make available, the issues I want to address, and present it as a thesis of some sort supporting my all encompassing argument about my passions and positions concerning public life and community in Rancho, but I won’t. As I write more, research more, this “thesis” will reveal itself to me, as well as to anyone who takes time to read and follow the blog.

My driving urge is feed by the belief that Rancho Cordova, and the people of this community gave something to me and my family, shaped my life and the life of those I love and care about. It revealed to me over the course of my life, a palette of values, people and truths. It’s through a prism of these that I’ll try to address what I see, hear, read and perceive about Rancho that I’ll write and share my thoughts and beliefs. Hopefully I’ll get the opportunity to share the thoughts and ideas of others in Rancho here as well, voices of the heart of Rancho Cordova, the people who make me choke up when I think about them, and the city government I feel they deserve, the people who, when I hear the national anthem, come to my mind.

David Sander, Rancho Cordova Mayor and GOP party member announced Thursday, officially, that he’s decided to run for the Assembly, in District 10, for a seat currently held by Alan Nakanishi – Republican from Lodi whose termed out.

I was a little surprised, although those following the palace drama in local GOP circles were probably certain of his running for some time.

Strangely, the Bee and Grapevine have not, as yet, reported on this, but the Lodi Sentinel and Stockton Record have, as well as a GOP blog, FlashReport (1) (2) (3). Funny, the Bee gloats over democratic legislative aides when they even exhale a sound that remotely sounds like they’re running to replace their boss, and Sander, a mayor of a city hasn’t even gotten a blurb in all the months leading to his announcement.

Sander shared his press release with FlashpointReport, which announces that he has secured several endorsements from among area elected officials, chiefly Sacramento County Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan, former Citrus Heights City Council member and one of the chief Cityhood advocates in the county (see Macglashan’s Western City Magazine article on cityhood.)

I got wind of it a from Google News alert.

Here’s the latest:

Regional Roundup – David Sander declares Assembly candidacy
Item 2 / Lodi News-Sentinel
Copyright © 1998-2007 Lodi News-Sentinel
First published: Friday, April 13, 2007
http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2007/04/13/news/3_regional_070413.txt

Rancho Cordova Mayor David Sander announced on Thursday that he will run for the 10th Assembly District seat held by Lodi Republican Alan Nakanishi.

Nakanishi is serving his third and final term. He cannot run in 2008 due to term limits.

A molecular biologist, Sander has served on the Rancho Cordova City Council since it became a city on July 1, 2003.

Other announced Republican candidates include former Lodi Mayor and San Joaquin County Supervisor Jack Sieglock; El Dorado County Supervisor Helen Baumann of El Dorado Hills; and Paul Hegyi of Elk Grove, chief of staff for Assemblyman Van Tran, R-Garden Grove. Democrat Jim Cook of Elk Grove, who ran against Nakanishi the last two elections, has also announced he will seek Nakanishi’s Assembly seat.

The 10th Assembly District includes the Lodi area, north Stockton, Amador County, Rancho Cordova, El Dorado Hills and part of Elk Grove.

San Joaquin County poised to take center stage in 2008 elections
By Hank Shaw – Stockton Record Capitol Bureau Chief
Copyright © 1998 – 2007 ONI Stockton, Inc.
April 07, 2007
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070407/A_NEWS/704070317

“North of Stockton, in the 10th District that stretches from the city up to Lodi, through southern Sacramento County and into Amador, four Republicans are running: San Joaquin Supervisor Jack Sieglock, El Dorado County Supervisor Helen Baumann, Rancho Cordova City Councilman David Sander and legislative aide Paul Hegyi of Sacramento.”

Sieglock is facing intense competition for Assembly
By Ross Farrow | News-Sentinel Staff Writer
First published: Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Copyright © 1998-2007 Lodi News-Sentinel
Google Cache of article no longer available for free from Lodi Sentinel
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:MniL5GlHzmQJ:
www.lodinews.com/articles/2007/03/28/news/3_assembly_070328.txt

Excerpts:

• “Lodi’s Jack Sieglock could have some fierce competition in his bid to replace the termed-out Assemblyman Alan Nakanishi in the 2008 election. And that competition spans the sprawledout 10th Assembly District, with Republican opponents from Elk Grove, El Dorado Hills and likely Rancho Cordova.”
• David Sander, mayor of Rancho Cordova. Sander hasn’t filed a “declaration of intent” with the California Secretary of State’s office, but he said Tuesday his candidacy is “very likely.”
• The 10th Assembly District includes the Lodi area east to roughly Bruella Road, north Stockton, eastern Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, Rancho Murieta, El Dorado Hills and Amador County.
• Sander, a molecular biologist, said he is weighing the effect an Assembly campaign will have on his family, his finances and his community. “If I announce this, it will be in a couple of weeks,” he said.Sander said he has been besieged by supporters who say that Sacramento County’s interests must be preserved at the Capitol. He pledged to not let politics get in the way of a good idea.“I’m a scientist. Scientists take pride in not taking positions before looking at the data,” Sander said. “Of course, there’s politics involved. I’ll figure the best course of action before applying the politics to it rather than let the politics dictate the best course of action.”