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Buses, Bicycles, Trains, Walking, & Cars

By now, most people who pay attention to transportation policy realize that regardless of the policy infrastructure changes undertaken to restrict the use of cars and encourage the use of walking, bicycling, busing, and light rail riding, people still prefer … Continue reading

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Parkway Crime Drop?

As reported by the Sacramento Bee, violent crime in the parkway has dropped by about 60% over the past year and that is very good news. However, illegal camping citations from Discovery Park to Cal Expo have increased by 1,462 … Continue reading

Posted in Homelessness, Public Safety, Uncategorized

Dam Removal & Salmon

The primary reason for this suspect project as reported by the Sacramento Bee—given by the environmentalists driving it—seems to be increasing salmon habitat. Environmentalists do not want to acknowledge the great success hatcheries, noted by the Resources Agency, and aquatic farming are having … Continue reading

Posted in Environmentalism, Hatcheries, Uncategorized, Water

Have a Wonderful Holidays and a Happy New Year!

We will be back blogging on Tuesday January 3, 2012.

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Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving Weekend!

Enjoy the weekend with your family, be back blogging on Monday the 28th.

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Surgery & Blogosphere Absence

Emergency surgery right after Thanksgiving, and the subsequent recuperation will keep me from the blogosphere for a few more days. Enjoy your weekend.

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ARPPS Letter Published in Bee Today

Safety is a parkway priority Re “Parkway values clash in Folsom” (Editorials, Dec. 21): We have long held that there needs to be more safe access to the parkway for the frail elderly and disabled. The proposed project in Folsom … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas!

Have a wonderful Christmas!

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Sacramento Mayoral Politics Goes National

The largest daily newspaper in the country—the Wall Street Journal (they passed USA Today earlier this year)—has a story on the local politics around the strong mayor proposal. An excerpt. “SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With California’s capital city in deep economic … Continue reading

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Growing up in the Suburbs

I think everyone who did grow up in the suburbs, knows—or will learn at some point in their life—that it is the best place to grow up in America, and that is the focus of this article from New Geography. … Continue reading

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