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Back to homepageSacto can recover from bad arena deal
April 24, 2012 By Katy Grimes Just last week, the news that the arena deal in Sacramento was dead was all the rage. The Maloof family, owners of the NBA Sacramento Kings, backed out of a handshake deal with the
Read More‘World-class’ Sacramento deal dead
April 15, 2012 By Katy Grimes Ding, dong, the arena deal is dead. The free market won. Despite the failure of 13 years of efforts to build a publicly funded new sports arena in Sacramento, the-arena project-which-wouldn’t-die may have finally croaked–thanks to Mayor
Read MorePols Build Arena While Sacto Burns
Katy Grimes: Sacramento’c City Council approved the arena financing plan last night, 7-2, supporting Mayor Kevin Johnson for the first time since his 2008 election. But this arena deal wasn’t exactly the smartest issue in which to support Johnson. Sacramento
Read MoreThink ‘Big Labor’ For Arena Deal
Katy Grimes: What does a city do when the chips are down, the deficit is huge, services are cut and public approval is at a record low? Why, of course, it’s time to build a sports arena. In Sacramento, despite
Read MoreSacto To Pawn Parking For Arena
Katy Grimes: Would you pawn a $5,000 Rolex for $150? While only someone desperate for quick cash would do something so irresponsible, the City of Sacramento is making plans to cut a similar deal. City officials are about to pawn
Read MoreSacramento Crashes Taxi Owners
Sacramento is competing with San Francisco for the award for the most abusive, nuttiest city in California. Demonstrating a total disregard for private enterprise, the Sacramento City Council is considering adopting an ordinance to impose a two-year hold on taxicab permits. The
Read MoreStadium Dreams and Sacramento Kings
For the past couple years we have watched our home town struggle to keep the Sacramento Kings basketball team in Sacramento. We have also observed the proposed attempt to build a new $400 million stadium for the team in downtown
Read MoreSacramento’s Delusions of Grandeur
Sacramento officials are still actively pursuing building a downtown sports arena and entertainment facility. Despite climbing unemployment in the region, escalating business closures, widespread home foreclosures and declining tax revenue, arena talks are in full swing. City officials have cut
Read MoreSubsidizing A Broke Sacramento
Katy Grimes: Sacramento is living proof that the left hand doesn’t know what the other left hand is doing. Forget the right hand – there is no “right” in Sacramento. Despite the city’s $60 million deficit, city officials and several
Read MoreSacramento's Identity Crisis
FEB. 28, 2011 For several years Sacramento has waged a debate over whether our NBA team, The Sacramento Kings, will leave town for greener pastures and deeper pockets. As a Sacramento native, I remember very well the fanfare surrounding the
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