A little background for those who don't live in Sacramento.-
In November '08 we elected Kevin Johnson a former NBA star as mayor.
Since then he has tried to move our city forward, but a bunch of old, crotchety, comfortable cronies sit and oppose everything that resembles progress that Kevin's charisma, connections and just plain chutzpah have been trying to do.
Namely a sports and entertainment complex.
This is my letter to the editor regarding this story from the front page. (It's a great story)
An expert in “hardball” is just what Sacramento needs to bang against the hard heads that have stalled Sacramento for so long. Instead of rusting rails and more manure, we desperately need a “Master of Disaster” to come stir things up. I for one applaud Mayor Kevin Johnsons efforts to build an entertainment and sports complex in Sacramento.
The looming fear that haunts me though, is that the old guard will keep guarding and never really proceed forward. I am continually amazed but not surprised at the ruling party’s rancor whenever Kevin Johnson’s connections, charisma or chutzpah are let out of the bag. The mayor has made an excellent choice and demonstrated once again that given the opportunity to govern as a strong mayor, our city would finally be given the green light to move ahead into what should be called “world class”.
Will the old guard move aside and let the people that move things, move them?
If not, we might as well change the signs at the city limits to “Here lies Old Sack-Lots of Giddy Up but not enough Go”.
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