Issue: August 12, 2004
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I coulda been a reformer!
Arnold was elected with a historic mandate for reform, but so far, he’s abandoned one political reform effort, opposed another and taken more special-interest money than Gray Davis.
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Voting while paroled
Edward Jefferson’s participation in last year’s recall election could earn him six years in jail.
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Tale of Too’s cities
Migratory bird grounded by Homeland Security Act.
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His name in vain
Reformer Hiram Johnson’s name is now being used for political purposes.
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Letters for August 12, 2004
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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What would Nixon do?
On the 30th anniversary of his resignation, there are still skeletons in Tricky Dick’s closet.
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Rockin’ the celluloid
The Sacramento Film and Music Festival is this weekend! Get the inside scoop from festival director Nathan Schemel.
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Fight club
Diego Corrales and downtown-parking-permit owners come out fighting.
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Protest this law
Sacramento’s “parade ordinance” flies in the face of the First Amendment.
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Paying the price for war
The war in Iraq is costing every Sacramento family between $3,000 and $5,000.
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Garage days re-re-revisited
This weekend’s Wasted Weekend at Old Ironsides: A new Dixieland Jubilee tradition for fuzz-guitar fans?
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The good life
At 90, local painter Alan Post continues to be prolific, and his works exude a certain timelessness.
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The Pursuit of Fairness: A History of Affirmative Action
Although one volume doesn’t provide enough space to cover the history of affirmative action in America, author Terry Anderson tries to do just that.
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Rare Record Guide
Record geeks, let’s get lost: A Russian database of phonograph-record center-label designs.
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Films, and music, for days
We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention this year’s Sacramento Film and Music Festival.
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The shape of things
Latino theater in Sacramento? Teatro Espejo works with California Stage to produce Real Women Have Curves.
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The postmodern condition
Plum Blossom’s forward-thinking ambience doesn’t extend to its menu.
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People have the power
Rock ‘n’ roll poet Patti Smith still combines the personal with the political, and her message resonates strongly in today’s wartime environment.
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In the key of Z
A Tone Vendor in-store performance by local artist Danny Offer provided a window into the outsider genre.
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The Dillinger Escape Plan
Liking math rock? New Jersey band the Dillinger Escape Plan adds up several genres, with a sum that’s surprising.
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The Album Leaf
San Francisco guitarist Jimmy LaValle went all the way to Iceland to get the appropriately frosty vibes for the new CD from his nom de disque, the Album Leaf.
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Noche de los dinosaurios
Two classic acts hit town on Friday the 13th.
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Talking heads
A Home at the End of the World is a film in which people do a lot of talking.
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