Issue: June 15, 2006
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Going, going, gone!
When the gavel goes down, and the bidding starts, Sacramento auctioneers prove that money can be made from memories.
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Check the date
Your credit-card company might be playing games with your bill.
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City planning is the new black
Everyone who’s anyone wants to design a livable environment.
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All the stuff
At the end of the day, it’s not about the stuff.
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Letters for June 15, 2006
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Let the light in
Mental-health consumers are changing the system.
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Chain-saw master
For Tahoe Park’s Adam Bradley, a piece of wood is a potential work of art.
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A bad law that will hurt good fathers
Senate Bill 1402 would alter an effective law to the detriment of fathers’ rights.
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Do they validate?
Parking-attendant art, in the gallery at last.
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Four wheels bad, two wheels good
Mopeds and scooters swarm Sacramento.
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Oh, be special
Hal Niedzviecki’s new book attempts, but doesn’t really achieve, specialness.
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Walk it off
The great American sport of mall walking finally gets its official championship.
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Ideal Bite: A Sassier Shade of Green
Eco-living tips for today’s conscientious (but non-hippie) consumer.
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Crazy kites and chaos control
Forget what they taught you in elementary school, because the one thing you’re never trying to get is B-I-N-G-O.
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Re: ‘world’ sports
A letter to America from the Rest of the World.
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Meet me in the middle
A chamber charmer at the B Street Theatre.
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Seven Guitars
August Wilson made shooting the shit sound like music.
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It’s a wonderful meal
The seasonal fresh food at Mulvaney’s Building and Loan is worth the hype—and the wait.
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Cheese on the water
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Have a seat
The blues is a chair, a scaffold and an evening’s entertainment.
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Eating Green Berets for breakfast
The Arnold Schwarzenegger Celebrity Pack: a gratuitous set of gratuitous movies!
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