Issue: June 18, 2009
Dear readers,The California Constitution has been modified a whopping 512 times, mostly by ballot initiative and constitutional amendment, and now resembles a very long grocery list of near-random spending restrictions, special taxes, license fees and regulations.And this is why a growing number of people are calling for an overhaul of the state constitution that would, among other things, ditch the two-thirds vote it takes to pass a budget.SN&R’s Cosmo Garvin talks to all the players about a proposed constitutional convention and more in this week’s cover story.Think Free,SN&R
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California Renovation
What’s the best blueprint for fixing the ungovernable mess that is California?
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Witness in Gaza
In December, Israel launched Operation Cast Lead, a massive military assault on the Gaza Strip. A Sacramento peace activist surveys the damage and interviews the survivors.
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Conserve or pay
With California stuck in a lingering drought, the Sacramento City Council says it’s going to get tough with water-hogging scofflaws.
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Remember Ruby Molina
As the struggle for equal rights intensifies, Sacramento’s transgender community warns its members to by wary of hate-inspired violence.
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Air, fire and water
Top tips for sparing the air, conserving electricity and saving water during the Sacramento region’s ungodly hot summers.
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History of lies
Sacramento Area Peace Action presents a film on Monsanto, the world’s largest producer of genetically modified organisms.
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Tightening the tap
The National Marine Fisheries Service orders California to cut water flows to the south to save endangered species, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger screams foul.
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Letters for June 18, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Doctorate in bar hopping
One parent’s daughter trades in Ph.D. to go home and hit up bars.
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Which way for energy?
Nuclear, clean coal or renewables—you pick!
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The village
A family in the greatest sense of the word—by choice.
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Pruning season
With his selection of Kathleen Merrigan as deputy secretary of agriculture, President Barack Obama cracks open the door for organic and sustainable farming.
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Gringolandia and death
The Mexican on undesirables and death en la familia.
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Kissing the Bee’s assets goodbye
The Sacramento Bee wants to sell part of its Midtown campus. Grantland Johnson wants another crack at politics.
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Pleasant surprise
Rob, Arnie and Dawn act with ignorance, then grow up.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Everybody must get stoned?
Legalizing marijuana is all the rage, but we may want to think twice before giving spendthrift politicians another means of taxation without representation.
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Liberal as Jesus
Brent Bourgeois says “liberal Christian” is not an oxymoron.
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Lincoln lives
Honest Abe will soon be hanging out at The California Museum.
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The true Hollywood
The language of cinema isn’t universal. It’s French.
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
SN&R reviews a current production at New Helvetia Theatre.
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Last Train to Nibroc
SN&R reviews a current production at the B Street Theatre.
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All for one, one for all, and a picnic, too
En garde! And pass the potato salad, please.
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Pick up your socks!
Is dirt about lack of cleanliness, lack of organization or lack of power?
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Tweeting like a bard
“Four hundred years since Shakespeare was deleted—how lovely now if he could be retweeted!”
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Badass Second Saturday
On Second Saturday, we’re all badass pretty.
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A birdie for the middle class
Fore! These guys take a shot at their own lives.
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Fast-food international
Three continents collide for pretty decent Indian takeout.
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UC Davis Good Life Garden camp for kids
Aggie camp for kiddies.
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Boats!: Hey, hey, hey, bon voyage
This punk trio tours circles around most local bands.
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Heavyweight Dub Champion: Make contact (high)
Wake, bake, brave the elements.
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Thurs, June 18, Killwhitneydead
Name that movie quote, then headbang your dandruff out.
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Thurs, June 18, Marty Dread
What’s that I smell? Jah praisin’!
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Fri, June 19, Decomposition
Turn this music on when you want to kick someone’s ass.
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Mon, June 22, Tigon
Unleash the beast: Tigon at the Javalounge.
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We went to the “End of the Road.” It was weak.
Jason Lytle, Boys IV Men, Les Claypool, Guy Fieri, Life in 24 Frames, Lynus, offensive sushi, KDVS Record Swap, Cursive, being an adult and other things that glow in the dark.
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Incendiary
Terrorism soap opera lacking everything except gratuitous nudity.
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Lemon Tree
With Hiam Abbass at the film’s compass, how can it go wrong?
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Management
Just another one of those indulgent, quirky little character studies.
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