written in the style of Voisin:
Sacramento
Here we are. At the crossroads. Which way will you turn? Towards the past, a dark past of a Sacramento with no valet parking, nary a Hummer to be seen on the street, affordable rentals, and without an Urban Outfitters. And. No. Luxury. Lofts. Do you want to live in a place like that?
Or, will you turn to a bright, shining future? A real city where you can hold your head high when you're traveling to...wherever it is you can afford to travel to once your rent has doubled, let's say Fresno. Yes, you're in Fresno and you can finally say "I live in Sacramento, cow-town no more. And we have an arena, a great gleaming new arena that I have never been to but I have heard that the luxury boxes are the most luxurious available. With soft couches upholstered in baby seal fur and red bull and Grey Goose on tap". And you will see this hypothetical Fresno person look at you with respect. And envy.
It's up to you.
Pull the lever, or fill in the bubble, or touch the touch screen, whichever way you vote in your particular neighborhood.
Yes on Q and R.
But maybe we should all vote yes on Q & R - the arena sure would come in handy if we all get washed out of our homes because we've failed to reinforce our levies. Oh wait, the arena will probably be flooded as well. Seal fur makes a good flotation device, right?
ReplyDeleteHey Becky--
ReplyDeleteJust in case you missed it:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=10638
Again, another reason KDVS deserves some praise. Good luck with the elections. We voted to not build the Seahawks a new stadium but got one anyway, at our expense. Thanks Paul Allen, who is too polishing his robbie the robot costume to finance his own failures.
Aaron
I want the Kings to stay, and I believe in a downtown arena, but I don't like the deal as written (well, duh) and I'm glad to see it fail spectacularly. Back to the drawing board, Maloofs. The NBA wants the Kings to stay put, the bros claim they do to; they have a chance to get some great profit out of the franchise and ancillary income if they stay, so they should roll up their sleeves and get on some private financing, not a deal that screws Sacramento and all of its citizens in need of many other things that public money can provide.
ReplyDeleteMy candidate may not win tonight, but it looks good nationwide. Between all that I'll find some reason to spark up the Cohiba ...
I heard them talking about that ad on KDVS.
ReplyDeleteThe important thing is Santorum went down! And Pombo! And some other total assholes!