Alex Stoffel will get $50,000 from the city of Sacramento and her attorney will get $140,000.

Why? Did the City of Sacramento do something to Stoffel? No the Sacramento Community Center Theater does not have user-friendly seating for the disabled.

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If you want to protect marriage you must ban divorce, at least according to one Sacramento man. John Marcotte, a 38-year-old married father of two, wants to put a measure on the ballot next year to ban divorce in California. He wants “‘Until death do you part” to mean what it says.

When California voters outlawed same-sex marriage in 2008, supporters of Prop 8 argued it was needed to protect the sanctity of marriage. So Marcotte is using the same approach to make a satirical statement about marriages.

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Developer dollars make businesses disappear at least for Sacramento County staff. Looks like a developer has told the Sacramento County Planning Department that an entire shopping center did not exist. The developer was there to save the day with their new construction project. The county could not see past the dollar to see that an entire shopping complex already existed. I love this quote from the Sacramento Bee article.

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Sacramento Mayor Johns has a solution to the homeless problem, or at least where 269 of them will sleep this winter. Johnson said , “Here in Sacramento, we are choosing not to close our eyes anymore. Fortunately, we have many people who are willing to step forward and find practical solutions.” His plans do require Sacramento City Council and Sacramento County Board of Supervisor’s approval, which is expected next week.

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The 15th annual “Perspectives” series brought a diverse group of speakers to Sacramento for the $195-a-person event. Starting off was author and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki, followed by personal finance expert Jane Bryant Quinn. Lunch is scheduled to be followed by “Flag of Our Fathers” author James Bradley, international author Sir Ken Robinson and, finally, Condoleeza Rice who has returned to teaching political science at Stanford University.

There were about 10 lame protesters that had nothing better to than protest Condoleeza Rice. Someone forget to tell them who the current Secretary of State is.

President Barack Obama has named a prominent Democratic fundraiser from Sacramento as ambassador to the Republic of Hungary.

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