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Monthly Archive June, 2005

Online Surveys - Not a Random Sample

But we knew that already.

Hana’s Corner **1/2

Downtown Déjeuner
Hana’s Corner **1/2
931 K Street
$5-7
Hana’s Corner is yet another of Sacramento’s convenience-store turned delis. Unlike others though, Hana’s sells no alcohol; instead there is a sign directing customers wishing to get drunk to Rodney’s, an “interesting” store on the corner of 10th and J, specializing in all of the major convenience store vices [...]

You Go to War With the Army You Have

It appears the debate about our soldiers and body armor rages on. John Cole quotes an article from Arizona about a soldier who is being shipped off to Iraq and encouraged to buy his own body armor.
Cole recalls Rumsfelds now famous quote about how “you don’t go to war with the army you want, [...]

Curtis Park Village. Oops.

I’m feeling a bit ornery. In my occasional forays into the Curtis Park area, I always wondered what would be happening to the expanse of vacant land next to the railroad tracks.

Now I know. It looks like the ten month environmental review process that began in August 2004 might just be ending, so [...]

Railyards Getting Closer

Looks like the SP Railyards redevelopment project is much, much closer to reality. The sale isn’t completely final, but the proposal sounds intriguing. It includes 10,000 new housing units (high density, urban living) and space for a new railroad museum (in addition to the one in Old Sac) and other cultural amenities, as [...]