Uneasy Rhetoric

Since it is the end of the year, here is my look ahead to 2007 in Sacramento — please feel free to share yours in the comments:

Five new coffee shops will open in the grid. Six of them will be Starbucks.
The Governor will buy a condo somewhere in downtown but will constantly complain that [...]

The Sacramento Business Journal is reporting that the Railyards sale is final. Thomas Enterprises will take posession of the land for development. This means they’ve worked out a deal with Union Pacific regarding, among other things, who will be responsible for the toxics in the Railyard (the BJ didn’t say who got what [...]

Jason at LJ Urban posts a comment by Wendell Berry, taking the “Environmental Movement” to task for its tendency toward oversimplification. I don’t think this is unique to the environmental movement — every movement seeks simplicity in its messaging in order to attract as many followers as possible — but I do think Berry [...]

In my “100 things about me,” I mention that “my idea of walking distance is probably three times yours.” I don’t really know what most people think “walking distance” is, but many seem incredulous that I walk the 2.5 miles between work and home on a semi-frequent basis.
It takes me less than an hour, [...]

There is quite a discussion going on over at LivingInUrbanSac, in a post about Dave O’Toole’s comments in the Sacramento News and Reveiw.
O’Toole echos a sentiment I’ve expressed here a number of times — the people building all of this new high-density housing in Downtown and Midtown Sacramento are targeting affluent single adults, childless couples, [...]