By Daniel Weintraub (sacramentobee.com)

Published 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Story appeared in EDITORIALS section, Page B7

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After seven years as mayor of Sacramento, Heather Fargo apparently lacks even a basic grasp of one of her city’s biggest problems: its rising crime rate.

In an interview with The Bee’s editorial board last week, Fargo not only downplayed the issue, she did not seem to know that Sacramento had the second-highest crime rate among California’s 10 largest cities,…

Ed. A great open letter sent by a concerned Sacramento citizen to sewer rat Harry Ratz of the Local 447 unio, the wacky organization that has been using its members’ dues todeliver a brutal public flogging to Sacramento mayoral hopeful Kevin Johnson. This letter was also sent to absentee mayor Heather Fartgo, absentee Natomas Councilman Ray Thretheway, and a litany of their complicit colleagues…

Hello Mr. Rotz and friends of the local 447,

I bought a home in Sacramento last August…