Sheedy is far more honorable than KJ any day... She has never been accused of child sexual abuse, corruption, or running a teeny tiny little nonprofit into the ground... I'd say she's doing far better than poor ol' KJ...

Truth be told Johnson was an embarrassment. I stayed as long as I could stomach him ripping through council members, heck for a moment I wondered if he would turn and confront the public who spoke against it..... Heck, if I was Sheedy, being human and all, and being thrown under a bus by our mayor as he one by one lined them up for his personal firing squad, I would have said more than "That’s why we don’t have a strong mayor". I would have asked the mayor to tell us specifically, give examples, of how his strong mayor powers would address crime, economic development, unemployment... and if he couldn't answer --and he wouldn't have-- I would have told him to shut the heck up, stop insulting and underestimating the council and the community.

Heck, Sheedy didn't boo the community who spoke in favor of it and they shouldn't boo her. They didn't boo Johnson for attempting to throw the council - with the exception of Waters- under a bus. Oh and Waters attacked the city attorney but has a double standard on how information is brought to the public..... Johnson failed to point out BOTH HIS AND WATER’S double standard/ inconsistencies!! I think the council - including Sheedy-- actually did very good taking one for the team. In fact what Sheedy said, I said while sitting at the meeting and I heard some others say as he was ripping through people, "and he wants more power...." The man needs to take a look at the man in the mirror but heck I think he'd see the image from snow white, "Mirror mirror on the wall who’s the fairest of them all....." Heck, he wouldn’t see beyond his own self proclaimed image….. and not see himself as many of us are seeing him…..

How the heck or why the heck would someone disapprove of "her antics" when Johnson's self-absorbed antics last night were downright embarrassing???? And if people disapproved of Sheedy and they are the same people who approved of Johnson's ridiculous behavior then I wouldn't put much weight on it....... Truth be told, Sheedy should have told Johnson, 'Oh what a tangled web you weave, Mayor Johnson, when you practice to deceive!" and told him tell the truth shame the devil and for goodness sake—GROW UP. I couldn’t stomach watching ‘stars gone wild’ anymore so I left I heard the booing but I didn’t know why if I had known I would have went back in and gave Sheedy a standing ovation.

Sheedy's comment was spot on. I have nothing but respect for her for saying it. Took guts.. especially from a lady who supported Johnson's candidacy. Thank you Sandy for saying what was on everyone else's mind!

trhjr

I spoke with people who were there late last night and early this morning, and whatever little 'boo's that were heard paled compared to KJ's tantrums...

And no, I don't attend city council meetings. I write emails that get read by members, and use this new fandangled thing we call a 'television'...

truthbe told, yes I was there and perhaps we find what we're looking for since I saw the reaction by many as Johnson set up his firing squad and you saw the reaction as you wrote of "labor support disapproved of her antics".

Surely Sheedy's one comment, made as a reaction to Johnson's inappropriate actions should not outweigh or overshadow Johnson's many, numerous, insulting comments and by the way, some that weren't so truthful....

But we're each entitled to our opinion and I appreciate you for sharing yours and I respect the fact that you did.

Then Truth?BTold..how did you miss Rhonda's moment at podium? Talking about transparency, the mayor's relentless pursuit of these strong mayor shams...short and to the point...some could learn a thing or two about being succinct and to the point!

And to Rhonda...Thanks for being there!

It may take a strong mayor to get rid of management and bring back the workers that does the work. All the budget cut it is the same thing of laying off the front-line-work force and adding more management. The crocked city management are closing your pools and cutting your services while H.R. and mangement hires more one hundred thousand dollar plus a year managers. Also someone claimed that their was labor reps at the city council meeting which was a lie, they are to incompetent to do anything and never show up. Local 39 are crocks in action for they take their members money and do not represent them.

So has Kevin Johnson.

I agree and I have that same feeling. It's Pinky and the Brain,'What will we do now Pinky.... " aand our mayor replies, "same thing we did yesterday Brain, try and get executive powers" and the community walks on a treadmill for actions towards our other concerns.......

So, the IG's report into misuse of federal funds and mishandling of child sexual abuse allegations, collusive loans from the district to keep his teeny tiny nonprofit afloat because of abysmal financial management, shilling for a small group of well heeled real estate and corporate interests, and his public appearances denigrating his predecessor for everything from flood zone issues to world hunger... didn't raise a red flag for ya???

Some people shouldn't be allowed to vote -- and it appears those who voted for KJ are prime examples...

Hunnicutt, I can't believe you voted for this guy, either. If you watched the televised debates with Mayor Fargo, his immature, narcissistic, boorish behavior was on full display.

Cameron, your point is well taken but you are wrong. That's not all bbbbmer does and the facts are on his side. His indulgence in expressing frustration, with those who make life and death decisions ineptly or based on superficialities, goes with the territory. Seeing the big picture is a bitch.

ninnymob, someone was born in 1920. It's hilarious to see someone easily three times as old as me trying to be ful of themselves.

I didn't say that's all he does, I have acknowledged he knows his stuff. That doesn't mean much when he doesn't cite sources and calls people idiots because they don't know as much as him. We have a real Keynes on our hands without the influence on modern economics.

I'm getting tired of SacPress removing my comments lately that are far from offensive, I guess defending others and making a point is seen with scorn now. People say much more offensive and ridiculous notions all the time, yet I say everyone should be allowed to vote and bbbmer is an elitist and MY comment gets banned? lol priceless

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For sure they earned it. I gave up "The Daily Show" to watch it and I'm glad I did - it was embarrasing and oddly entertaining and cemented why i did not vote for him. His toddler like tantrum was ugly. I recall Council colleagues saying "we don't need a strong mayor we need a strong leader" and "uhm those other strong mayor cities are in just as bad of shape so I'm not convinced it would do anything for us" - I love how KJ doesn't get that alienating your colleagues probably isn't a good recipie for success. His pouting was really unpleasant and painful to watch too.

It's available on the City Council website.

Here you go Cameron
http://sacramento.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=22

click on the view now button for the 6PM meeting

There is a drop down box under the viewer that lets you skip to various parts of the meeting. If you want to watch KJ's rebuff "his" council members...(occasionally he refers to them as his colleagues...Freudian slip I guess.) click on the last Mayor Johnson on item 9...right before item 10.

And it's well worth watching each council member's comments and Mayor Johnson's response. While I did agree with several things he said (and disagreed with many more), what I did not see was any acknowledgment from him that he has failed to work toward concensus with the other council members as he tried to advance the SMI, which I really see as the impetus for this vote. He talks about playing as a team, but it seems to me he's just paying lip service to that in this case.

Thank you, very helpful and I will watch this right now! =]

Not really, just know how to micro manage between Super Street FIghter IV fights =]

I agree so very much- heck it's not that folks are afraid of change.... or afraid of dialog towards charter review---- heck, his darn ego is so darn big- heck I'm afraid of his ego-. Johnson keeps his friends close surrounding him with praises and his enemy closer- Johnson is his own worse enemy.

In regards to Cohn heck one thing should have nothing to do with the other (unless of course you're Mayor Johnson). Okay, Johnson supported Cohn for office but, after Johnson’s rant, it's clear it wasn't because he felt Cohn was the best person suited for the job. But it appears he thought Cohn would participate in Johnson's one hand washes the other- I'll get votes for you IF you vote for my executive powers mentality….Cohn has compared it to Chicago style politics, he didn’t flip or change his tune…Cohn actually played Johnson’s game the one which Tretheway refused to play and Cohn played it better than Johnson, while Johnson was so busy looking at himself, Cohn was looking and watching Johnson--lol. Cohn is pretty smart, he wasn’t looking at his own moves; he watched Johnson’s….

Johnson bubble burst, he thought so highly of himself after the election giving himself too much credit for the outcome it appears he thought he'd be a threat and would bluff his way into executive powers. Heck, those threats --fake outs - may work in the basketball world but not in the game of politics. Where every player has to look at their own career advancements--lol. Heck, Johnson sees himself as the MVP player when each player on the council shoots for a higher office--lol and they know they need the community for support not a ball hog. Team Sacramento won last night and team Johnson cried foul when their was none. It is what it is-- the game of politics a game where Johnson is a rookie and no longer a star.

Johnson screwed the pooch on the strong mayor initiative right out of the gate.

The issue is very simple - Democrats don't want a strong mayor in a town they completely control. If we had a mayor that could make sweeping changes, Republicans, fiscal conservatives, anti urban sprawl environmentalists could run on their respective platforms and they could win and set the agenda. This fact scares the hell out of these so called Democrats - which is ironic, because in the end, they are not Democrats, they are mere puppets of corporate fat cats and developers... exactly like we have on the state and federal level of government - EVERYONE IS OWNED - Citizens be damned - democracy is dead - long live the oligarchs!

Knapp is right about the Dems not wanting a strong mayor. The Dems are trying to protect their favorite special interest - the unions. Dems and unions have bonded into what will be a suicide pact once the treasury is bare. This whole strong mayor thing is nothing more than unions and Dems trying to one-up the mayor and the business community. Eventually, the unions will lose this one unless they resort to printing money and getting away with it!

He stepped on his namesake, it would seem.

ROFL!!!

Heck, Johnson throwing Sheedy under the bus was nothing but his bruised / wounded EGO. Johnson is loyal to Johnson and would throw council members, special assistants, volunteers.... under a bus when the time was right to save his bruised ego…. With Johnson loyalty is anyway the wind blows and when you disagree with him loyalty starts blowin in the wind and every man for themselves...

I agree, he hasn’t built on Sheedy's past support. With Johnson it’s all about "me me me " Heck, he could have played this so many other ways and actually won but he is so full of himself, he didn't see past himself to see the other players. Again, Johnson is his worst enemy

I agree Sheedy wouldn’t have said it when she did had he built a relationship. Johnson has spent little time building a relationship with the council we vote into office and spends more time building relationships with outside influences, special interest.... After his first year in office propaganda speech didn't he say he was going to build relationships with the council and didn't he admit past mistakes in not doing so? Yet last night he shows his true colors he’ll say anything and seldom will he stand by it…. He proved he’s trying to build Johnson and to heck with anyone else.

Heck, Johnson (aka Yogi) planned a pretty picnic (telling the media of how confident he was in getting his executive power picnic basket....) but he couldn't predict the weather. It was raining common sense in city hall last night putting the executive powers out of Yogi’s view…..

ANYTHING is better than GLEE, well not Twilight.

mulvaneyp: What the heck? Refreshingly honest?? This mayor wouldn't know honesty if it bites him on the hinny..... Why would you make the above comment? Did you watch the video?

Many council members in fact all if I'm not mistaken said we should talk about it.... Did you listen to the council members state their reasoning and also state how further dialog, discussion, action should be taken that would include the public process, input......?

Your comment is like the half truth spread by Johnson and his camp, flinging truth to the gutter and creating an atmosphere of deceit is what caused many to doubt his need for more power... Johnson has the same way of picking and pulling the truth out to substitute it with one-sided half-truths to drive his propaganda vehicle like Mr Magoo driving along failing to see his many flaws crashing all around him…

Heck, honesty will go very far, we the people are fed up with lies, deceit, trickery, games and politicians flinging truth to the gutter by any means necessary hook or crook to get the public to embrace their special interest agendas. f Johnson were an honest man he might have a chance of executive powers.

The question is, what constitutes improvement? No case has been made for exactly what a "strong mayor" form of government would improve or change, other than vague buzzwords about "accountability" and "getting things done," with no examples, no specifics, no discussion of why X can't be done under the current system or why Y would be possible under SMI. The only specific example of how things would change was included in the original SMI handout, regarding the fixing of potholes and how SMI would change things, and it was wildly inaccurate.

Well said William

Interesting definition of refreshing Patrick. It was a 35 minute rant. He had the floor and foolishly squandered his time by berating his colleagues instead of making a constructive argument for why his colleagues should support him. Yeah that's smart - you know he still has to work with them for another three years. Not the brightest bulb in the pack. It is not refreshing but rather embarrassing and NOT leadership.

But I did learn tonight that I can no longer patronize Mulvaney's on 19th Street in Midtown. I like this place and was a regular but as one (of many) who votes with my wallet, Mr. Mulvaney and Mr. Johnson get my NO vote.

The only 'speciousness' was KJ's rationalization of the benefits of his proposal, with not ONE SCINTILLA of evidence to support his claims.

I believe Rob Fong captured it best when he challenged the veracity of the claims of '50,000 people' who 'signed a petition', given not only HUNDREDS of anecdotal refutations of just what subject matter was discussed when petitions were presented to signers, but also several investigations and actions against Arno Political Consulting, the signature gathering firm, for similar violations of law and simple human decency..., and the notion that this measure was anything about a 'vote of the people'... when in fact, it was one helluva shady process cloaked in the dark of night and secrecy of the backroom to paint deception as 'accountability' and the work of a few well heeled corporate thieves as 'the people'...

This whole SMI debacle is filled to the gills with corruption, and attempted to open a pandora's box of insidious enabling of a willing petulant stooge of a mayor to abet such deeds...

Frankly, I find the arguments, nay, demands, of those who voted 'no' on the measure to be most compelling --

First, there was no hue and cry to move this measure AT ALL, despite claims to the opposite by KJ and his crowd.

Second, like it or not, process matters, especially when amending a city's charter/constitution, and there are quite deliberate steps provided in our state's constitution for doing so -- NONE of which were either acknowledged or adhered to by the SMI's backers, who seem cast aside the constitution of our state as some sort of pesky aside, in order to cynically bamboozle the same stupid people who voted for KJ in the first place, given the profound amount of evidence in his background that should have set off an atomic bomb of red flags against doing so... That the SMI's original drafters flaunted their attempted bypass via the inept drafting of such an instrument should, if the backers were so inclined, result in an errors and omissions claim against the firm and its manipulative Hiltchakkak (sp??? whatever...) in chief for just plain stupidity.

Third, Thursday night's presentation of SMI backers, especially the cheap sales pitch by Kunel Merchant and that cheaper San Diego rep (who I am sure was paid more than he was worth by the measure's backers -- under the table, of course), was so fraught with lies and deceptions about the construct and comparisons of the measure that one could easily have driven a Mack Truck through the holes in the deal... It would have been interesting, and fun, actually, to have had an Oxford style debate on the matter, fully evidenced, and fully penetrating the flawed logic to leap to an SMI solution for problems that simply would never in a million years be enhanced by its adoption...

In essence, the SMI has been our city's first incursion into 'big lie' territory, all on this very public stage...

And KJ got caught in his abetting of the 'big lie', and demonstrated ever so clearly during his pathologically passive aggressive diatribe at the hearing's closing, overcompensating for just how culpable he really has been....

To paraphrase Shakespeare, methinks the KJ doth protest too much....

"mulvaneyp" have you involved yourself in the process or meetings this far -- at least those the public has been allowed to engage in? doesn't sound like it. "Arguments against allowing the drafting" sounds quite clueless, but that's the way it was presented apparently. if this process is to occur, it requires a completely different approach, that includes consideration for the city and future generations, not just one deluded ego and his Gang of 60.

"Just seems like trying to quelch an important, and perhaps inconvenient, discussion about our city."

Given all the efforts Mr. Johnson and gang have made to squelch public and Council involvement in his proposed charter changes, that is a most "specious" comment on your part.

Don't miss Mr. Burg's enlightening comment.