Issue: September 02, 2004
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Behind the prop
Ever wonder if those promising propositions deliver? Well, Prop 36 was supposed to help drug offenders stay out of prison and save us millions. In many cases, it didn’t deliver.
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K Street shuffle
Arena and art-house schemes are out. What now?
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Global preservation
After decades of fire, graffiti and neglect, Globe Mills renovation options will be presented for public comment next week.
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Drug into court
A day in the courthouse illuminates the people taking advantage of Proposition 36.
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Letters for September 2, 2004
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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A woman with a goal
Put on some blacked-out goggles and play goalball with Sacramento River Bats coach Christella Garcia.
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Help America not vote
Mr. Freeze is at it again, this time with election funds.
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Victim recitation
The education unions are fighting against making those poor little darlings learn the basics.
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Confidentially speaking …
Reporters’ right to keep sources confidential is essential to America’s claim to a free press.
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Not-so-candid camera
Who knew carrying a camera phone would make it impossible to mail a letter?
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Cats vs. dogs
Bob the Dog is back in town, and the 20th Street Art Gallery’s got him.
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On the spot
An assemblage of fine-art pieces from top-notch contemporary illustrators hits the Exploding Head Gallery this month.
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End it, don’t mend it?
Thomas Sowell’s controversial new book offers a conveniently selective view of affirmative action.
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Collected Poems
These collected works by the late Donald Justice testify as to why he was called a poet’s poet.
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The best-kept secret in town
Sunday nights, it’s soul food at Betty’s Kitchen and the fluid blues sounds of Big John & the Chosen Few.
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Encore, Jesus
Blame it on Mel Gibson. Music Circus is the third local company to stage Jesus Christ Superstar this year.
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Darlene and The Guest Lecturer
The Thistle Dew Dessert Theatre breaks out the cheesecake in between Darlene and The Guest Lecturer, two one-act comedies by A.R. Gurney.
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The China trade-off
The trendy ambience of The Nine Doors draws crowds, but will the food keep them coming back?
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A clean slate
Tomorrow in Review sounds like a cartoonist on our editorial page, but it’s a new local band formed from the ashes of another, Willknots.
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Closed garages and giant cephalopods
Capitol Garage closes its old venue and prepares to open in a new location later this month; also, the genius of Giant Squid.
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Dana Deathray
Deathray frontman Dana Gumbiner steps out on this fine four-song EP.
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Bebel Gilberto
Bebel Gilberto, daughter of Brazilian music icons Joao and Astrud Gilberto, makes a cool, detached record that evinces a maturing style.
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Tift Merritt
On Tambourine, singer-songwriter Tift Merritt makes a solid case for Southern pop music.
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Ain’t living long like this
Some Skinner-related anarchy at The Distillery on Friday, and a country giant at the Palms the night before.
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Jack & Terry & Hank & Edith
Two couples and one shopworn plot straight from a country-song lyric do not equal three’s a charm.
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