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Retiring Sheriff McGinness to receive hometown honor

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Published Dec. 30, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

Retiring Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness will be honored as Carmichael's 2010 "Person of the Year." ... McGinness, who is about to begin his last year in office, grew up in Carmichael and attended Our Lady of the Assumption School ... A Carmichael Chamber of Commerce dinner honoring the sheriff is scheduled Jan. 8 at Arian Palace, 6309 Fair Oaks Blvd ... The public is invited, and $30 dinner reservations may be made before Tuesday at (916) 481-1002 ... Also expected to attend, according

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Marcos Breton: Maybe Sheriff McGinness was just fed up

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Published Aug. 5, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

He'll never admit it, but it wouldn't be surprising if Sheriff John McGinness was fed up. His budget was in tatters, his staff gutted. The last straw became the federal government awarding millions of dollars to Sacramento police – the shop right across the street – while stiffing McGinness completely ... In Sacramento, that kind trouble inspires some nasty talk behind your back. There had been rumblings of opponents rising to take his job. The word "friend" is used loosely in Sacramento,

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Sacramento sheriff's decision not to seek re-election opens door to others

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Published Aug. 5, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

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Sheriff John McGinness listens July 14 to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors discuss cuts to his budget that resulted in layoffs Saturday for 122 deputies. On Tuesday, the sheriff said he will not seek a second term ... Sacramento Sheriff John McGinness, whose department just endured one of its toughest rounds of budget cuts in county history, confirmed Tuesday that he will not seek re-election in June 2010 ... The unexpected announcement opened the county's top elected law enforcement

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Sacramento Urban League's new leader wants to spread opportunity, hope

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Published July 14, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

Need a job and don't know where to start? Try the Greater Sacramento Urban League, said incoming President and CEO David DeLuz ... The league is training computer technicians, call center operators, janitors, nursing assistants and more ... Ex-cons and ex-journalists, downsized workers and those down on their luck are getting free training at the league ... "Not only people whose skills were basically obsolete in this economy but people who have been without hope for so long," said DeLuz, 40.

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