THE MONEY TRAIL

Angry DMV customers, you've been heard.

The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, plagued with legal battles and fees, last week took another hit for $674,191.

Avoid going to the wrong polling place; see whether spray painted arrows were cleaned up in Greenhaven; and a reader asks about DMV closing early.

Last week, Public Eye gave local governments thumbs up for foregoing pricey planning retreats in the state's massive fiscal crisis. Now, a tip to moneytrail@sacbee.com suggests otherwise.

In the Sacramento area, the fiscal crisis has hit home, at least on this issue. Government execs appear to have been careful about spiffy offsite meetings, with no extravagant hotel costs, hefty bar bills or team-building pedicures.

For weeks, dog owners have noticed the doggie bag receptacle at Glen Hall Park in River Park wasn't refilled. That has resulted in more mess on the grassy areas where youngsters play soccer. What gives?

The director of the Sacramento Public Library may have announced she is retiring in December, but her legacy of controversial contracts continues.

A Granite Bay woman has uncovered what could be a nationwide credit-card scam that has roots in a Carmichael address.

Over the past several weeks, Public Eye has looked at costly office relocations by Sacramento Development Services and the state Water Resources Department.

If someone came to your door and asked to get a glass of water from your tap, would you let them? What if they said they were from the Sacramento water department and needed to check on your water quality? The correct answer is, no way.

It's a $22 million question: Why are Water Resources Department workers being moved out of their state-owned building and into a leased West Sacramento office during a budget crisis?

Legal bills have mounted since Chief Don Mette took over as chief for Rick Martinez at the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District in 2005.

Turns out former Sacramento Police Chief Albert Nájera doesn't trust CalPERS' experts after all.

When reporters and grand jury members began scrutinizing the Sacramento Public Library last year, it became clear that director Ann Marie Gold's job could be in trouble.

The "City of Trees" wants to know just how many trees form Sacramento's much-loved and long-heralded urban canopy.

It sounded like a good idea: Move Sacramento's Development Services Department out of a leased building and into a city-owned structure at 300 Richards Boulevard.

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