For more than 100 years, the local water district has been an anchor of the community’s once quiet village district, previously dominated by antique stores and hair salons. But in recent years, the village has exploded into a popular dining destination partly due to a Corcos development, with more restaurants on the way. Suddenly for some residents and businesses, the water district’s corporation yard, with its backhoes and gravel, seems wildly out of place next to a tony dining scene. For 20-year incumbent Misha Sarkovich, up for re-election, his political life has come full circle. He and two others successfully ran for office in 2004 to knock out the incumbents for failing to mind the proverbial store. … Now it is Sarkovich who is in the political crosshairs for caring more about water than parking.
—Written by Tom Philp, columnist for The Sacramento Bee