Submitted by a loyal reader:

Could Paul Allen's Charter Communication be working on a deal here in Sacramento?

It's hard to hide a Boeing 757 at any airport, but Paul Allen's private jet (N757AF) has been spotted at McClellan on two recent occasions, leading us to wonder why it was visiting Sacramento and not using Sacramento International.

The shiny plane first appeared a few weeks ago and spent a couple of days in town and recently returned for a couple more. On both occasions we missed seeing who left and who boarded, but it appears that one of the richest men in America (and the co-founder of Microsoft) rarely allows others to use the plane without him. As Chairman of Charter Communications his interest in a local cable, internet and telephone company with an office at McClellan may just be more than a coincidence.