Opinion

Elk Grove News Minute - Singh-Allen, Suen use their positions as a cash register for their political ambitions

Are they serving for the good of the public or the health of their campaign warchest?

D.A. Gougherty

Aug 24, 2024 — 1 min read

This year there will be two less choices for some Elk Grove voters because the city council District 1 and 3 city council members, Darren Suen and Kevin Spease, are unopposed. Suen and Spease may think, and even claim they are unchallenged because they are doing such a great job!

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Tribes, Environmental Groups Address Fundamental Flaws with Delta Tunnel Project Hearings

The Delta Conveyance Project is a proposed 40-foot-wide underground tunnel to move water south

Elk Grove News Minute - The world is not Bobbie Singh-Allen’s oyster and she’s no pearl

Proposition 36 is helping the Elk Grove mayor statewide.

Mayoral candidate Lynn Wheat likens zoo construction costs as an Elk Grove taxpayer credit card debt with no expiration date

There is widespread skepticism among elected officials and high-level public executives who spoke to Elk Grove News about the Sacramento Zoological Society's ability to raise its share of the $300 million.

Councilmember Kevin Spease thanked for standing with taxpayers, opposing 300% pay raise for Elk Grove mayor and her councilmen

Councilmember Darren Suen had suggested that the pay increase was needed because of the extra expenses of being a city council member, such as dry cleaning

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Tribes, Environmental Groups Address Fundamental Flaws with Delta Tunnel Project Hearings

Elk Grove News Minute - The world is not Bobbie Singh-Allen’s oyster and she’s no pearl

Mayoral candidate Lynn Wheat likens zoo construction costs as an Elk Grove taxpayer credit card debt with no expiration date

Councilmember Kevin Spease thanked for standing with taxpayers, opposing 300% pay raise for Elk Grove mayor and her councilmen