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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Seasonal Salutations From Elk Grove Daily News
As 2023 makes way for 2024, it’s the time of year for celebrations. Whether your celebrations this time of year are for Christmas, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day or the recently completed Winter Solstice and Hanukkah, or more secular, Elk Grove News extends best wishes to all. At the end of
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Elk Grove News Minute – Elk Grove City Council members are 5 little pissant politicians, but still role models for our youth
If there is one thing Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and most of her city council members like to do, it is to pose for selfies, especially with an alcoholic drink in hand. But would they be caught with a cigarette dangling out the corner of their mouth? Listen Time
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First political advertisements for 2024 Elk Grove City Council races appear in mailboxes
n less than 11 months, Elk Grove voters will select their mayor and city council representatives for Districts 1 and 3. Accordingly, mail customers citywide received their first political advertisement in the last few days. Elk Grove District 1 and 3 city council members Darren Suen and Kevin Sprease purchased
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Spate of recent Oak Rose lawsuit filings against Elk Grove reveal more details; hearing scheduled this week
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Opening date of Elk Grove commuter rail station derailed, not scheduled until 2026 at the earliest
Riders hoping to utilize Elk Grove’s highly anticipated commuter rail station must wait longer to see service. The opening of the proposed commuter rail station on Dwight Road on the city’s westside is delayed. Construction of a parking facility and passenger platform on the Union Pacific Sacramento subdivision
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Elk Grove City Council Meeting – November 8
If the two highest-ranking elected officials on the Elk Grove City Council were to skip a meeting, their choice of last night’s session was apropos. However, there was no explanation for the absence of Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and her Vice Mayor, Kevin Spease. Coming out of the closed session,
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Statewide ballot measure could kill Elk Grove’s Bobbie’s Tax – The Measure E Golden Goose
During a legislative update at the Wednesday, November 8 Elk Grove City Council meeting, some sobering news was delivered. A California statewide measure appearing on the November 2024 ballot could kill Elk Grove’s coveted Measure E sale tax increase, known colloquially as Bobbie’s Tax after Elk Grove Mayor
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Elk Grove News Minute Podcast – This official is happily amplifying their true narcissistic personality
Listeners of this podcast may recall the quote, “Politics is like a vice amplifier, where everybody has a need for affirmation, a need to be important, to be recognized.” This description fits most politicians, regardless of affiliation. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Candidate Kevin Spease promised expanding existing Elk Grove roads to relieve traffic but can’t deliver a simple sidewalk infill
Candidates along the food chain make outrageous promises. A recent example that illustrates this is one from presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. In a campaign Hail Mary, DeSantis said if elected president, gasoline would be $2/gallon. It’s an outrageous promise DeSantis cannot possibly fulfill, but some voters
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Sergio Has Left The Building! Elk Grove’s unengaged, uninterested city council member
Sergio Robles has been on the Elk Grove City Council for less than one year. In that short time, Mr. Robles has established a qualifiable low of any city council member in the city’s 23-year-plus history. With only 10 months under his belt, Robles has shown a notable lack
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Big turnout being organized for Elk Grove City Council meeting by Oak Rose project opponents
Although the professional staff at the city of Elk Grove led by city attorney Jonathan Hobbs are recommending the Elk Grove City Council approve a controversial affordable housing project, opposition remains. A large crowd is expected when the Elk Grove City Council convenes this Wednesday at 6 p.m. Organizers