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By Lynn Wheat | Guest Contributor | Ed. note. This is the second part of a three-part series that questions the need for Elk Grove’s Measure E, which, if approved by Elk Grove voters, will increase sales taxes by one percent in the city. Segment 3 Did you also know? The
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During July 2017 Elk Grove City Council meeting, Pat Hume called aspects of climate change voodoo science.” The comments were made during a discussion on that year’s Paris Climate Accords. See Hume comments on voodoo science and more in this video.
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A mailer sent by an independent expenditure committee opposing Sacramento County Board of Supervisor District 5 candidate Pat Hume calls him a Trump Republican. Hume, a Republican Elk Grove City Councilmember, is facing Democrat Cosumnes Community Services District Director Jaclyn Moreno. With the headline “Donald Trump isn’t the only
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In a scathing 11-page letter dated October 12 to Elk Grove City Manager Jason Behrmann, the California Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) has notified the city their July denial of the Oak Rose supportive housing project is violating Senate Bill 35. The bill, signed into law by former Gov.
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Today a lawsuit was filed against the City of Elk Grove for rejecting a proposed supportive housing project in the city’s Old Town Special Planning Area. As a result of that rejection and the approval of a nearby Old Town market-rate apartment project, the proposed and rejected Oak Rose
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Nonpartisan nonprofit Sacramento Metro Advocates for Rail and Transit (SMART) will hold a transit- and climate change-focused candidate forum Mon. Oct. 17, 5:30-8:15 pm, at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria downtown. Candidates for all open Sacramento City Council seats and Sacramento County Board of Supervisors D5 will participate. Journalists
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Next week ballots arrive, and there is a critical item for Elk Grove voters. That would be Measure E – a proposed in perpetuity 23 million dollars annual consumer tax increase. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Yesterday Elk Grove voters received what, to be charitable, was an informational (read political) mailer from the City of Elk Grove regarding Measure E on November’s ballot. While the mailer does not take advocate approval – the city can’t legally do that – it goes to the edge. Regardless, the
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During a candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Sacramento County, Pat Hume brushed aside a question on his stance on women’s reproductive rights.
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Throwing aside party loyalty, two Democratic members of the Elk Grove City Council will actively campaign for a prominent Republican candidate. Those Democratic officials, Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and Vice Mayor Darren Suen will be walking precincts for Republican Elk Grove City Councilmember Pat Hume, who is campaigning for
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As she heads into the final month of her campaign for Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 5, Jaclyn Moreno is leveraging one issue that could make a difference with voters – women’s reproductive rights. To that end, Moreno held a news conference yesterday at the Sacramento County Administration building,
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With just over a month until voting closes in the November 2022 general election, Sacramento County Board of Supervisor District 5 candidate Pat Hume continues amassing a substantial campaign fund. According to his California Form 460 report, for the July 1 through September 24 reporting period, Hume raised S253,924.