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Mayor Bobbie Singh Allen has often been quoted as saying that the new zoo in Elk Grove is all about the animals, but is it? An estimated $302 million will be poured into the construction of the zoo and this means that some lucky contractors will make a lot of
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But this hiring spree began before Measure E and I don't ever recall an explanation being given on why, particularly since the hiring has greatly exceeded the rate of our city's population growth.
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Guest Commentary Up until now, I didn’t really know who was responsible for the long pattern of City missteps, unwise fiscal deals, lawsuits, bloated bureaucracy, traffic congestion, etc. Up until now, I didn’t know if it was a flawed city manager or flawed leadership at the city council
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Is the Oak Rose controversy about local zoning control, or is there more to the story that we don’t know about? Since Elk Grove’s incorporation 23 years ago, the City Council has catered to the region’s developers, who tell them what they want to build and where.
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Can our wallets keep up with their “small man” obsession to be a big city? The “small man syndrome” was first attributed to Napoleon because, at the time, it was thought that his preoccupation with his short stature (about 5 feet tall) was the reason for his extreme anger and
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About seven years ago, Elk Grove made regional headlines when its Economic Development Department announced that they had landed a high-tech industry from Silicon Valley–NRC Manufacturing from Fremont. Director Darrell Doan and his region counterpart, Barry Broome, boasted to the press that Elk Grove and the Sacramento region were
Opinion
It seems like it was just yesterday that the Elk Grove Citizen plastered on its front page the headline, “Retired EG Police Chief joins Sky River Casino Staff.” Ever since that May 27, 2022 article ran, I’ve been waiting for the other shoe to drop. Consent Item 7.7