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There will be at least two new Elk Grove City Council members this year. For certain, there will be new representatives in Districts 2 and 4. Last week District 4 candidates Giezi Bermudez and Sergio Robles were invited to make a recording regarding their candidacies. Below you will find the
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By Kyle Jaeger | Guest Commentary | Special to Elk Grove Daily News | Elk Grove Animal Shelter is at “critical capacity,” officials said this week. But at the same time that the city is pleading the public to adopt or foster—waiving fees in the hopes of making space at the shelter—
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At a press conference this morning at their Sacramento headquarters, officials with Asian Recources Inc. announced they would file a lawsuit against an independent expenditure committee. The lawsuit stems from a mailer where ARI officials said the committee made unfounded claims against the non-profit community-based social service provider. Flanked by
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Whether you support Elk Grove’s onerous Measure E or not, there is no denying proponents are loaded with developer and union cash in their pursuit of the $23 million annual consumer tax hike. Although there have been several so-called “informational” taxpayer-funded mailers, and this week, a slick multi-page mailer
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According to information compiled by Political Data Inc., only eight percent of ballots have been returned to the Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections as of October 25. Of the 863,834 ballots mailed to registered voters in Sacramento County, 65,653 have been received by elections officials. Of those
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In a very clever and not-so-subtle way, the Elk Grove Mayor, her four city council members, and the city hall executive staff has been promoting Measure E, the in perpetuity $23 million+ consumer tax increase. If you are a registered voter, you have received a mailer that the city claims
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After a four-plus-year process, the Elk Grove City Council will consider entering into a five-year community workforce and training agreement (CWTA) at their Wednesday meeting. If approved, the deal is with the Sacramento-Sierra Building and Construction Trades Council (SSBCTC), the AFL-CIO Council, and its member unions. According to the staff
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Today, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s office issued a stark warning – Rainbow Fentanyl is on the streets, and it’s deadly. The deadly narcotic is manufactured to look like candies that could be attractive to children and teens. The discovery came from a recent fentanyl fake M30 pill seizure
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During the Wednesday, October 12, 2022, Elk Grove City Council meeting, District 3 Councilmember Kevin Spease requested a meeting with Union Pacific Railroad. The rail operator has two tracks through the city, one of which frequently has malfunctioning gates and stopped trains. With large and growing populations on the east
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By Lynn Wheat | Guest Contributor | Ed. note. This is the conclusion 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 5 Did you also know? One of
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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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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