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Elk Grove City Councilmember Rod Brewer maintains fundraising efforts, reports $18,000 in contributions
Even though he will not be on the ballot until 2026, freshman Elk Grove City Councilmember Rod Brewer is not easing up on campaign fundraising. Brewer, who won the District 2 seat formerly held by Sacramento County Supervisor with a plurality of votes in 2022, has received $18,808 for
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Critic of Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen implies support for DeSantis, calls indictment of Trump ‘ridiculous’
A person who has doggedly criticized Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and the Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Trustees recently posted a video where his political philosophies were more clearly explained. Mr. Kirk Thomson has appeared at several meetings of both government agencies, primarily criticizing books he classified
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Voices of Elk Grove – Business owner says ‘Queer people not safe enough in Elk Grove’
Responding to what one Elk Grove business owner said is hostility directed at the LGBTQ+ community in Elk Grove, Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and the city council were told, “Queer people are not safe enough in Elk Grove.” The comments came from Ms. Emily Autenrieth, the co-owner of a
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Culture wars ensnaring Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen, City Council
Even though they have no jurisdiction over affairs for the Elk Grove Unified School District, Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and the City Council are ensnared in the culture wars being waged against public school books, curriculum, and gender equity issues. These ensnarements were displayed during the Wednesday, July 26,
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Elk Grove News Minute Podcast – A cozy little system for incumbents
During Elk Grove’s 23 years of cityhood, city council members and mayors often have been elected without reaching 50 percent. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Go Big or Go Home – Can Singh-Allen succeed where former Elk Grove mayors Davis, Ly faltered?
In 2012 Elk Grove voters started direct election of mayors. In that span, there have been three mayors – Gary Davis, Steve Ly, and the current officeholder, Bobbie Singh-Allen. Aside from serving two terms (two so far for Singh-Allen), one other commonality has been that they all have tied themselves to
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Elk Grove News Minute Podcast – They treat constituents like they are the idiots
A few weeks ago, former Republican Congresswoman and Donald Trump critic Liz Cheney made an obvious observation. Cheney said, “We’re electing idiots.” Listen Time 1 Minute
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Gala fundraiser announced for relocation of Sacramento Zoo to Elk Grove
Even though financing for the proposed relocation of the Sacramento Zoo to Elk Grove is unidentified, much less formally approved by Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and her city council, Sacramento Zoological is proceeding as if it was. A posting on the Sacramento Zoo’s website has announced its September
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Brewing political problem for Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen, City Council posed by momarmy.elkgrove
As reported earlier this week, the group calling itself momarmy.elkgrove has taken their grievances about the Elk Grove Unified School District to the City of Elk Grove. This week the group posted an Instagram video mocking Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen. Not surprisingly, the group also made a video
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Activist group momarmy.elkgrove takes aim at City of Elk Grove, Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen
The ongoing battle mounted against the Elk Grove Unified School District from vocal activists is now bringing the Elk Grove mayor and city council into their focus. On Monday, July 10, an Instagram account identified as momary.elkgrove posted a video of portions of recent comments made by one of
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Social media video shows street fight in Old Town-Historic Downtown Elk Grove
A social media video posted on Sunday, July 9, 2023, shows what appears to be a street fight. According to the posting information, the video was recorded in Historic Downtown Elk Grove, also popularly known as Old Town. In the video, there are five people, of which three men are