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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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In an escalation of their war of words, California Assembly District 10 candidate and Elk Grove City Councilmember Stephanie Nguyen struck back at her opponent today, Eric Guerra. Yesterday Guerra, a Sacramento City Councilmember, issued a statement critical of Nguyen after Elk Grove was sued by a developer of a
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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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By Lynn Wheat | Guest Contributor | Ed. note. This three-part series 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. This November, Elk Grove will be asked to increase their taxes. The tax increase
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The first mailer for Elk Grove City Council District 2 candidate Felipe Martin has arrived in recent days for voters. Martin is one of three candidates vying to replace Pat Hume, who is running for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Martin, who lacks the name recognition of three-term Cosumnes
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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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The 2022 General Election campaign season is in full swing, so what better time to watch a movie about political campaigns. here are a few recommendations and where they can be streamed. Bulworth Warren Beatty stars as U.S. Senator Jay Bulworth, who has hired an assassin to kill him.
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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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A candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Sacramento County Sponsored a forum featuring the candidates for California Assembly District 10. The candidates, Eric Guerra and Stephanie Nguyen, answered a series of questions from LWV moderator Ms. Paula Lee. The forum was held on Monday. October 3
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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