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Elk Grove News Minute – The 4 Ps of elected officials
Have you ever thought about what motivates an individual to run for elected office? It’s worth contemplating. Listen Time 1 Minute.
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Elk Grove News Minute – How much do we really know about the Elk Grove Mayor and her four city councilmen?
Representative George Santos has caught the imagination of Americans and not in a favorable way. Closer to home, Lodi City Councilmember Shakir Khan has run into a host of legal problems, which leaves you wondering. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Elk Grove News Minute podcasts – Politicians like Sacramento’s Caity Maple are incubators for our rampant cynicism and mistrust
Caity Maple says one thing, does another This week the Sacramento City Council made the controversial decision approving the purchase of a half-million-dollar piece of military equipment. At the center of the controversy was newly elected Sacramento City Councilmember Caity Maple. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Elk Grove News Minute podcast – Forget oversight, they’ll be her puppets on a string
Independent or puppets? Elk Grove voters approved Measure E, which increased consumer taxes by at least 23 million dollars annually. As part of the Measure, Mayor Bobbie Singh Allen and her four councilmen promised to form a citizen’s oversight committee. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Elk Grove News Minute mid-week edition – Dystopia Now
A popular genre of science fiction in literature and movies is about dystopian futures. There is an innate curiosity to ponder how bad things could become. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Elk Grove News Minute – Elk Grove’s Measure E on Super Steroids
This week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is pushing a vote on his so-called fair tax proposal. Republican’s fair tax is anything but. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Elk Grove News Minute – Our contributors will keep an eye on their shenanigans
This week Elk Grove News marked its 15th anniversary. The website was launched on January 11, 2008. It was not launched as a money-making endeavor, for popularity purposes, or to have the most followers or likes. Listen Time 2 Minutes
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Elk Grove News Minute – ‘It’s the NFL’s world, the rest of us just live in it’
This week Americans held their breath after learning about the injury of NFL player Damar Hamlin. Listen Time 1 Minute Read more on this topic here.
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Elk Grove News Minute – It was the truth that caught up with him
Happy New Year, and thanks for listening to Elk Grove News Minute throughout 2022. Politicians telling lies is nothing new, but a recent case has broken new ground. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Elk Grove News Minute Podcast – The answer to that question is already known
A couple of critical lessons attorneys learn are always to collect your client’s fee upfront, and when litigating, never ask a question you don’t know the answer to. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Elk Grove News Minute – The ultimate hypocritical snowflake!
The term snowflake has been widely used by conservatives to denigrate liberals. When using this term, the implication is someone is as fragile as a snowflake. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Elk Grove News Minute – Something that has Democrats salivating
Donald Trump suffered another blow this week with Raphael Warnock’s reelection. It’s significant because statewide Georgia Republicans not tied to Trump were easily elected. Listen Time 1 Minute Read this WaPo analysis on the effect Trump had on Walker’s failed candidacy (no registration required)