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Perhaps the most pointed mailer in the Sacramento area this election season, a prominent California political player has targeted former Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly. Voters began receiving the mailer (seen below) today. Unlike the other independent mailers sent for the 5th District race that offered positive attributes of candidates
Community News
There are three constants among all current and former Elk Grove City Council Members and Mayors. First, they constantly heap praise on highly paid city executives for essentially doing their jobs. We can’t think of any private enterprise where similarly highly compensated individuals are praised like kids receiving participation
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In the increasingly heated contest for California’s 8th State Senate District seat, an educator took issue with claims made in a mailer by one of the three Democratic candidates seeking the position. In a statement issued today by email, the president of the Los Rios College Federation of Teacher
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Several delegates of the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s annual Cap to Cap trip to Washington D.C. attended a protest rally at the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday over the likely reversal of Roe v Wade. According to Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen, after their scheduled meeting ended
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Monday’s Politico story on leaked documents showing the U. S. Supreme Court’s pending decision to overturn Rove V. Wade has set off seismic political activity that has made its way to high-profile Sacramento area races featuring women candidates. Commenting on the possible reversal of reproductive rights by the
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As outlined in Part I last week, the Elk Grove City Council has flirted with placing a sales tax increase on the ballot for several years. Even though the clock is ticking down for the Elk Grove City Council, which could be joined by the Cosumnes Community Services District, both
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Yesterday an interesting text poll started appearing on voters’ phones for California’s 10th Assembly District race. The five-way race features two top Democratic contenders, Elk Grove City Councilmember Stephanie Nguyen, and Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra. Although the question appears to highlight negative aspects of each of the top
Environmental News
By Dan Bacher | Los Angeles, CA — If anybody still believes that California is the nation’s “green” and “progressive” leader as the state’s cities are plagued by the most polluted air in the nation, endangered spring and winter-run Chinook move closer and closer to extinction and the Delta smelt
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It was bound to happen. Earlier it was reported that none of the City of Elk Grove’s executive team had accepted gifts during 2021. That changed in recent days. According to information posted by the Elk Grove City Clerk’s office, one of the city’s highly paid executives
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With an energized group of supporters and campaign volunteers, Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra held of office opening rally on Saturday, April 23 in Sacramento. Guerra is one of four Democratic and one Republican candidate running in the June 7 primary for the California Assembly 10th District seat. Guerra’s
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As Sacramento deals with the aftermath of the recent K Street shooting that left six dead, most of whom were innocent bystanders, the tragedy has created a potential pitfall for one office seeker. In this edition of Elk Grove News Podcast, we’ll take a brief look at a possible
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The first candidate to formally challenge Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen filed candidacy papers on April 12 with the Elk Grove City Clerk. That candidate is Brian Pastor, who was one of three candidates who sought office in 2020. In that election Pastor came in third place with 15.374