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Only 3 people attended important goal-settting meeting On Friday, March 10, the Elk Grove City Council held its biennial retreat meeting. Several city staff members, Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen, and her four councilmen had an all-day meeting. Even though the city complied with meeting notification requirements, it was not well publicized.
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5 members formally appointed Listen to the story. Along with appointing five members to the Measure E oversight committee, the Elk Grove City Council decided to expand the committee size to seven at last evening’s city council meeting. After hearing comments from several of the 19 committee applicants, Mayor
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During the March 8, 2023 Elk Grove City Council meeting, Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen will have 19 applicants to consider for appointment to a citizen’s oversight committee. That committee will examine Measure E expenditures, the voter-approved sales tax increase.
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Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen will make the appointments Listen to this story During this Wednesday’s Elk Grove City Council meeting, Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen will have 19 applicants to consider for appointment to a citizen’s oversight committee. That committee will examine Measure E expenditures, the voter-approved sales tax increase. Measure
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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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Make demands for the animal shelter Last November, Elk Grove voters approved Measure E, which will increase sales taxes on many consumer purchases in Elk Grove by one percent. The measure is expected to raise $23 million annually. Even though the city will not levy the tax until April, with
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Fundraising included a large personal loan to campaign Campaign finance disclosure filed with the Elk Grove City Clerk’s office show newly elected District 2 Elk Grove City Councilmember Rob Brewer raised $172,737 in 2022 for his campaign. Brewer won the office with a plurality of votes after defeating
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Robles needs a quick course correction In the November 2022 Elk Grove City Council District 4 race, Sergio Robles scored an impressive victory. However, his performance as a council member has been anything but since taking office. As Robles campaigned for what became a landslide victory, there were whispers about
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Brewer, Robles break city council’s unwritten dress code If there has been one constant on the Elk Grove City Council for at least 15 years, it has been the male members of the council have consistently presented with a jacket and tie, and women members have always dressed professionally.
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Typically a city council ally, this Elk Grove citizen criticizes the process The oversight committee will monitor revenues and expenditures of Elk Grove’s Measure E, which increased sales taxes in the city by one percent. The tax increase will provide the city with an additional $23 million annually. Measure
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Elk Grove Citizen cast dispersions on the committee’s role With the passage last November of Elk Grove’s $23 million annual sales tax increase under Measure E, the Elk Grove City Council took a step to establishing a citizen’s oversight committee at their Wednesday, January 25 meeting. As
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One distinguishing habit of Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen when she is conducting a city council meeting is her bellowing laugh. While we all can enjoy laughter at the appropriate times during an official meeting, the Mayor seems to laugh at innocuous comments (see video below) from the public she