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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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Even though she has been in the California Assembly for three weeks, it has been announced that District 10 Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen has received an important assignment. Speaker Anthony Rendon Rendon (D-Lakewood) yesterday appointed Nguyen to his leadership team, where she will serve as his assistant Speaker pro Tempore. “I
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Politicians can possess honorable personality traits. But, unfortunately, the terms honor and politicians are usually mutually exclusive. A more typical personality trait possessed by most elected officials is a self-endowed sense of entitlement to things not available to most constituents. And more significantly, egos compel elected officials to endlessly talk
Community News
As the last remaining person at Elk Grove City Hall who has been there since the city’s July 2000 incorporation, last night ended City Councilmember Pat Hume’s 22 years of service. Hume, who did not seek reelection to a fifth term, was elected to the Sacramento County Board
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After the certification of election results and before a standing-room-only audience, Elk Grove City Council’s two newly elected city council members took their oath of office this evening during the regular city council meeting. Taking their oath of office for four-year terms were District 2 representative Rod Brewer and
Politics & Government
In her first action representing California Assembly District 10, Stephanie Nguyen has introduced legislation previously introduced by her Assembly predecessor, Sacramento County Sheriff-elect Jim Cooper. The legislation, Assembly Bill 32, seeks to reclassify certain hate crimes. According to Nguyen’s press release, the “Bill seeks to reclassify hate crimes to
Community News
Regardless of the outcome of her campaign for California Assembly District 10, Stephanie Nguyen participated in her last meeting as a member of Elk Grove City Council. Although she maintains a lead as of today over her opponent, Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra, the outcome of that race will not
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An independent expenditure committee TV commercial targeting Democratic voters has called Democratic California Assembly District 10 candidate Elk Grove City Couniclmember Stephane Nguyen, a Republican. The commercial (see video below) has been in rotation this week. In their effort to support Nguyen’s opponent, Democrat Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra,
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Even though he is not on the November ballot, former Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly’s 2020 controversy is a campaign issue, and ironically one candidate is being bludgeoned over it. Listen Time 2 Minutes
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In a mailer from her campaign received by voters yesterday, Elk Grove City Councilmember Stephanie Nguyen resurrected a line of attack against her fellow Democratic candidate, Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra. The two candidates are vying for the hotly contested District 10 seat of the California Assembly. As she did
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On Wednesday, October 26, the Elk Grove City Council approved a community workforce and training agreement (CWTA) with a rare split vote. Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen, Vice Mayor Darren Suen, and Councilmember Stephanie Nguyen were in favor, Councilmember Kevin Spease opposed, and Councilmember Pat Hume abstained from the vote. The five-year
Community News
In a very clever and not-so-subtle way, the Elk Grove Mayor, her four city council members, and the city hall executive staff has been promoting Measure E, the in perpetuity $23 million+ consumer tax increase. If you are a registered voter, you have received a mailer that the city claims