Elk Grove News Podcast

In just over two years from now, California will swear in a new governor. There is no shortage of aspiring candidates to replace Gavin Newsom. On December 11, one of these aspiring governors appeared in Elk Grove. Listen to this edition of the Elk Grove News Podcast to hear one of these candidates' laughable statements how Elk Grove's natural environment has been preserved, which was compounded by...

A couple constituent comments made at the December 11 Elk Grove, Calif. city council meeting warrant attention.

Americans learned of the bombing of Pearl Harbor 83 years ago today. That attack and the events following that infamous day, along with the Great Depression, shaped the world for earlier generations. The significance of that day and more recent events is lost with most Americans.

Americans learned of the bombing of Pearl Harbor 83 years ago today. That attack and the events following that infamous day, along with the great depression shaped the world of my parents’ generation, who were born in 1920. The significance of that day is now just a footnote. Image by katemangostar on Freepik

Even though the 2024 Presidential election has not been certified, and notwithstanding some sort of martial law power grab in the next few years, countless politicians are lining up travel plans to Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina for the 2028 Presidential primaries and elections.  On this edition of Elk Grove News podcasts, we’ll take a quick look at who we think could be some of the top p...

Although there were many difficulties this year, here are some things we give thanks for during 2024. Learn more about Sheila Ford Hamp .

Candidate Trump promised to impose high tariffs. If he does initiate tariffs, what happens to Elk Grove?

Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Elon Musk, has received considerable attention. The unofficial agency, which uses the acronym DOGE, which is also the same name as the crypto currency heavily promoted by Elon Musk, promises to streamline government, mostly by cutting federal spending. Does this thing have a chance?

This week, Americans elected Donald Trump as the 47th president. Exit polling and various pundits have argued that Trump’s victory was largely due to inflation, which ironically came because of Trump’s handling of the pandemic.

Despite his flaws, and we all have flaws, President Richard Nixon was an early national leader in the fledgling environmental movement, and when it came to the American constitution, he obeyed and respected it when faced with the consequences of his actions in the Watergate Scandal.  

Elk Grove Unified School District voters are asked to approve Measure N, a $542 million bond. The measure will probably pass, given that no meaningful and financed campaign is in opposition. What is a Potemkin Village?  

This week has seen noteworthy developments in national and local politics. Vice President Harris entered the Lion’s den and did an interview on the pro-Trump Fox News while Donald Trump had a 39-minute dance fest! Closer to home, Mayor Bobbie SIngh-Allen had a couple of interesting campaign messages.

With election day quickly approaching, these are salad days for Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen. She's likely to win her third term and is gaining statewide exposure.

As of today, October 5, 2024, things are relatively calm in America. Notwithstanding the tragedy of Hurricane Helene, the October 4th jobs reports was strong and inflation is decreasing. But things will be changing.

In my lifetime, dating back to the 1950s, Donald Trump was objectively our worst president -perhaps the worst ever - yet he could be reelected thanks to elected officials like Democratic Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen.

Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh Allen and her city councilmen will consider raising their salaries. The push for more money, is led by Councilman Darren Suen,  and it has most of the city council slobbering like dogs at the prospect of increasing their pay.

During my youth, I smoked cigarettes for about six years. Fortunately, I quit, but to this day, I believe it has affected my health. Although cigarettes were identified as hazardous in the 60s, when I started smoking in the mid 70s, there wasn’t the public awareness there is today.

On Thursday, September 12, 2024, the city of Elk Grove held a community workshop on the planned year-round homeless shelter. That facility is scheduled to open on November 1, and operate for the next four years. The facility is located on East Stockton Boulevard just south of Elk Grove Boulevard at the site of the Calvary Christian Center. When the city announced the plans for the facility earlier...

This week of California’s fair housing lawsuit against Elk Grove came to end. As part of the settlement Elk Grove housing plans will be under review for five years, and as needed the city will have to report monthly, like a probationer to the state.

It might not be the world’s oldest occupation, but lying politicians are a close second. Politicians across the spectrum have forever distorted facts, misrepresented their qualifications, and, when it advances their careers, outright lied.

This year there will be two less choices for some Elk Grove voters because the city council District 1 and 3 city council members, Darren Suen and Kevin Spease, are unopposed. Suen and Spease may think, and even claim they are unchallenged because they are doing such a great job!

On this week’s edition of Elk Grove News Minute , a comment left on a recent EGN story from a reader using the handle, Renegade , with the help of AI will be recited. Consider this an audio letter to the editor on how one person has denigrate American public service.

This week a group of Elk Grove residents unsuccessfully appealed a zoning administrator decision on the Coral Blossom apartment complex. Their appeal was really an objection to the supportive aspect of that project.

The last couple weeks of American Politics have been historic. First the was the shocking assignation attempt on Trump. Then President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, and paved the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to secure the Democratic nomination for president. Now that Harris is the presidential nominee for the Democratic Party, there is some advise from a person who was mentored by the...

Republican representatives are in a frenzy over President Biden’s announcement last week that he will not be running for president for another four years and his endorsement of Vice President Harris’s candidacy for president. Republicans are screaming “FRAUD.” Some Republicans like House Speaker Johnson say that Biden must run as the Democratic nominee (as if you can force someone to run for offic...