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City of Elk Grove News Minute Podcast - Score one for the American consumer

With so much attention focused on debates over free speech, guns, and other constitutional rights, there was a quieter victory this week for a different kind of freedom: the right to fix the things you already own.

City of Elk Grove News Podcasts - Our democracy is worth fighting for

Today, the United States of America celebrates its 250th birthday. Through our historic and ongoing American experiment in democracy, we have traveled through many peaks and valleys. We have been inspired by great men and women who display for all the world to see our decency and humanity.

Elk Grove Politicians Ranked: Who's the Biggest Social Media Narcissist? | Elk Grove News Podcast

How do Elk Grove's elected officials use social media? Are they communicating with constituents...or promoting themselves? In this satirical edition of the Elk Grove News Podcast, publisher Dan Gougherty ranks the social media habits of Congresswoman Doris Matsui, State Senator Angelique Ashby, Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen, Vice Mayor Darren Suen, and Elk Grove City Council members Rod Brewer, Sergio Robles and Kevin Spease. Using the Elk Grove News "Vanity Scale," we examine which politicians use Facebook to serve constituents—and which appear more interested in selfies, staged photo opportunities, and political celebrity. This humorous political commentary concludes with advice from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on how elected officials should engage with the public. For more local political news, visit ElkGroveNews.net [https://www.elkgrovenews.net/]. #ElkGrove #ElkGrovePolitics #ElkGroveCityCouncil #BobbieSinghAllen #DarrenSuen #SergioRobles #RodBrewer #KevinSpease #AngeliqueAshby #StephanieNguyen #DorisMatsui #SocialMedia #PoliticalCommentary #Facebook #PoliticalSatire #CaliforniaPolitics #ElkGroveNewsPodcast

City of Elk Grove; News Minute Podcast - Does Elk Grove need lobbyist when we have Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen?

This week, Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and her city council committed hundreds of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars to two lobby firms to advocate in Sacramentoand Washington DC.

City of Elk Grove News Minute - Competitive races coming for Elk Grove School Board

One of the lasting effects of COVID-19 was a surge of public attention on school boards after pandemic-era school closures thrust education policy into the political spotlight. That attention has cut both ways—some of it constructive, some of it sharply divisive, depending on your perspective.