The best-laid plans of Mice and Men can go awry

A cornered showman is always looking for a bigger, louder explosion

Leading up to his Thursday night address, Donald Trump promised "bombshell revelations" about voting fraud. Instead, we got what CNN’s David Axelrod called "a big nothing-burger on a brioche bun."  Calling it a nothing-burger is insulting to even the worst of fast food. It was more like a greasy Jack in the box taco wrapper found in a parking lot.

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.