Elk Grove News Podcasts
531 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★ - 3 ratingsThis is the podcast channel of www.ElkGroveNews.net - home to the Elk Grove News Minute and Elk Grove News Podcast. Elk Grove California's independent, non-corporate voice. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
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Finally, straight talk on Elk Grove's traffic congestion
April 13, 2019 14:22 - 1 minute - 1.5 MBThe Wednesday, April 10 Elk Grove City Council meeting was one to remember. At the end of the meeting with hardly no one in attendance, the city council heard an honest assessment of the city’s growing traffic congestion. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Cow and the Bee; There could be more to Devin Nunes' lawsuits than meets the eye
April 10, 2019 15:42 - 5 minutes - 8.41 MBIn the last several weeks California Republican Congressman Devin Nunes has made quite a splash in social media - twitter specifically - and more recently in mainstream media for a couple of lawsuits he has filed. Perhaps its a riff on the song Dog and Butterfly by Heart, except for Nunes its more like Cow and Bee. In the case of the cow, the Fresno-area congressman filed a $250 million lawsuit against a Twitter parody Account called Devin Nunes Cow. Apparently poor little Devin thinks ...
Elk Grove News Minute - The wait for the buffet line in Elk Grove just got way longer
April 06, 2019 12:28 - 1 minute - 1.48 MBThis week casino watchdog group Stand Up For California filed another lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Indians Affairs over the proposed Wilton Rancheria casino in Elk Grove, California. The issues raised for the plaintiff comes from documents the B I A was forced to release. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Elk Grove News Podcast - Two Tails for Dreaming Dog Brewery
April 02, 2019 12:28 - 17 minutes - 25.8 MBThe last several months for the proprietors of Elk Grove's Dreaming Dog Brewery have been two tails. The first tale was of the successful launch and establishment by David and Elizabeth Brown of their popular brewery and tasting room located at the Stonelake Landing shopping center on the west side of Elk Grove. Their efforts to build a friendly, community-based gathering spot was recognized by the Elk Grove Chamber of Commerce and awarded the Brown's with the 2018 Rookie Business of th...
Elk Grove News Podcast - NEST examines relationship between California Northstate University, City of Elk Grove
April 02, 2019 10:42 - 13 minutes - 19.7 MBIn this edition of Elk Grove News Podcast, we have a discussion with Kathy Engle of Neighbors Ensuring Stonelake Transparency - NEST. Led by Engle's public information requests, the citizens' group has started examining documents they have received from the city of Elk Grove. Engles discusses some of their initial findings showing the depth of the relationship between the city and the for-profit medical school who is proposing the $750 million hospital in Elk Grove's Stonelake neighborho...
Arkansas-based trailer park operator to open in Elk Grove
April 01, 2019 07:24 - 3 minutes - 3.82 MBWhile some view California's rapidly escalating housing costs as an impediment, one company from America's Natural State is taking a contrarian view and sees a golden opportunity in the Golden State. Mountain Home, Arkansas-based Affordable Family Development (AFD) has announced its intent to pursue a manufactured housing site on a vacant parcel in Elk Grove. The parcel AFD purchased for their development is the long-vacant 18-acre site located on the northeast corner of Sheldon and Power...
Elk Grove News Minute - City of Elk Grove's missed opportunity to address affordable housing
March 30, 2019 13:16 - 1 minute - 1.3 MBAs widely reported, Elk Grove recently updated its general plan. The plan nibbles around the edges of one of California’s most pressing socio-economic problems – affordable housing. Elk Grove’s solution is predictable – cluster some rental units in a few areas and forget about it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Elk Grove News Minute - Memo to Elk Grove CIty Council; You are being watched
March 23, 2019 09:15 - 1 minute - 1.11 MBSocial media is part of our life, and for all its ills, at times it can be educational. Such was the case in a recent series of tweets. The tweets were about city council’s brushing off constituents. — Kevin Dayton (@DaytonPubPolicy) March 22, 2019 I hear Los Angeles City Council is like this. In fact, I remembered an old newspaper article about it and found it, in @latimes from 2005! Also, a 2014 YouTube video:https://t.co/PEhIhKpq11https://t.co/Ebydf7F74q --- Support this po...
Governor Newsom and the Death Penalty
March 19, 2019 15:00 - 4 minutes - 3.38 MBBy Dan Schmitt | I cannot begin to imagine how devastating it must be to discover that a loved one has been ruthlessly murdered. I cannot imagine the pain, the depression and the suffering family members and friends of murder victims go through as they wait for the execution of the person on death row who was found guilty of the heinous crimes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Elk Grove News Podcast - CNU, CEQA & PLAs: The ABCs of Elk Grove's proposed hospital
March 18, 2019 16:34 - 23 minutes - 20.9 MBBased in Monterey, California, Dayton is a policy and political consultant with 22 years of experience dealing with Issues related to construction and development. The discussion centers on the intersection of the California Environmental Quality Act, and project labor agreements as it relates to the $750 million hospital proposed in Elk Grove, Calif. by California Northstate University. Dayton can be followed on Twitter at @DaytonPubPolicy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcast...
Ménage à trois; California Northstate University, union bosses, and the Elk Grove City Council
March 16, 2019 03:43 - 1 minute - 1.38 MBAfter weeks of bombardment from Elk Grove residents over the proposed 750 million dollar California Northstate university hospital, the Elk Grove city council had a respite this week. Coming to their rescue was a host of big shot building trade union bosses, all of whom have contributed cash to the city council members. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Let's be careful out there
March 14, 2019 16:21 - 59 seconds - 829 KBBe careful when doing online sales. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
The staggering credit card debt of Elk Grove, Calif. residents
March 13, 2019 17:41 - 5 minutes - 3.55 MBAlthough the economy is doing relatively well, residents of Elk Grove, California are taking on more high-cost credit card debt. Those were the findings of a recently released study by Wallethub.com. In this edition, we discuss the implications of this development with Wallethub.com's personal finance expert Jill Gonzales. Other findings from WalletHub's study can be viewed here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Manafort, F. Scott Fitzgerald and American Justice
March 09, 2019 13:57 - 1 minute - 1.47 MBThis week Trump crony Paul Manafort received one of his two sentences from his corruption and tax evasion convictions. As it stands today, Manafort will be out in about three years having received nine months credit for time served. Even if he receives a few more years at his next sentencing, Manafort got what amounts to slap on the wrist when you compared it to the maximum sentence he could have received. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-n...
Elk Grove News Minute - PG&E’s interest in Elk Grove politics exposed
March 02, 2019 11:05 - 1 minute - 1.53 MBFor years Pacific Gas and Electric – PG&E - have made thousands of dollars of campaign contributions to Elk Grove city council members. Their interest in Elk Grove politics has always been something of a puzzlement. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Elk Grove News Podcast - General Plan update adopted by Elk Grove; What now?
March 01, 2019 02:30 - 11 minutes - 17.2 MBAfter a multi-year process, yesterday the Elk Grove City Council adopted the city's general plan update. As the name implies, a general plan is the road map of how the city of Elk Grove expects to develop for several years to come. In this edition, we discuss the update, public comment on the adoption, and whether or not the city council took into consideration of any of the comments from residents during the entire process with smart planning advocate Lynn Wheat. --- Support this pod...
Zoning Ordinance Update and a Major Project in Elk Grove
February 25, 2019 07:41 - 11 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this edition we continue our discussion with Elk Grove, California resident and smart planning advocate Lynn Wheat. The discussion looks at the differences between the updates for the general plan and zoning code. Wheat discusses how the zoning code might be more important the general plan, and how a significant change to the zoning code has implications for major project now under consideration by the City of Elk Grove. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/...
Elk Grove News Minute - Lessons for EGUSD, Elk Grove City Council from the CCSD
February 23, 2019 06:31 - 1 minute - 1.5 MBWill elected officials on the Elk Grove City Council and Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Trustees continue their blatant violation of civil and voters rights, be more interested in their own parochial interests, or do the right thing? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
CCSD Director Jaclyn Moreno discusses by-district elections
February 21, 2019 13:53 - 2 minutes - 1.57 MBCosumnes Community Services District Director Jaclyn Moreno discusses the reasons why the district should have by-district elections during the Wednesday, February 20, 2019 CCSD meeting. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Elk Grove News Podcast - Is Elk Grove in a conflict of interest for hiring 5G industry consultant to be unbiased expert?
February 19, 2019 13:02 - 9 minutes - 15.1 MBThis is the first installment in a three-part series with Mark Graham, who is a community watchdog on the placement of 5G cellular antennas. In this segment, we discuss a possible conflict of interest between the City of Elk Grove and a cellular industry consultant hired by the city for their November 28 workshop on the placement of the antennas within the city. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Ya Gotta Be Schmittin’ Me - The Motorcycle Road Trip Awakening
February 18, 2019 09:50 - 6 minutes - 4.18 MBPodcast by Dan Schmitt My best friend of forty-two years, Cal Robinson, died three years ago of complications caused by diabetes. No one, especially me, would have predicted that two such different young men would develop an endearing friendship that would last nearly a half-century, but it did. I first met Cal in 1973 at the Reubens Restaurant in La Mesa, California. I was a bartender, and Cal had recently been hired as a bar boy, a position that involved washing glasses, refilling ice b...
Stonelakes NEST, Meet E-G Capp - Opposition to California Northstate University project grows
February 16, 2019 10:11 - 1 minute - 1.42 MBThe Elk Grove city council has offered full-throated support for the California Northstate University's proposed $750 million teaching-hospital, but they have underestimated opposition to the project. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
A CItizen's View on Elk Grove, California's General Plan Update
February 11, 2019 21:06 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBFor roughly three-and-half years, Elk Grove has been updating the city's general plan. The general plan is roughly the blueprint on how the city will grow in the future. In this edition of Elk Grove New Podcast, we have a discussion with one Elk Grove resident who has monitored the process from start to finish. The general plan was scheduled for approval by the Elk Grove City Council on Wednesday, February 13, but was removed for unknown reasons at the last minute. --- Support this p...
Another appointment coming to the Elk Grove City Council?
February 09, 2019 08:07 - 1 minute - 1.47 MBA high-placed source in Elk Grove’s political underground related a plot to appoint another Elk Grove city council member. In this episode, we lay out how this scheme could happen. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Elk Grove News Minute Podcast - Bobby Layne Superbowl Cocktail and The Detroit Lions
February 03, 2019 21:03 - 1 minute - 1.48 MBFor hardcore NFL fans, tomorrow’s Super Bowl between the Pats and Rams is like Christmas morning. Football fanatics probably know there are only four teams who have never appeared in the Super Bowl. The cocktail recipe is here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Elk Grove News Podcast - Elk Grove City Council 'congeniality' report
January 20, 2019 22:51 - 11 minutes - 14 MBIn this edition of Elk Grove News Podcast, we discuss one of the most misunderstood - especially as practiced by members of the Elk Grove City Council - regular items on their meeting agendas. An item that was supposed to inform the public has evolved into a perversion of the original intent. Elk Grove resident and longtime city council observer, Lynn Wheat joins the conversation. Wheat explains the history of this item, and never one to be without worthy ideas, suggests a solution. --- ...
The Practical Justification for Universal, Single-Payer Health Care
January 20, 2019 22:31 - 4 minutes - 4.05 MBBy Dan Schmitt | The United States is one of the few developed nations on earth that does not provide some form of universal, single-payer health care. For clarification purposes, when referring to health care, the term universal means that all people within a country have coverage. The term Single-payer usually means that the federal government pays for everyone’s health care, with funding via a payroll tax similar to Social Security and Medicare. --- Support this podcast: https://po...
MEGGA, fresh eyes, innovations czar and a robust list of leads
January 20, 2019 22:25 - 1 minute - 1.45 MBIn the last several days, city hall tax collectors and mall mavens in Elk Grove received crushing news – the Outlet Collection at Elk Grove will never open. Not to worry though - help is on the way! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Elk Grove's Ghost Mall, Hospital Wrecking Ball Quandary
January 19, 2019 06:32 - 1 minute - 1.45 MBIn less than one month, plans for the demolition of two shopping centers in Elk Grove have been announced. The first is the Stonelake Landings for the proposed $750 million for profit hospital on the city’s west side The second is the demolition of the unfinished Outlet Collection, also known as the Ghost Mall. With the Ghost Malls demise, questions from residents of the Stonelake neighborhood, who oppose the demolition of the Stonelake Landings, will abound. --- Support this podca...
Elk Grove News Minute - Beware of Elk Grove's Jobs Creation Claims
January 12, 2019 19:04 - 59 seconds - 1.54 MBAt the January 2019 Elk Grove City Council meeting, the city’s economic development director Darrell Doan made claims that make Dr. Evil’s assertion that his father invented the question mark plausible. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Part I – The Moral Justification for Universal, Single-Payer Health Care
January 08, 2019 05:27 - 4 minutes - 2.89 MBBy Dan Schmitt Numerous polls, just before the 2018 midterm election, showed that the number 1 issue on voters’ minds was access to affordable, quality health care. Actually, for more than a half-century, access to good health care has been elusive for many Americans. One might say it’s been a case of the “Haves and the Have-Nots.” The “Health Care Haves” are the wealthy who have the financial resources to purchase their own health care insurance, people who can afford health insuranc...
Fat payroll, salaries at City Hall?
January 04, 2019 22:33 - 1 minute - 1.5 MBIs the Elk Grove City hall payroll getting fat? A casual examination of recent events and job listings would say yes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
2019 Elk Grove California Stories to Follow
December 30, 2018 17:09 - 59 seconds - 1.41 MBAs we enter 2019, there will be scads of stories that will develop during the year. However, there are a few stories that have developed this year and before, that will continue into 2019. The outcome of these ongoing stories will have the most influence in shaping the future of Elk Grove, California. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Christmas Wishes For Everyone!
December 21, 2018 12:26 - 59 seconds - 1.7 MBThe Christmas holiday season is the favorite time of year for many people. After all, if we have learned only one thing from Christmas movies on Hallmark or Lifetime, it's that wishes do come true at this time of year. From Elk Grove News. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Christmas, a Rifle, and a Life Lesson
December 18, 2018 05:18 - 5 minutes - 4.1 MBBy Dan Schmitt No season is quite like Christmas for welling up memories. And no Christmas season is more indelibly locked into my memory than the one that occurred back in 1958. I grew up the third of seven kids in the small central Wisconsin town of Schofield. My parents were products of the Great Depression and World War II and disciplined differently. Six of the seven Schmitt kids were boys, and we were all boys, if you know what I mean! --- Support this podcast: https://podcast...
Elk Grove Aquatics Center and That Giant Flushing Sound
December 15, 2018 05:32 - 59 seconds - 1.64 MBOn Wednesday, December 12, at the request of public works director Bob Murdock, the Elk Grove City Council approved additional funding of $1.4 million to cover cost overruns on the civic center aquatics facility. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
CCSD - Catalyst for progressive politics in Elk Grove, California?
December 08, 2018 21:13 - 1 minute - 1.47 MBLatest episode of Elk Grove News --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
The Unexpected Consequence of a Basketball Game
December 04, 2018 04:42 - 5 minutes - 3.82 MBBy Dan Schmitt I suppose my journey began one afternoon during Christmas break in 1964 when I was 16. One of the few activities my friends and I did indoors during the cold, snowy north-central Wisconsin winters was play basketball. We were at the YMCA in my hometown when “THEY” arrived and put a dent in my sheltered existence. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Our Brush With Bush 41
December 01, 2018 21:22 - 4 minutes - 6.29 MBLike many people, I had the good opportunity to shake the hand of an American President. In my case, it was the recently departed George H. W. Bush. To be clear when I met the 41st American President he was not yet in office. In fact, it was at the point when he was coming to widespread attention national attention. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
5G Technology - Can Elk Grove balance conflicting interests? 00:00
November 30, 2018 21:42 - 1 minute - 1.6 MBOn Wednesday November 28, the Elk Grove City council held a workshop meeting to discuss the advent of the latest advancement in cell phone technology, so-called 5 G. During the four-hour session, testimony was heard on the implications of the new technology from legal, public works, public health, technological, and economic development perspectives. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
To Serve Constituents
November 25, 2018 18:15 - 1 minute - 1.44 MBOver the next few weeks elected officials will be taking their oaths for office. Now is a good as time as to remind these officials their first priority is to represent, and, as needed, aid constituents. Along these lines two people recently told us why they voted for Congressman Ami Bera and State senator Richard Pan. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
The Secret to Happiness - A Tale
November 20, 2018 05:41 - 7 minutes - 5.47 MBBy Dan Schmitt Some years ago in the town of Elk Grove there lived a very unhappy young man named Joseph. Joseph had been afforded all the blessings and opportunities bestowed upon him and most other young people residing in Elk Grove. But still, he was so very unhappy and pined to anyone who would lend an ear that there had to be more to life than what he had so far experienced. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
What we're thankful for in Elk Grove, California 2018
November 17, 2018 05:16 - 1 minute - 1.59 MBThanksgiving is that time of year where people meet, argue politics with that crazy brother-in-law or Uncle, watch the Detroit Lions get their heads handed to them - again, and if there is any time left, give thanks for what matters the most. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Elk Grove's biggest loser in 2018 elections
November 10, 2018 12:18 - 59 seconds - 1.45 MBIn elections, there are metaphorical winners and losers, and the recent one in Elk Grove was no exception. So who was the biggest loser in this Elk Grove election? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Elk Grove traffic, campaign promises and worldwide peace
November 03, 2018 13:41 - 59 seconds - 1.46 MBWhat do all of the Elk Grove City Council and mayoral candidates have in common with Richard Nixon during his second run in 1968 for the President of the United States? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Rod Brewer discusses Cosumnes CSD candidacy
October 29, 2018 14:36 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBIn this edition, we have a discussion with Rod Brewer, who is seeking re-election to the Cosumnes Community Service District. The discussion with Brewer was recorded at one of Elk Grove’s fine dining establishments so please excuse any background noise. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/elk-grove-news/support
Boo, ya! The War on Halloween
October 27, 2018 14:28 - 1 minute - 1.78 MBIn a few days, one of our favorite celebrations will be upon us, Halloween. What isn’t there to like about carving a jack-o-lantern, and having kids come to your door shouting Trick or Treat? Over the last few years, however, there has been a full-frontal assault on this beloved holiday. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Stephanie Nguyen discusses Elk Grove City Council candidacy
October 26, 2018 12:01 - 14 minutes - 22.3 MBIn this edition we have a discussion with Elk Grove City Council member Stephanie Nguyen who is seeking the District 4 seat in this Novembers election. A discussion with challenger Orlando Fuentes was posted in a previous podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Orlando Fuentes discusses Elk Grove City Council candidacy
October 25, 2018 15:03 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBThis two-part series features talks with 2018 Elk Grove District 4 city council candidates Orlando Fuentes and Stephanie Nguyen. The interviews are being posted based on a drawing conducted by Nguyen. Today the session with Fuentes is posted, and tomorrow the discussion with Nguyen will be available. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support
Discussion with Elk Grove City Council candidate Pat Hume
October 23, 2018 15:12 - 10 minutes - 17.2 MBThis two-part series features talks with 2018 Elk Grove District 2 city council candidates Andres Ramos and Pat Hume. The interviews are being posted based on a drawing conducted by Ramos. Today the session with Hume is posted and the discussion with Ramos was previously posted. The same topics with Ramos and Hume were covered, with one question altered slightly for each candidate based on Hume's current status as an elected office holder. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.s...