By Dan Schmitt | 

So, I’m at the gym Sunday morning, getting in some treadmill work, when I look up at the TV screen in front of me. One of the morning political talk shows was airing, and the caption showing the issue being discussed read, “Democrats calling for Biden to step down after poor debate performance!”

Observers of the Elk Grove City Council have long asserted many decisions are already made before they appear on the agenda for a public hearing. During the June 26 Elk Grove City Council meeting, city manager Jason Behrmann inadvertently confirmed this long-held belief.

As it has for the last couple of terms, the United States Supreme Court has issued consequential rulings, and this term was no different. We are calling one decision issued earlier this week, the Small Town Legal Bribery Act.

A few years ago, I saw an early 1970s picture with my siblings and friends, all of us clad in bell-bottom blue jeans. What were we thinking!

Politicians are often skewered for their antics on this podcast. On the occasion when an elected official shows humanity and compassion, that too should be recognized.

This edition of Elk Grove News Minute is is personal.

Like most people, I appreciate a good comeback, or in this case, a riches to rags recovery story. I am speaking about my birthplace, and the place where I have not lived for over 40 years but did for my first 23 years.

Elk Grove taxpayers had no voice in the decision to build a $300 million zoo for the Sacramento zoological society.

During the recent Sacramento Zoo hearing, we were reminded no new major zoo has opened in

These projects, most of which have failed to materialize, are examined in the aftermath of the May 8 Elk Grove City Council meeting where Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and her city council gave the green light on the $300 million relocation and construction project for the Sacramento Zoo. Just who, or what, takes priority status for Mayor Singh-Allen when it comes to addressing traffic concerns?