Elk Grove News Monday, September 28, 2020
Mayoral Candidate Receives Threats On September 15 mayoral candidate and EGUSD Board Trustee Bobbie Singh-Allen woke up to threats on social media. On her personal Facebook page, a man named Kong Lee messaged her. His statement was misogynistic and vile. “F*** you and your racist comment. Ugly whore. I hope […]
Mayor Steve Ly appears to have landed back in hot water once more. Recently, Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly was interviewed by two Hmong television channels. In those interviews, Ly discusses several women who have accused him and his associates of harassment, bullying, intimidation, and misogyny. Then Ly accuses the […]
Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly’s recent statement and plea for supporters of his to stop harassing the women accusing him of unethical behavior seems, for some, to be falling on deaf ears. Mayor Steve Ly attempted to apologize, clearly stated that he believed the women, and asked them to […]
A press conference was held in front of Elk Grove City Hall by female elected officials and their allies. The women involved in the conference are EGUSD Trustee Bobbie Singh-Allen, EGUSD Trustee Nancy Chaires Espinoza, Cosumnes CSD Director Jaclyn Moreno, Planning Commissioner Mackenzie Wieser, Linda Vwj, and Editor-In-Chief, Dr. Jacqueline […]
By Planning Commissioner Mackenzie Wieser, Elk Grove Planning Commission Below is my story of some of my experiences with being ignored and of being Steve’s political PAWN. My reputation has suffered as I was led to believe that Mayor Ly stood for making the kind of change we need in […]
Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly issued an apology Friday to the women accusing him and his supporters of political intimidation and harassment. Several of Ly’s alleged accusers responded late Friday night. In a statement released online, the embattled Mayor expressed sorrow for the “pain and suffering” experienced by his accusers. […]
Today, Elk Grove Unified School District Board Trustee and community advocate Bobbie Singh-Allen formally filed her paperwork to run for Mayor of Elk Grove. The last few weeks have been full of controversy as a total of six women, three of them elected women leaders, have stepped forward with claims […]
The claims of bullying, harassment, intimidation, and misogyny continue against Mayor Steve Ly. More female elected officials are stepping forward with their accounts. Cosumnes CSD Director Jaclyn Moreno recently came forward with her story. She claims that Mayor Ly used his position along with a campaign staffer to bully her […]
Sources close to the Michelle Kile Mayoral campaign say she faced pressure from Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly to quit the race. Kile was asked to run for other local positions instead of Elk Grove Mayor, according to sources wishing not to be identified publicly. It is not clear whether […]
By Jaclyn Moreno In the 2018 campaign, my first political campaign for elected office, I worked side-by-side with Mayor Ly on a team of candidates hoping to be elected. Throughout the campaign, I suffered harassment and abuse from one of Mayor Ly’s paid campaign staffers. After being notified many, many times […]
