Elk Grove News Saturday, July 4, 2020
A Response to the Op-Ed: Mayor Steve Ly Sent Hmong Men To Threaten Me Into Silence From Mayor Of Elk Grove Steve Ly Condemning Threats It has been brought to my attention that individuals have engaged in threatening and reprehensible behavior to stifle the voices of local women. I condemn these […]
On June 2, 2020, Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly wrote a post on his social media in which he prematurely alleged that a local fire that destroyed a Hmong family business was started by protestors. The family communicated on their GoFundMe page that “At this time, we do not know […]
As an elected official on the Board of the Cosumnes Community Services District (CSD) and as a long-time community member, I want to express my disappointment with our elected officials in the city of Elk Grove. As of the writing of this piece, none of our five elected leaders who […]
Dear Health Care Mama, Our world is unrecognizable. Homes are offices, classrooms and gyms. Hospitals and clinics face an unprecedented pandemic and all else has come to a screeching halt, except for you. You, continue to wear all the hats and more. Including the one that is binding us […]
On March 18, 2020, the Elk Grove City Council failed residential renters and small business tenants when it rejected a measure to halt evictions for those affected by the Coronavirus emergency. Sadly, there was little interest in saving businesses that are seeing drastic reductions in revenue; no discussion of the burden to renters […]
*This article reflects the opinions of the Op-Ed author Amar Shergill and not the opinions of Elk Grove Tribune or its staff.* By now, you probably have at least a basic understanding of the impeachment investigation underway in Congress. Perhaps, however, you aren’t aware of the geopolitics that make President […]
*This article reflects the opinions of the Op-Ed author Amar Shergill and not the opinions of Elk Grove Tribune or its staff.* It’s time for all four Elk Grove councilmembers, Councilmembers Hume, Detrick, Nguyen and Suen, to stop being an obstacle to progress. We need By-District elections that give equal […]
The Press Conference Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert held a press conference explaining her long-expected and unsurprising determination that Sacramento Police Department officers would not be prosecuted for shooting and killing unarmed Stephon Clark in his grandparents’ back yard. There is simply no reason that Stephon Clark needed […]
Open Letter to Elk Grove City Council Members Steve Detrick, Pat Hume, Stephanie Nguyen, Darren Suen Dr. Flojaune Cofer remarked at the Elk Grove MLK 2019 Legacy Breakfast that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is best remembered for the second half of the ‘I Have A Dream’ speech. However, […]
By Michelle Nguyen “I want to be heard,” said Justice Brett Kavanaugh in an interview with Fox News. “All I’m asking for is fairness, and that I’d be heard in this process.” The irony here is almost laughable. In the past two weeks, the treatment directed towards Dr. Christine Blasey […]
