Thursday, September 27, 2012

Dan Lungren and Ami Bera Face to Face

From Capitol Public Radio

The Complete Debate of Congressional Candidates Dan Lungren and Ami Bera. Below you can listen to the full debate, or follow a link to the recap by Ben Adler.

7th Congressional District candidates Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Gold River and Dr. Ami Bera, D-Elk Grove squared off in a debate sponsored by Capital Public Radio, The Sacramento Bee, and News10 on Tuesday, Sept. 25th at 3 p.m. You can listen to the archived audio here.


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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Candidates Night - School Board Races

Our Schools and our kids could face major changes this election day. Who ARE all these School Board candidates?

On this edition, a Special Presentation of the “Candidates Night, Part 2: The School Board Races. We hear from all the candidates in the upcoming election, many of whom are unknown to the public.

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The following is a complete recording of the School Board Debate, recorded September 17th, 2012 as part of “Candidates Night”. 

In a one hour forum, 7 candidates running to fill 3 seats on the Elk Grove Unified School Districts Board of Trustees answer questions from local reporters and the audience. Though not a majority, the election of 3 out of 7 board members can have a major impact on local education, making this one of the most important forums of the next four years.

We want to thank the sponsors of the event: The Elk Grove News, The Elk Grove Patch, and the SacramentoBee for making this recording possible.

We re-join the session as they return from their break.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Candidates Night - The Mayors Race

Election 2012

How will you choose our next mayor? Road Signs? Go to a Picnic? Let's let the candidates speak for themselves!

A Special Presentation of the “Candidates NightPart 1: The Mayors Race. On this edition, we hear the positional and the personal, as each potential mayor shares on the issues and on themselves.

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The following is a complete recording of the Mayors Debate, recorded September 17th, 2012 as part of “Candidates Night”. In a one hour forum, 5 out of 6 of the candidates to be Elk Grove's first elected mayor answer questions from local reporters and the audience. Missing was candidate Greg Higley.

We want to thank the sponsors of the event: The Elk Grove News, The Elk Grove Patch, and the SacramentoBee for making this recording possible.

We join the session just as it gets started.

Tomorrow: The School Board Races

Friday, September 14, 2012

"City Needs New Blood" - LaWanna Montgomery

Is Elk Grove at a Stand-Still? That's the view of Mayoral Candidate LaWanna Montgomery.  But does Montgomery have what it takes to move us forward?

Hear all her views and qualifications on today's RadioElkGrove.  Let's look into it together
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We've seen already what they can do. Now it is time to see what 'new blood' can do.” - LaWanna Montgomery

In her third attempt at city office, Mayoral Candidate LaWanna Montgomery feels she has a good chance of becoming Elk Grove's next mayor

Friday, September 7, 2012

Lynn Wheat - Running on the Issues

Can you run a campaign on the issues, without any contributions? One candidate is trying.
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In this edition: Lynn Wheat is running a different kind of campaign. It's issue driven, grass-roots with absolutly no outside contributions allowed. But can she compete? We talked with Ms. Wheat at her coffee shop meeting this week in an in-depth interview.
Meet the Candidate – Lynn Wheat, on today's RadioElkGrove. Let's look into it together.
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Lynn Wheat is no stranger to Elk Grove politics and public affairs. Wheat has long been