Video - Then and Now, The Shifting Sands of Elk Grove Priorities


December 26, 2014 |

This evening KVIE will re-broadcast an interview with Elk Grove Mayor Gary Davis on their Studio Sacramento program.

See how Mayor Gary Davis is moving from being laser focused on developing jobs to his newest priority, developing infrastructure.



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Warren Buffet said...

He realizes that the destination- city card has failed, and that employers do not wish to locate in suburbs with no light rail. Instead, he will follow the easy money--grants and a local or regional sales tax measure promising jobs and economic development.

Watch your wallets!

Anonymous said...

Mayor Moonbeam needs to be ousted in 2016!

Anonymous said...

Proud Heritage, Bright Future?

Elk Grove Thriving?

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/09/25/elk-grove-may-be-paying-more-than-double-value-of-land-for-proposed-soccer-stadium/


A City by the developers, of the developers and FOR the developers!

Increase in armed robberies, assaults and various street crimes

More sprawl, horrendous congestion and smog.

$100 million soccer stadium

Paid $6 MILLION for a piece of land that sold for $700,000 three years prior.

Garish 70 - 100 foot tall lighted freeway monument signs

Sister city to the Kingdom of Zamunda

Octopus Civic Center

Amusement park right across from single family homes in Madeira "the Jewel of Elk Grove".

Visions of the Olympic Trials.

3,600 units of high density very low and low income housing on the way to "Meridian" (the Southeast Plan Area) - Hood of the future to be known as Mack Road South.

Trash blowing in the wind,flat, bland, hot, windy sprawling, fast food joints, nail salons, gun stores, smoke shops, vape palaces, strip malls, cheap looking high density low income apartment projects, lack of symphony light opera and ballet, very few upscale restaurants, dollar stores, cookie cutter houses.

Texas?

No, Elk Grove brought to you by the rubber stampers.

Stockton and Modesto have performing arts centers, orchestras and other cultural amenities.

Stockton and Modesto have high quality local restaurants.

Elk Grove has fast food joints, chain restaurants and convenience store cuisine.

Bring on more garish 100 foot tall freeway signs, low income housing projects, liquor stores, fast food joints, shooting ranges, gun stores, smoke shops and nail salons.

Elk Grove Thriving!

Proud Heritage, Bright Future?

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