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Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• Elk Grove residents push back against ALPR surveillance (elkgrovenews.net) — Elk Grove residents packed a recent City Council meeting to challenge the Police Department's automated license plate reader program, arguing it creates mass surveillance without clear proof it reduces crime. Law enforcement leaders defended the cameras as vital investigative tools, but councilmembers took no action, leaving privacy concerns, data-sharing questions, and calls for an independent audit unresolved for now.
• Residents urge Elk Grove to reject Summer Villas (elkgrovenews.net) — Rural Elk Grove residents are urging city leaders to reject the proposed Summer Villas at Sheldon development, saying up to 499 age-restricted homes would break promises to preserve the city's designated rural area. The project needs a general plan amendment and rezoning, with environmental review underway and future hearings before the Planning Commission and City Council still unscheduled, leaving neighbors time to organize and weigh in.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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