Sean Thomas

2 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Sean Thomas

After decades on the road, I’ve collected a few rules that have served me well. Rule one: always go inside a cathedral. However dull, tiny or ugly it may seem, it will always tell you something. Even if that something is ‘avoid this town.’ Rule two: pack condiments wherever you go.

1 month ago | egcitizen.com | Sean Thomas

May 01, 2025 11:29AM●By Sean P. Thomas, City EditorELK GROVE, CA (MPG) - The City of Elk Grove has awarded approximately $350,000 in sponsorship grants to 44 nonprofit organizations as part of its Event Sponsorship Grant Program, a city-supported initiative aimed at bolstering events that foster community connection. Now in its 13th year, the grant program is funded by the city’s general fund and supports events held within Elk Grove city limits. Applications, which closed on Feb.

1 month ago | egcitizen.com | Sean Thomas

The relocation project, first proposed in 2021, aimed to move the agingLand Park facility to a larger, modern site in Elk Grove near Kammerer Road andLotz Parkway. Photo courtesy of City of Elk Grove ELK GROVE,CA (MPG) - Plans to relocate the Sacramento Zoo to Elk Grove have beenofficially canceled, bringing an end to years of planning and negotiations. Theannouncement was made on Wednesday via a city news release.

Jan 26, 2025 | spectator.co.uk | Sean Thomas

Like the definition of an old man in a hurry, since his inauguration Donald Trump has been pumping out orders and vetoes like Lieutenant Kilgore summoning napalm strikes in Apocalypse Now. Such has been the shock-and-awe of his legislative blitz, some of Trump’s less newsworthy diktats have gone nearly unnoticed. But hidden away in one White House document, dated January 20 2025, and titled ‘INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS’ is a policy switch that might save us all.

Jan 26, 2025 | spectator.com.au | Sean Thomas

Like the definition of an old man in a hurry, since his inauguration Donald Trump has been pumping out orders and vetoes like Lieutenant Kilgore summoning napalm strikes in Apocalypse Now. Such has been the shock-and-awe of his legislative blitz, some of Trump’s less newsworthy diktats have gone nearly unnoticed. But hidden away in one White House document, dated January 20 2025, and titled ‘INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS’ is a policy switch that might save us all.