Community Voices Archives - Rio Linda Online News https://www.riolindaonline.com/category/opinion/community-voices/ Local Independent Online News and Information for Rio Linda, Elverta, Natomas, North Highlands and Northern Sacramento County Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:51:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.riolindaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Community Voices Archives - Rio Linda Online News https://www.riolindaonline.com/category/opinion/community-voices/ 32 32 OP-ED: Yet again, Rio Linda/Elverta is disregarded https://www.riolindaonline.com/op-ed-yet-again-rio-linda-and-elverta-are-completely-disregarded/ Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:37:14 +0000 https://www.riolindaonline.com/?p=30716 Ryan Lillis’ article, “Which Sacramento neighborhood or suburb is right for you?“, featured a comprehensive list of communities in the Sacramento region, including Rancho Cordova, Fair Oaks, Elk Grove, Lincoln, Roseville, Woodland, and several city neighborhoods. But Rio Linda and Elverta, two small rural towns in northern Sacramento County, were nowhere to be found. We’re […]

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]]> Guest Opinion: Rio Linda Elverta Moral Fiber https://www.riolindaonline.com/guest-opinion-rio-linda-elverta-moral-fiber/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 21:06:12 +0000 https://www.riolindaonline.com/?p=30060 By Kris “McFunstigate” McCandless If memory serves, there is only one shopping center in this community that has shopping carts, and it never fails that the parking lot is littered with the bright yellow carts parked everywhere they are not supposed to be. Oftentimes, just mere feet from the cart return. If putting your cart […]

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]]> Guest Opinion: Rio Linda has a Drug Problem https://www.riolindaonline.com/guest-opinion-rio-linda-has-a-drug-problem/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 19:26:30 +0000 https://www.riolindaonline.com/?p=29994 By Kris “McFunstigate” McCandless Drugs are bad, Mmmkay. I’m not really sure when our community’s drug problem started, but I know it was here when I came around in the 80’s. I was a kid then and, thankfully, my only exposure to it was when my uncle decided to throw a huge piece of pipe […]

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]]> Letter to the Editor: Medals Aren’t Everything https://www.riolindaonline.com/letter-to-the-editor-medals-arent-everything/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 22:11:42 +0000 https://www.riolindaonline.com/?p=26435 An open letter to Rush Limbaugh Dear Mr. Limbaugh, I am sorry to hear about your illness. I watched as you accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and felt compelled to write. I’m a native of Elverta, the sister city to Rio Linda, and have been familiar with your radio show since your days on […]

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]]> Reader Question: Loud Airplanes? https://www.riolindaonline.com/reader-question-loud-airplanes/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:15:48 +0000 https://www.riolindaonline.com/?p=22844 Question:Hello. Just wanted to say that the airplane noise is really annoying, lately since the beginning of this week I have been hearing and seeing the airplanes so close and very often. I’m sure there are other people in Rio Linda who also notice. If you guys can talk about or make an article or […]

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]]> Letter to the Editor: The Time to Incorporate is Now https://www.riolindaonline.com/letter-to-the-editor-the-time-to-incorporate-is-now/ Fri, 05 Apr 2019 18:32:24 +0000 https://www.riolindaonline.com/?p=22713 First and foremost, this is not a slight on Sue Frost, Sue Frost is just one member, one vote of a group of five County Supervisors. The panhandle and the RLEPD was decided a long time ago, before Sue Frost was even the RLE Supervisor.  If RLE had been incorporated the City could not have done […]

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]]> Letter to the Editor: Pavement at Bridge Repair? https://www.riolindaonline.com/letter-to-the-editor-pavement-at-bridge-repair/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:01:10 +0000 https://www.riolindaonline.com/?p=21748 Why do we have worst pavement repair near the bridge on Rio Linda Blvd. Like being on a roller-coaster ride.  This workmanship bad. Please take my thoughts out there. No reply is need. — Ron Carter

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]]> Locust Road Closure https://www.riolindaonline.com/locust-road-closure/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 22:45:07 +0000 https://www.riolindaonline.com/?p=5872 I would love to give you additional information on the closure. There are many in the community like myself that went to the meetings to close the road. No it’s not just because of speeding. It has to do with traffic studies that will have thousands of cars a day going down Locust/Elwyn as the […]

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]]> Did Supervisor candidate Mike Kozlowski “Forget” to submit a Statement of Qualifications? https://www.riolindaonline.com/did-supervisor-candidate-mike-kozlowski-forget-to-submit-a-statement-of-qualifications/ Thu, 20 Oct 2016 21:22:33 +0000 https://www.riolindaonline.com/?p=5840 I have to wonder why a candidate backed by the political establishment, with all their money (almost $150K in the primary) and supposed savvy, could “forget” to file a Statement of Candidate Qualifications – the most critical document that goes to every single voter. Yet in the Official Guide there is no statement from Mike […]

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