Elk Grove playing loose and fast in zoo financing communication

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Elk Grove playing loose and fast in zoo financing communication

Elk Grove is planning its most significant public works project in the city's 25-year history. That project is the relocation of the Sacramento Zoo to Elk Grove.The project's first stage, which is being constructed in three phases, is budgeted at over $3000 million. Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and the city council have committed taxpayers to issue about $115 million in bonds, and the Sacramento Zoological Society has promised to raise $50 million t…