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From the Editor – May 2015

By Ernesto Saavedra Oh, how time flies. A year ago, I became editor of the Community Alliance. A chance to venture into new terrain and grow in an area I was not too familiar with. Somehow I have [...] Continue Reading

Letters to the Editor – May 2015

Achievement Gap due to Systemic Inequity By Karen Humphrey  Though I risk being patted on the head and addressed as “dear lady,” I take issue with Mark Arax’s patronizing attack on Ruth Gadebusch for [...] Continue Reading

ERRATA: An Editor’s Correction

Editor’s note: The following section of the article “Cap and Trade + High-Speed Rail = Environmental Disaster,” by Cherylyn Smith (Community Alliance, April 2015) contained some editorial errors. The [...] Continue Reading

Letters to the Editor

Reform Fresno Unified By Mark Arax I don’t mean to pick on Ruth Gadebusch. She seems like a perfectly dear lady. Her regular column on education in these pages is a place of quaint ideas. However, [...] Continue Reading

From the Editor – April

By Ernesto Saavedra “This is a very sad day for the Fresno Police Department, the citizens of Fresno, the law enforcement profession, and for me personally. Our department will continue to serve in a [...] Continue Reading

From the Editor

“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the [...] Continue Reading

Letters to the Editor

 Parks Near Freeways Are Disgusting By Barbara Christl (Editor’s note: This comment is in reference to “More Poison Parks Planned” in the February 2015 issue.) Thank you Kevin Hall for continuing to [...] Continue Reading

From the Editor: February 2015

By Ernesto Saavedra It was a sunny day Dec. 27, 2014, in Fresno. People were slowly recovering from the holidays and preparing for New Year’s. Early that afternoon, while many were on their way to [...] Continue Reading

What Are They Afraid Of?

By Richard Stone I would like to report on a recent encounter I had at the Glen Agnes residential facility. About 18 months ago, at the request of a resident, I sought and received permission from the [...] Continue Reading

From the Editor

By Ernesto Saavedra “Hell no! The time for remorse would have been when my husband was yelling to breathe. That would have been the time for him to show some type of remorse or some type of care for [...] Continue Reading

Are They That Dumb?

By Mike Starry Oil, gas and coal interests spent years blaming President Obama for everything and millions to help elect Republicans in 2014. Their use of diversionary tactics, “Look over there!” and [...] Continue Reading