By Community Alliance Staff In August, parents and physicians sued the Clovis Unified School District over its high school abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education. The lawsuit charges that the [...] Continue Reading
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Supervisors Give in to Cemex Pressure on Jesse Morrow “Re-hearing”
By Chip Ashley Last month, the Community Alliance reported that about two weeks after the Aug. 28 hearing, in which the Board of Supervisors (BOS) voted not to overturn the Planning Commission’s [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air – November 2012
By Tom Frantz Fact checking of candidate statements is a useful exercise during an election season. It is a rational response to politicians striving for public approval. Our air board is made up of [...] Continue Reading
This Crow Won’t Fly
By Paul Boden The United States has a long history of using mean-spirited and often brutal laws to keep “certain” people out of public spaces and out of public consciousness. Jim Crow laws segregated [...] Continue Reading
Richard, Dolores and Thanksgiving
By Leonard Adame Richard the third. A good looking man in his 60s. I find him searching a trash can on the mall near Mariposa. He looks at me guardedly and quizzically. “Can I help you out with a [...] Continue Reading
Students Support Campaign to Refuse Payment on Loans
By Montse Reyes In a time when education has become a contentious topic of political debate, the subject of rising tuition costs and student loan debt has found itself at the heart of the [...] Continue Reading
A Good Night’s Sleep
By Michael D. Evans Election 2012 isn’t just another presidential election. With the rise of the Tea Party over the past three years and its rapid takeover of the Republican Party, the positive [...] Continue Reading
The Community Alliance talks with Kevin Hall
Candidate for State Center Community College District, Trustee Area 7 Why are running at this time? I’m running because I see a problem, and I think I can help. The education bureaucracy is too [...] Continue Reading
Police Auditor Hired: How Good Is Half a Loaf?
By Richard Stone As reported in our local daily on Sept. 4, the City of Fresno officially hired Rick Rasmussen as head of the Office of Independent Review (OIR) aka the police auditor. The good news [...] Continue Reading
Travels to the Middle Kingdom—There and Back Again: Lessons for the US
By Gene Richards We Have to Articulate Ourselves Having been overseas for so long and having got used to living in a foreign country, I've seen the tremendous changes that have come to China, but [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – Oct. 2012
The Importance of Voting Yes on Measure B As voters peruse their ballots for the Nov. 6 election, it is really important to scan to the end of the ballot and vote Yes to renew Measure B. This measure [...] Continue Reading
Atwater’s Financial Crisis
By Montse Reyes Atwater maybe well on its way to bankruptcy, according to some City Council officials, placing among the ranks of other Californian cities such as Stockton and San Bernardino. With [...] Continue Reading