“Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh, Speaker California Assembly 1961–1968 Influence Of Money On Local Races On June 2 Fresno held its primary elections for [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
El análisis de un votante preocupado sobre la contienda por el Concejo Municipal de Fresno
La influencia del dinero en las contiendas locales “El dinero es la leche materna de la política.” Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh, presidente de la Asamblea de California, 1961–1968 Fresno celebró sus [...] Continue Reading
The Police Budget: A Southeast Fresno Father’s Perspective
$251 MILLION—that's how much of our hard-working taxpayer dollars the Fresno City Council allocated to the Police Department (FPD) for 2026. For 2027, Major Jerry Dyer is proposing to increase the [...] Continue Reading
Bredefeld’s Wild Tongue Won’t Be Tamed, Many Forced to Grovel
“What a Drag” At its April 21 meeting, the County Board of Supervisors (BOS) approved an agreement between the county library and the Fresno Chaffee Zoo to hold summer programs for [...] Continue Reading
More Police, Hiring Freeze for Other Departments
On May 14, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer proposed a $2.55 billion budget for fiscal 2027. The budget includes funding for 21 City departments and new investments including many in capital improvements—$1 [...] Continue Reading
What’s Wrong with Fresno!?
By asking this question some might think this is to be a bash piece against Fresno. In truth, it is quite the opposite. This is not a feel-good piece either. I ask the question because I truly [...] Continue Reading
Fresnans for a People’s Budget
Who gets to decide what safety looks like in the city of Fresno and how are taxpayer dollars used to build that? A new advocacy group, Fresnans for a People’s Budget (FPB), formed to bring awareness [...] Continue Reading
Embezzlement Allegations at the Fresno Arts Council
(Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Fresnoland, a nonprofit news organization.) During an urgently scheduled Feb. 6 noon meeting between the Fresno Arts Council and Fresno City [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Briefs
Moving Forward Together In recent months, thousands of Fresno County taxpayers shared what they want from a transportation plan: A historic transportation improvement plan has been shaped [...] Continue Reading
Moving Fast and Breaking Lots of Things
The journey that Sarah Wynn-Williams traces in Careless People began when she came down with a severe fever—Facebook fever. In 2006, she noticed that politicians were starting to use the [...] Continue Reading
County Supervisors Contradict Constituents on ICE
“We’re deeply concerned that Fresno County supervisors held a [Jan. 13] press conference to support ICE, while ignoring the real harm ICE raids are doing in tearing families apart across the Central [...] Continue Reading
“I’m Gonna Make Sure This Fails!”
On Dec. 9, the last Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting of 2025, staff presented an update on Measure C renewal negotiations, also covering what would be required to advance a potential [...] Continue Reading