By John Crockford Maps Apple endured some recent bad press over its mapping software problems, so I thought we would go over some map stuff this month. OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org/) is a [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Letters to the Editor – February 2013
Thanks, Fresno, for a Real Christmas Miracle [The] Inmate Family Council and collaborating churches knew it was time to get the Goodie Bags ready for the ladies in Chowchilla Prison. The warden told [...] Continue Reading
Guest Editorial for Black History Month: Black-Latino Unity Key to Working-Class Unity
By Salvador Sandoval With the start of a new year, it is fitting to look back at history to see where we have been to get our bearings as to where we are headed. U.S. history is permeated by the [...] Continue Reading
Last of the Wild West, Part 2: Madera County Planning
By Gary Lasky Last month, we compared the reasonable land-use planning policies of the City of Fresno with the contrasting situation in Tulare County, just 45 minutes to the south, where the Board [...] Continue Reading
Opponents of Garbage Privatization File Suit in Fresno Court
By Gary Lasky Opponents of the City of Fresno’s residential garbage privatization contract with Mid-Valley Disposal filed a lawsuit in Fresno Superior Court on Jan. 22, alleging that the contract [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Voice!
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji “Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making [...] Continue Reading
The Really Free Market
By Eme Gerle and Josh Cranston Fresno’s Really Free Market was born out of a hope to bring the community together for an exchange of things, ideas and conversations. We live in a culture of such [...] Continue Reading
Do We Have Equal Justice under the Law?
By Maria Telesco You didn’t know our country has two “justice” systems, one for “Rich Somebodies” and another for “Poor Nobodies,” did you? You will soon. Imagine these scenarios, which this writer [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Police Department Documents Posted Online
By Mike Rhodes In early September 2011, the Community Alliance newspaper, through a California Public Records Act request, asked the Fresno Police Department (FPD) for its Policies and Procedures [...] Continue Reading
Pay for Play Good for the Kids?
By Lloyd G. Carter Loathe to propose new taxes, school districts around California, including the Clovis Unified School District (CSUD), are using bond measures to raise capital, triggering criticism [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – January 2013
Efforts to Label Genetically Engineered Foods Continue Although Prop 37 to label genetically engineered foods was narrowly defeated in November, it was a huge success nationally and globally. [...] Continue Reading
Is Cemex’s Bid to Mine Jesse Morrow Mountain Truly Over?
By Chip Ashley Several stories in the Fresno Bee and online have concluded that Cemex is giving up on its plans for an aggregate mine on Jesse Morrow Mountain, known as Wa-ha-lish to the Choinumni [...] Continue Reading