By Community Alliance Staff On Feb. 28, the Courage Campaign announced the 7th Annual Courage Scores. The Courage Score is a tool that helps Californians hold their elected representatives in [...] Continue Reading
Politics
Fresno County Sheriff Mims Retires
By Community Alliance Staff Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims announced on Feb. 18 that she is retiring. But hold the firecrackers; she will retire when her term ends later this year. She was [...] Continue Reading
There Is Hope for Supervisorial District 4
On Jan 27, Jose Antonio Ramirez, 50, announced his candidacy for the Fresno County Board of Supervisors District 4 seat. He has been the city manager of Orange Cove, Firebaugh and [...] Continue Reading
GV Wire Sparks School Board Attack
[Editor’s note: This article has been edited for content. The original version mentioned only a 2004 donation of $4 million to build the Islamic Cultural Center as an example of the Assemi family’s [...] Continue Reading
Measure C Redux
Twenty years ago, Fresno County residents fell into acrimonious debate over transportation, land use and air pollution. Fueling tensions was the process being used to renew Measure C, our countywide [...] Continue Reading
Rural Communities Targeted for Dirty Energy Projects
Mendota is a small city in western Fresno County that is known as the “Cantaloupe Center of the World” and for having some of the best pupuserias (restaurants specializing in pupusas, a traditional [...] Continue Reading
Fresno County Democratic Party
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Central Valley Progressive PAC
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Se Jubila Margaret Mims, Sheriff De Fresno
La Sheriff del Condado de Fresno, Margaret Mims, anunció el pasado viernes 18 de febrero que se jubila. Pero no prendan los fuegos artificiales todavía porque ella se irá al final de su mandato, a [...] Continue Reading
An Open Letter to President Biden
Dear President Biden: As autocracy is not democracy; “filibuster” is not rule-by-majority. As a 70-year-old White American, I have watched in shame the bigotry of the filibuster acted out by [...] Continue Reading
Can “C” Stand for Community?
Cars, Climate, Clovis: “C” stands for many issues in the emerging debate over priorities for Measure C, our countywide transportation sales tax expiring in 2027. Above all else, it should stand for [...] Continue Reading
Can We Recover?
Can we recover from the discord, the suspicion, the anger, the fear and such now suffocating our society? We must! But how? How can we restore the meaning of democracy? It’s pandemic. It’s a [...] Continue Reading