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Government-Provided Amenities

By Andy Hansen-Smith What role should the City of Fresno have in providing amenities to its citizens? Should these amenities have to break even financially? At a recent Fresno City Council meeting, [...] Continue Reading

Pop Culture Invades North Fresno

By Andy Hansen-Smith A music concert called Grizzly Fest in the vein of a smaller Coachella or Napa Valley’s Bottle Rock is scheduled for May 18–19 at Woodward Park but not without controversy. Was [...] Continue Reading

Why Don’t People Vote?

By Halima Aquino. M.A. Editor’s note: “Why Don’t People Vote” is the second in a series of articles from the VEEP Center for Democracy Initiatives following up on a research project completed by the [...] Continue Reading

Selling Out Jobs

By Art Rodriguez The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) sold out our jobs. By spearheading the American Competitiveness Act, the DOD became the responsible party for the biggest job-killer in our [...] Continue Reading

From the Editor – February 2018

By Michael D. Evans At a recent Fresno City Council meeting prior to a vote on an industrial park project, District 2 City Council Member Steve Brandau admonished one of the community groups [...] Continue Reading

Candidate Without a Prayer

By George B. Kauffman Candidate Without a Prayer: An Autobiography of a Jewish Atheist in the Bible Belt. By Herb Silverman. Pitchstone Publishing, Charlottesville, VA. 2012, $22.95. ISBN [...] Continue Reading

Reaping Democracy in the Valley

By Halima Aquino, M.A. Editor’s note: “Reaping Democracy in the Valley” is the first in a series of articles from the VEEP Center for Democracy Initiatives following up on a research project [...] Continue Reading