By Ruth Gadebusch Once again, the idea of dividing the Fresno Unified School District is in the air as the answer to all the woes. Alas, it is not as simple as that. We don’t need any more [...] Continue Reading
Politics
The Justice Factory
By Vic Bedoian This year marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark judicial decision regarding the right of everyone to a fair, speedy and effective day in court regardless of their economic [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – December 2013
Once Upon a Time Ruth Gadebusch’s November column regarding the tearing down of the Fulton Mall so that cars can be driven on it once again was right on the mark. She hit every important point [...] Continue Reading
Oliver Baines Talks to the Community Alliance
By Richard Stone Oliver Baines is the Fresno City Council Member for District 3, which encompasses some of the Tower District, downtown and West Fresno. Meeting him in his City Hall office, I was [...] Continue Reading
To Vote or Not to Vote?*
By Michael D. Evans Most of us belong to one or more listservs. And it is not uncommon to get somewhat annoyed by the arguments, misinformation and sometimes sheer nonsense that seems to populate [...] Continue Reading
Public Defense in Peril
By Vic Bedoian In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been [...] Continue Reading
Fulton Mall Targeted by City Hall: Should We Just Give Up on Pedestrian Malls and Accept That Fresno Is a Car Culture?
By Robert Turner (Editor’s note: This series of articles was first published in the October–December Tehipite Topics, the local newsletter of the Sierra Club.) On Sept. 5, the day the City of Fresno [...] Continue Reading
The Fulton Green Project: Introducing a Broader Vision for the Future of Fresno
By Robert Turner The future of Fresno’s historic Fulton Mall hangs in the balance. Whether it remains as a car-free corridor, a welcoming place to pedestrians, strollers, and bicycles, or is returned [...] Continue Reading
Down and Out in Fresno
By Robert Navarro In George Orwell’s classic Down and Out in Paris and London, he memorialized his journalistic venture into the world of poverty during the depths of the global Depression. With [...] Continue Reading
Fulton Mall as a Scapegoat for Past City Planning Policy Failures
By Harold Tokmakian After World War II, most cities in the United States felt an urgent need for increased housing in response to population growth and to make up for the halt in construction during [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – November 2013
Save the Fulton Mall I keep hearing as an excuse for tearing up the mall “Fresno is a car culture.” Well maybe we need to start weaning off this particular culture and grow up, like other cities in [...] Continue Reading
We the People, Not We the Corporations
By Linda G. Traynor On Jan. 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporations are “persons” and their money constitutes “free speech.” With [...] Continue Reading