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
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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
WILPF – February 2013
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING February 7, Thursday, 7PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK February 6, first Wednesday of each month at [...] 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 City Hall Says “Cut Back,” the People Say “Fight Back”
By Mike Rhodes The conservative right-wing majority of the Fresno City Council (Andrea Borgeas, Lee Brand, Clint Olivier and Larry Westerlund) voted on Dec. 20 to privatize another essential [...] 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
Last of the “Wild West”: Tulare County Planning
By Gary Lasky Fresno County Los Angeles Times press clippings from Mark Arax’s investigative reporting recall the days—just 15 years ago—when the FBI conducted a sting operation in Fresno. Operation [...] Continue Reading
New Marshal in Dodge City: Fresno’s Second Police Auditor Sets Up Shop
By Richard Stone So Fresno has a new person in the Office of Independent Review, with the task of reviewing all cases of an officer-involved shooting (OIS) and auditing the handling of public [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – Dec. 2012
An Open Letter to President Obama…from Michael Moore Monday, November 19, 2012 Dear President Obama: Good luck on your journeys overseas this week, and congratulations on decisively winning your [...] Continue Reading
Jesse Morrow Mountain Re-Hearing: On Again, Off Again, On Again
By Chip Ashley The specter of an aggregate mine on Wa-ha-lish (Jesse Morrow Mountain) lives on. On Aug. 28, on a 2-2 vote, with Supervisor Judy Case recusing herself due to a conflict of interest, [...] Continue Reading
A Collective Sigh of Relief
By Michael D. Evans By and large, we had much to be pleased about with the election results in 2012. Yes, there were disappointments locally and there’s considerable uncertainty as to how victory [...] Continue Reading