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MIKE RHODES: Fresno's Measure G result points to mayoral-council power shift

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:48:09 PDT

After decades of mismanagement of the city budget by a series of Republican mayors, Ashley Swearengin planned to balance the budget by throwing our award-winning sanitation workers under the bus. The labor and community alliance that defeated Measure G represents a tipping point in the balance of power in the city of Fresno. Mayor Swearengin and her right-wing allies utilized all of the political capital at their disposal to privatize sanitation workers' jobs, and they lost. Read comments

JAMES GRANT: Senate Intelligence Committee should release the CIA report on torture

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:44:46 PDT

As a person of faith, and specifically as a Roman Catholic, I reject torture absolutely and unequivocally. In 1994, seven years before 9/11, the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) offered enlightened insights on the issue of war and torture: Read comments

SEVAG TATEOSIAN: This is why I fight for Armenian genocide recognition

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:34:13 PDT

Each year on April 24, Armenians around the world commemorate one of the darkest times of recent memory and the darkest period of the Armenian people's 3,500-year history. No matter which country around the world you visit, the Armenian diaspora, comprised of the offspring of survivors, hold events dedicated to remembering the 1.5 million who perished and the countless others who were kidnapped and tortured. Read comments

TONY HOLT: Dad's love, Billy Squier and me

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:24:38 PDT

My dad almost brought me to tears in a microbrewery in San Francisco. There I was, a grown man of 43 at a crowded bar after a Giants game, close to losing it because of one sentence uttered almost in passing. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Read comments

LEA MUNOZ-STEELE: When I needed a boost, 'Coach' was always there

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:20:24 PDT

On a recent visit to Fresno, my mom told me that my high school running coach, Ken Israel, had passed away. A former counselor from Tokay High was in her gift shop at Mercy General in Sacramento, and she told my mom he had collapsed while out for a jog. Read comments

ASHLEY SWEARENGIN: We must unite to elevate Fresno

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:27:47 PDT

Here in the San Joaquin Valley, we have always been left to fend for ourselves. That means Fresno, our city, must stand united to solve its problems. But leading a city through difficult economic times is never easy. One need look no further than the recent Measure G debate to see that. Read comments

WILLIAM TWEED: View of Valley from train shows 'progress' brings blight, sprawl

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:40:48 PDT

Our great Valley is a complex place. Four million of us live here, and the web of development we have spread across the land dominates all. Yet, with only a little effort, we can still trace the origins of our modern network of cities and farms to a single, surveyed line. Read comments

PAT DODDS: A strange name now sounds pretty good VALLEY VOICES

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:29:20 PDT

It's been almost seven years now since the Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino started paying $1 million a year for the naming rights to Grizzlies Stadium in downtown Fresno. Read comments

TRACY CORREA: College in the Valley shouldn't be an accident

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:26:44 PDT

With graduation season upon us, I find myself reflecting on my own childhood and high school education growing up a poor child from southeast Fresno. Read comments

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Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:42:48 PDT

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