George Hostetter
624 posts
George Hostetter is The Sun’s Fresno Civic contributor – covering the City of Fresno, County of Fresno, and Fresno Council of Governments.
FPOA goes old school: Backing Perea, Bredefeld
Fresno’s cops have spoken: They like Henry R. Perea in Fresno’s mayoral race and Garry Bredefeld in the…
April 3, 2016
TRAILMIX: FPOA sweepstakes all the rage, SEIU not at all
Three quick items from the fascinating world of Fresno politics: 1.) The full governing board of the powerful…
March 31, 2016
Amid epic drought, High-Speed Rail a water hog of unknown proportions
HSR has been measured in miles-per-hour and dollars-per-minute. George Hostetter inspects a new one: acre feet-per-day.
March 30, 2016
Feds keep focus on Foster in drug case still nowhere close to courtroom
Plea offers are on the table, but none for the former Fresno Deputy Police Chief.
March 30, 2016
Dyer prepares to reshape Fresno P.D. once more with reorganization
He's not going anywhere, but Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer is reorganizing his department.
March 29, 2016
Fresno prepares to take on additional water from Feds
The decent (but not great) rain season just got a little better for Fresno. City Hall announced last…
March 28, 2016
Poochigian throws support behind Ott
My CVObserver colleague Alex Tavlian nailed this one long ago. Fresno County Supervisor Debbie Poochigian on Thursday said…
March 24, 2016
Summerset fines show growing double standard between big, little guys
The Swearengin administration's tough talk on slumlords is coming up limp against Summerset owner Chris Henry.
March 23, 2016
Looking beyond BRT's big rhetorical theater
At first it looked like Steve Brandau and I were on the same side. It turns out we…
March 21, 2016
Code Enforcement penalties getting rolled back
Fresno City Hall apparently needs a crash course on its own blighted building laws. This ignorance – hubris?…
March 18, 2016
