Merchants Lot sale: An overstuffed taxpayer turkey
Overwrought sentiment, contrived process, wily posturing – this fleecing of the taxpayer had it all.
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Campaigning done, Brand prepares to turn Fresno into a different city
Fresno’s new Mayor overcame early built-in disadvantages to win. Now, he’s prepping for his first 200 days.
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Need a guide to the 11th hour slumlord turf war? Look to Lee Brand
More is going on than what Steve Brandau and Clint Olivier’s slumlord legislation suggests. No one is saying what. So we have to guess.
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Brandau, Olivier prepare push to simplify code enforcement
Steve Brandau and Clint Olivier have an idea to simplify code enforcement. Then again, they may further complicate something that’s already a mess.
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8 years later, a focus on Fulton Street's paradox: changing everything and nothing
City Hall is forced to reconcile dynamic change with maintaining the status quo by mitigating gentrification.
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Swearengin's future tied to successes as an endangered species: a GOP mayor
The success of a handful of results-oriented Republican mayors suggests that America’s urban centers can be a growth market for the GOP.
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Here's what you missed with the big Summerset Village fines
There are some important numbers in the Summerset decision, but George Hostetter contends both the City and Chris Henry played it smart.
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Decision on cost of Summerset code enforcement fines imminent
A decision on the fines for the Summerset crisis, sparked last November, could be hitting City Hall on Monday.
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Crocker, Smith face off in Lindsay for Tulare Co. Supes debate
Lindsay’s community theatre was the site earlier this month of a Kuyler Crocker-Dennis Smith debate. Crocker and Smith are candidates …
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Fresno's Police Auditor positions for post-Swearengin era
In what could be his last quarterly report as Fresno’s police auditor, Rick Rasmussen addressed fundamental police politics.
