YEAR ONE: Inside Brand's balancing act in day-to-day political battles
The mantra originating from the Mayor’s office since last January: “Cooperation and teamwork. No vendettas.”
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YEAR ONE: The Big Four moves that charted a new direction at City Hall
Inside Lee Brand’s four tentpole proposals designed to advance his grand strategy of putting Fresno to work.
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YEAR ONE: How Brand went from City Councilman to manager-in-chief
After Lee Brand’s first year, let’s hope fate doesn’t get jealous of the city’s success.
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Failings of block grants? Look no further than Fresno State's failed bike trail
Donald Trump is asking Americans to consider whether the Community Development Block Grant program has ceased to have strategic value. …
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Behind Fresno’s under-the-radar approach to water
I had a chat last week with Tommy Esqueda, director of Fresno’s Department of Public Utilities. We talked about patterns …
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Councilwatch: Council pay raises, inking a new Fresno Unified parks deal
Oliver Baines wants council members to make $80,000 a year; the president would get a raise to $85,000. The mayor’s six-figure salary wouldn’t change.
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Inside the crisis enveloping Fresno's workforce development agencies
Trying to train skilled workers for high-speed rail has provoked an all-out political war between Oliver Baines and Miguel Arias.
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"$1 lot no one wanted" goes for $50,000
And the City of Fresno’s $5,000 offer for property near Fresno-Yosemite International sells for more than $100,000, RDA board member Doug Vagim reports.
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New cash pits Brand vs. Brandau for west of 99 development
Steve Brandau is pushing to put newly-available money toward the writing of a specific plan for the area west of Highway 99 and north of Roeding Park.
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Why did Fresno State's Bartko suddenly depart? Follow the money.
Trends have been years in the making, yet only now is Fresno State inching toward starting a strategic plan to address the survival of Bulldog athletics.
