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Cultural Arts Park adds glow to Downtown rebirth
December 2, 2016The new park is another step in the rebirth of Fresno’s urban core, Mayor Ashley Swearengin said at its opening.
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Brand tabs Orman, Spees for top posts, rolls out transition team
December 1, 2016Lee Brand announces two big slots on his staff and introduced the transition team.
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Barfield hops on to help run FAX, but could have a ticket back to City Hall
November 28, 2016“I wanted a new challenge,” Barfield, the former Chief of Staff to Councilman Oliver Baines, said on Sunday.
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Lee Brand’s lofty task: turn City Hall dreams into reality
November 28, 2016Ashley Swearengin's plans raised expectations sky-high. Lee Brand is tasked with implementing the plans and meeting the expectations.
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Merchants Lot sale: An overstuffed taxpayer turkey
November 22, 2016Overwrought sentiment, contrived process, wily posturing – this fleecing of the taxpayer had it all.
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Fresno’s hidden ball trick on downtown development is a chilling sign
November 18, 2016The City Council decision to yank a $2.4 million bid for downtown property from Terance Frazier and Matt Garza warrants a bench-clearing brawl.
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Campaigning done, Brand prepares to turn Fresno into a different city
November 16, 2016Fresno'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
November 15, 2016More 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
November 13, 2016Steve 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
November 9, 2016City Hall is forced to reconcile dynamic change with maintaining the status quo by mitigating gentrification.
