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Drawing a Line in the Sandbox: How Parks Advocates Plotted Around Brand
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August 27, 2019

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In January 2017, Lee Brand took up governing the City of Fresno after 18 long months of campaigning, while Ashley Swearengin would take up campaigning after eight years of governing the city.
And while the groundwork for a parks initiative was laid on a theme of “Parks for All” in February 2016, by the following October parks advocates turned their focus to “neutralizing” opponents and boosting support for a sales tax.
In between, many of the players had taken new roles with new titles.

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