As an elected official serving the public, it’s essential that everything you do is done with integrity and transparency, that your decisions and votes protect the taxpayer, and that any taxpayer money spent is done so appropriately. I’ve now served with Councilmember Esmeralda Soria for five years and her...
Time to Investigate the Hillary Clinton Campaign Machine
From the night that Donald Trump won the election the Hillary crowd introduced the idea of Russian interference in the election. For the entire term of the Trump presidency we had to endure Adam Schiff and his cronies investigate the president. Schiff told the public that he had seen...
Esmeralda Soria, Assembly Candidate, Has Mounting Ethical Issues. Is She Fit to Serve?
As an elected official serving the public, it’s essential that everything you do is done with integrity and transparency, that your decisions and votes protect the taxpayer, and that any taxpayer money spent is done so appropriately. I’ve now served with Councilmember Esmeralda Soria for five years and her...
Bad Policy Choices Drive Up Electricity Costs for Central Valley Households
With rising inflation, we’re paying a lot more these days for food, clothes, school supplies for our kids, and the impulse buys we make at our favorite online shopping sites. We’re also paying a lot more these days for electricity. The average California household pays $1450 for electricity every...
The Fight for Political Equity in Fresno County Isn’t Over
The 2020 Fresno County Board of Supervisors’ redistricting process for mapping new boundaries ended in heated controversy and profound dissatisfaction for large numbers of residents. Frustrated over years of political neglect, many felt an urgency to address social inequities across the districts by favoring significant changes in district boundaries. Yet...
Local Educator Recalls Power of Pearl Harbor Veteran’s Classroom Visit
“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date that will live in infamy…” So began the address to the Joint Houses of Congress by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he discussed the sneak attack by the Imperial Forces of the Empire of Japan on the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii....
Is California at Risk of Returning to a Rational Approach to Crime?
California is at a once-in-a-generation decision point. The question before us is whether we want a society where we tolerate and excuse away ever-worsening criminal behavior, or do we want to maintain common sense accountability measures that protect public safety. As overdramatic as it may sound, those are the choices...
Government Power Grab is Transforming US Into a Socialist State
Americans understand “Line Mentality”. Kids learn it in school and accept the concept because they’re taught that there will be enough for everyone so just wait until it is your turn. When the child gets to the counter, they get their food or item and move on. What is prevented...
Biden Presidency Has Been a Succession of Failed Strategies
“What do you know, Joe?” It is a fair question, and yet the president doesn’t take questions from the press. He has established the pattern that pleases his handlers to read his statement off the TelePrompTer at the “Fake White House” set across the street from the White House and...
Opinion: Honor Roger Tatarian and Armenian Community with School Naming
Fresno is our home. Some of us have been here one year; others, a century or more. Over time, a home collects memories and mementos. Over time, we realize that we no longer need some of these items. Over time, we realize that we never should have had them in...