Fresno Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer will never be confused with Joe Biden. But Biden's presidential winning "One America" theme echoed Dyer's "One Fresno" slogan from earlier in the year. And, just like Biden, Dyer promises to represent all of his constituents while tackling a daunting list of challenges complicated by the...
What’s Next for Lee Brand, Who Quietly Made Fresno a Better City?
Lee Brand soon will exit politics and the Fresno mayoral chair as a man of his word, hoping that residents all over the city prosper, and riding the high of bringing Southwest Airlines here. Freed from the grind of leading California's fifth-largest city amid the tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Mayor-Elect Dyer Builds His Team, Prepares to Take City’s Helm
Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer announced his incoming administration's leadership team on Friday, as he prepares to take over the city's top political office in January. GV Wire℠ reported on most of the names earlier in the day. “I have assembled an All-Star team that will assist me in implementing my 'One...
Changes Coming to City Hall Leadership on Dyer’s Watch
Jerry Dyer still has eight months until he takes office as mayor of Fresno. The coronavirus pandemic has slowed his transition. "The hope is at some point we get this COVID-19 behind us and then I can start putting together my transition team. We have a number of folks I...
Does Brand Think Dyer Is the Man? Checkbook Says So.
While Fresno Mayor Lee Brand won't come out and directly say he is endorsing Jerry Dyer as his successor, his dollars may do the talking for him. Brand contributed $20,000 from his campaign account to the independent expenditure effort run by the Fresno Chamber of Commerce to elect Dyer for...
Prior to GV Wire Mayor Forum, Dyer and Janz Talk on the Radio
Fresno City Councilman Garry Bredefeld filled in on the radio for Trevor Carey's Power Talk 96.7 show Thursday. And, Bredefeld brought an interesting array of guests. Bredefeld interviewed both major mayoral candidates, Andrew Janz and Jerry Dyer separately for an hour each. GV Wire will talk to both Janz and...
Dyer's Granddaughter Stars in Debut Mayoral TV Ad
Have you seen Jerry Dyer's granddaughter Charlotte? She is the star of Dyer's $37,690 TV ad buy in his campaign for Fresno mayor. Dyer's holiday theme ad also features his wife, Diane. "Charlotte reminds us what's most important about the holiday season. Every one of us has a reason for the...
Revenge of the Arambulas? Big Donation to Defeat Dyer.
Last December, then-Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer talked openly about the child abuse accusation against Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula. Listen to this article: A jury later acquitted Arambula of the charge, but the residue of that case and Dyer's words are spilling into the 2020 Fresno mayoral race. Arambula's parents, Amy...
Candidate with Strong Ties to Swearengin Joins Race for Fresno Mayor
The 2020 Fresno mayoral election has a new entrant. Elliott Balch, chief operating officer of the Central Valley Community Foundation, filed paperwork with the city clerk Wednesday. Balch also spearheaded the Measure P campaign to raise the city's sales tax for parks improvements. That effort fell short in 2018. Former Mayor...
Brand Touts Higher Rainy Day Fund In ‘Status Quo’ Budget
Mayor Lee Brand described his proposed 2020 Fresno budget as “status quo.” Not much is different in FY 2020’s $1.187 billion spending plan, a 3.5% increase from FY 2019. “It maintains all the existing services, with only three positions added in the general fund portion. We simply don’t have the...