Sorry, loyal Fresnan reader! I missed my self-imposed Tuesday night deadline for a new post. I was deep in the Oregon woods with no Internet. It was relaxing and annoying all at once.
So, come with me as I try to find some Fresno that I missed.
Tacos!
The now nationally famous, Taco Truck Throwdown, happened. It can be considered the tent-pole event that proves we are the Taco Capital of the United States. Joey Chestnut ate many, others dropped a lot of salsa on the ground.
High-Speed Rail!
Will Fresno become a bedroom community for the Silicon Valley? We shall see starting in 2025. I foresee a mix of our own organic tech community (see: Bitwise) and San Jose commuters. Personally, I will just use it to see shows at Shoreline. (pic above a rendering of Fresno’s station)
Booze In All The Wrong Places!
With the City Council wasting time being overly concerned about legal pot dispensaries, they conveniently forget about the real problem in Fresno. That problem is too many liquor stores South of Shaw.
The last thing a rough neighborhood needs is a liquor store. Please work on this problem, City Of Fresno, and don’t waste time with scaring people into thinking a few pot dispensaries would EVEN COME REMOTELY CLOSE to being as bad as an ugly liquor store on every corner.
River Park Became The Red Waste!
A fire plane “malfunctioned” and dumped fire retardant all over NE Fresno, including River Park. This bit of news somehow made it past my lack of Internet while on vacation because funny always makes it through.
Alright, I guess this isn’t funny if your business or car got messed up, so I am truly sorry for those folk. But when I heard that a fire plane dumped red junk on River Park, I did laugh.
Gary Bredefeld Embarrassing Fresno Again!
Northeast Fresno truly has the Councilman it deserves. Determined to do and say as many dumb things that he can within a year, Breders believes all City workers with a weapons permit should bring their gun to work with them. WHAT A FUN WORK ENVIRONMENT!
So now the sketchy dude we were already worried about coming into work wanting to shoot the place up one day can constantly walk around the office ready to mow me down at the first sign of stress and it’s perfectly legal!
This idea made national news, if you somehow think Breitbart is actually news. Sadly? for Gary B, Fresno already allows select vetted workers to carry their penis enlargements guns, which is a little uncomfortable to just now learn. Research much, Gary?
That Is Enough For Now.
If I missed something you think I’d find interesting, feel free to leave it in the comments. Thanks for being here!
Oh boy, gonna be a jam-packed Flowing w/Famous this month, I bet.
Yes it will! It feels like it’s been forever.
Hope you enjoyed your remote vaca. Gary is an idiot. Never liked the guy. He’s a God and Guns type of dude. His concerns in my opinion aren’t addressing the needs of the community. I hope I’m still alive ehdb the HSR is finally completed. But connectivity is a MAJOR thing in progressing fresno into the future. Now I went to the TTT on both days and I told Mike Oz that I didn’t appreciate the “tone” of the event staff at the entrance at the Inyo and H st. I mean…it’s TTT in Fresno ca, not the damn White House. Smh. And I didn’t like the fact that on Sat they didn’t have any big tarp/canvas type tents for shade out on the field. It was so unbearably HOT that i had to leave. Should have had mister fans out there. And the whole booze south of Shaw thing…well just like in the ghettos of inner city, there’s more concentration to the “access” to alcohol. This is not a new thing.