ACLU vs. Fresno City, County, Stupidity

To paraphrase Gomer Pyle: "Welll gaawwleee, as if a blind man didn't see this a comin'..."
If you know Fresno, the way I know Fresno, then you know Gomer's a perfect metaphor for this backward looking, 19th century agro slave camp.

People so thoroughly imbued with the governments War on Drugs Kool Aid campaign, that they can't see the truth for the haze of hate they've helped perpetuate.

Then we have Fresno, both the city and county governments, a perfect example of local overreach.
Here, and in other neighboring counties, those in power filled up on that sweet concoction of deceit and loathing for the peoples will, have taken an approach to circumventing that will, by enacting a system of illegal health and safety "code violations" against otherwise law abiding citizens.

Using Fresno's official reasoning; that these home grows promote violent crime, brings up some interesting points for us to discuss.
For instance, I'm willing to bet that more violent crimes take place at locations like liquor stores, bank ATM's, shopping center parking lots, and college campuses, than have ever occurred at grow houses.
Taking the official Fresno concern a step further, why aren't they also shutting down these establishments?
If you people in charge are truly interested in our wellbeing, why aren't you focusing your efforts where the stats show enforcement needs?
And we haven't even begun to talk about the ongoing car theft plague, the rotary doors at Maggie's jail, and the way we allow sex offenders to leave the cozy confines of prison, where they should reside for life.

Guess what Fresno?

This is going to go as well for you as the shopping cart episode.
Bean counters, yeah you people writing the checks for these entities, warm up your pens, because you're going to be writing a lot of checks, for a lot of dollars.

There goes your Fulton Mall street to nowhere Ashley.
Maggie, you may have to put off the quarter million dollar redo on your office as well.

The ACLU, the courts, and the people who pay your outrageous salaries, particularly your salaries Maggie Mims and Jerry "photo op" Dyer, are going to send your antiquated ideas of law enforcement packing into a more appropriate setting. Perhaps, a museum on poor bureaucratic judgement and prioritization.
We could call it the Fresno Museum of the Ostrich, with dioramas of all the county and city wigs with their heads buried in the sand.

Blocked by the Fresno Bee

Good morning dear readers, today as normal, I began my day by reading the local rag on line with my morning joe.
Also as usual I logged in to Disqus so I might comment on the never ending cycle of stupidity that is Fresno City and County government.

Many times in the past I have participated in the Disqus forum attached to the Fresno Bee fish wrap rag, tweaking our abundantly illiterate, ignorant population spouting Faux News idioms.
This morning when I attempted to weigh in on Mayor Ashley Swearingen's plan to overpay herself and the Chief of Police Jerry Dyer; by laying off city workers who actually do the day to day heavy lifting required to run a city of 500,000 plus, I could not.

Ashley's unilateral move laying off vital code enforcement officers is clearly a retaliatory move in the wake of her failed attempt to privatize trash collection in Fresno.
Kudos to the good citizens of Fresno who voted her efforts at political patrimony into the dustbin

Yes in the past I have used, shall we say direct language, to describe the blatant incompetence and corruption exhibited by the leaders of Fresno; but nothing to warrant being blocked from commenting in the local governments mouthpiece.
Unless of course you happen to be Ashley, Jerry or the equally monstrous Maggie Mims.

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For instance; in the past I have commented on Maggies' running a revolving door of criminality through her jail by allowing the nations most prolific car thieves to make Fresno number one in car theft.
Her penchant for misquoting law, placing the county in tenuous legal territory with regard to the medical marijuana issue; and worst of all her completely inept handling of the Minkler incident, have made her a favorite target.

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Jerry Dyer is a trough feeding muscle bound steroid pumping bully.
He takes a full salary from the city to be chief, AND he collects a retirement pension from the city at the same time.
He retired so he could protect .25% of his 8.25% tax payer funded public pension; but because he's so "irreplaceable" Ashley lobbied hard for him to get a raise and stay on.
Who knew that anyone could be so indispensable, so worthy of becoming a millionaire at the public expense.
Jerry, you're having too much fun, and find it far too easy to harass the homeless than it is to take on gang bangers on their turf.


Last and least is Ashley, her attempts to gut the city of workers, while handing that work to her campaign contributors; with an eye towards using those funds to overpay herself and Jerry is just the tip of the iceberg. How about the street she wants to put through Fulton Mall.
Ashley take a trip to Pasadena, wander around the Paseo Pasadena, with your city credit card of course, and get a good idea of what Fulton Mall could be.

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You'll notice a street does not run through it.