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Fresno, Zimbabwe – Investors.com.

Geesh, look at the list.  Fresno came in dead last.  PATHETIC!

Well, when I moved here and they were building the new city hall that looks like Darth Vader’s hat

I knew there were problems.

Then there was Operation Rezone, a  selections sordid tales of bribery and corruption.

Mayor, Ashley Swearengin, acknowledges we have problems and you can listen to her response here.

Nevertheless, if you’re stuck here in Fresno and need to buy or sell, give me a call:  (559) 301-1647

PG&E denies new ‘smart meters’ are inaccurate – Top Stories – Fresnobee.com.

Yesterday a PG&E service man installed a smart meter on our electrical and I told my wife it I thought they already put one on few  months ago.

Our bill month before last was GINORMOUS.  If we can’t get our utilities under control we wont be able to, or wont want to live in this home.

The way things are going if news sources find themselves under water and have to sell, the arabs might be the only ones with money and INTEREST in purchasing them.

Al Jazeera English – Americas – Deep cuts push Californians to edge.

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As you can see, All of California has been hit hard and Fresno is no exception.

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I was under the weather all last week with a cold or allergies and on Saturday I finally felt well enough to get out and do something so I browsed the Fresno Bee online and found the advertisement for the event.

I will admit that when I read this: Music composition is done using a sixty-piece orchestra and is presented in full stereophonic sound. I took it to mean there was going to be a live orchestra.  Wrong.  Just a recording. But the dancing was stunning and offered LOTS of camera candy.  BTW, I called ahead of time to be sure that photography would be allowed because anyone who likes to shoot these kind of events knows that it often IS NOT.

Afterward my wife and I went to the North India Bar and Grill in Clovis for dinner (perhaps another blog?)

Here are two of my favorite captures from the event.

We had a GREAT TIME and I wish we could have stayed longer.  Butte has such a rich and intriguing history, which I will say more about in another blog – but for now I feel compelled to just say SOMETHING because I have been away from the computer for so long.

“Do you have any firearms on you or in your vehicle” asked the officer.  “No” I replied, “I have a permit to carry concealed but I dont have my gun with me today.”

After questioning us for a few minutes and searching my vehicle for weapons it turned out  there was a report of someone shooting in the area.  Well, we KNEW that was the case because we were out on the far edge of the bluff a little earlier and shots rang out VERY CLOSE to us and scared the BEEJEEBIES out of us so we decided not to hang around since we could not see where the person was who was firing, what he was firing with, and what direction he was aiming.

I have to say that the Fresno Police were very professional in the way the handled themselves and even though it was an extemely uncomfortable occurence and their guns were drawn, they didnt behave in anyway that made me feel threatened.

Here is one of the pics I took with the camera I was armed with.

We were parked in the flat area near the center of the image where the dirt road goes up the hill.

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