Mayor blows his top at critic as council meeting opens
In a violation of City Council rules of conduct, Mayor Andy Medellin began yelling Wednesday night at the principal sponsor of the anti-Medellin recall that is underway, and continued his diatribe until City Attorney Brent Richardson told him, in essence, to be quiet. Medellin opened up on frequent critic Khalid Chaudry as Chaudry rose to […]
County to take over city animal-control work
Madera County and the City of Madera have entered into an agreement to change the way they care for stray animals and determine who polices Courthouse Park. Under the agreement, the city will pay the county $150,000 a year for animal control services annually until July 1, 2021. At that time, the annual cost every […]
Drug addiction hasn’t gone away
Even though we have legalized supposedly harmless marijuana, illegal drugs are as prevalent as ever, and perhaps even more so. In fact, addictions have become so prevalent that those who treat addictions have come up with a new acronym to describe what their patients’ experience — S.U.D. That stands for Substance Use Disorder, and is […]
Omarosa demands r-e-s-p-e-c-t
The years of the Donald Trump presidency will be studied in all aspects by higher universities and scholars forever. This is the first of possibly many other future weird presidencies. Omarosa Manigault worked in both the Clinton and Trump White Houses. Because the fake media has created this villain image of Manigault, of which she […]
Tribune still needs to get it right
For the second time in the past few months I find it necessary to correct the Tribune and set the record straight regarding presentations I have made to the Madera City Council. A few months ago, I admonished the Tribune for making several factual errors and misquoting me regarding an earlier report on water rates. […]
Fraudulence in elections runs deep
HA! HA! Watching “60 Minutes” on their voter hack in Illinois for the 2018 election. Illinois is historically fraudulent. What better place to “say” that the Russians hacked into voter information. You believe it? I have a bridge to sell ya. Have we not tried to influence other countries’ politics? Cuba, Colombia, Panama, North Korea. […]
Reader believes the Tribune does not serve up news
Once upon a time your newspaper reported news. You had reporters that were not biased towards local politics and were fair in their reporting. I am not so sure you still have that. Recently DJ Becker wrote an article critical of the Madera City Council. I am not sure how much of the two full […]
Appreciates articles by Tyler Takeda
I really appreciate the articles that are being written by Tyler Takeda that focus on positive-thinking people in our community, like the Patel family, the maker and participants of the Madera County Sheriff’s Department video, and Coach McCoy. The articles are inspirational and written in a way that makes me feel like I have personally […]
Incel: Can a website incite violence?
I suppose that there has always been a certain percentage of the male population in our culture that has been plagued by a feeling of unacceptability for female companionship. For most, this is a transitory condition that is experienced during the onset of puberty and can last throughout adolescence. That is a time when the […]
Coate and Emo honored for achievements
I hope you enjoyed our recent tribute to the Madera Chamber’s Lifetime Achievement Award honorees. J. Gordon Kennedy, Margaret Diebert, David Lee, Bill Coate and the late Leon Emo comprise the 2018 class of recipients. We at the Tribune are especially pleased to have two of our very own, Bill Coate, and the late Leon […]