Mayor Amabile

I'm personally not against billboards, but I am worried about the looks within the city limits. I see billboards as read more

I'm personally not against billboards, but I am worried about the looks within the city limits. I see billboards as more of a process of, as you're coming into town, wanting people to stop and service our businesses, buy their gas and stuff like that. Once you come into town and get into high density growth and mini-stores it becomes more of a distraction and a nuisance.

The most important thing is small businesses find their niche.

The most important thing is small businesses find their niche.

He has a lot of development and planning experience in the Central Valley, not Bay Area experience, and that's important.

He has a lot of development and planning experience in the Central Valley, not Bay Area experience, and that's important.

The last time we did this there was some criticism on our procedure. It wasn't the selection. I want to read more

The last time we did this there was some criticism on our procedure. It wasn't the selection. I want to make that very clear. It was the way we handled ourselves on the logistics of it.

Today as we celebrate the birth, the life, the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, it is a time for read more

Today as we celebrate the birth, the life, the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, it is a time for our nation to remember the injustices that Dr. King fought (against). It is a time to remember his fight for freedom, equality and dignity of all races and all people. He was an incredible man ... he forced our nation to look inside and face our own flaws.