Santa baby, hurry down Fresno’s chimney tonight
December 20, 2007
So, maybe you stopped believing in Santa the year he stiffed you on that G.I. Joe Terror Dome (OK, that was me). But still, there’s something childishly magical in sending a letter off to the North Pole and waiting, waiting to see what pops up under the tree.
So, in the spirit of the season, Famous asked our favorite users what they’d like to see the big man bring to Fresno this year (we’re guessing they’ll get underwear and socks).
Craig Scharton, CEO, Central Valley Business Incubator
A two-lane, two-way street down the Fulton Mall
A great locally owned, downtown bookstore
Five (different) ethnic restaurants between Tulare and Fresno Streets on the Fulton Mall
Three start-up companies that really hit the big time
Santa doesn’t have to do this for us, we can do it ourselves: a progressive president and a progressive mayor.
Andy Hansen-Smith, Creative Fresno board member
I would like to see the jolly fat man bring a fully implemented ultra light rail for Fresno that connects to a smaller PRT (personal rapid transit) system that allows access to each neighborhood.
I hope Santa brings a downtown broken up into distinct districts each with its own PBID (Property-Based Business Improvement District) in place.
What I look forward to under Fresno’s Christmas tree is a small music venue that brings in the variety and quality of musical groups that Hanford’s Fox Theater does.
I would love to see the Veterans Memorial Auditorium remodeled and updated to its past glory.
Mike, aka the Fresnan, The Fresnan
Give Fresnans an addictive drug that will create the feeling of being high every time they buy from a local business.
A Bulldog tickets drop off box for Fresno State season tickets holders. Therefore, they can give their tickets to someone who would actually USE them.
A graffiti clean-up kit
Give Fresnans gumption, enough too get them off their couch on a Friday night and go see a local band
A giant wad of cash to the most creative and focused Fresnan, so that he/she can open the ultimate business on the Fulton Mall that will spark a true and lasting resurgence
Ed Stewart, blogger, www.estewartartist.blogspot.com
Support for downtown businesses that seem to get it. Newbies like Milano and Cafe Corazon and older ones like Tokyo Garden and Coney Island.
A mayor not worried about partisan politics
A city council and mayor that aren’t looking for “magic bullet” solutions to downtown revitalization
More developers like Reza [Assemi] who have innovative ideas for downtown housing and redevelopment plus capital to go with it
A police auditor
More bicycle friendly motorists (and more cyclists.)
Public art — not just privately funded murals, but art everywhere in Fresno
Less people who complain about and propose ideas for downtown who aren’t already spending time and money down there
I don’t ask for much, no?
Joy, jaded junk seller, Yoshi Now!
A three-day public relations seminar on “how to treat law-abiding citizens with courtesy and respect after pulling them over for a burned out license plate light,” for all of the members of the Fresno Police Department. A quick rehash of what “entrapment” means should be included.
A mayor that will cross Shaw going South
A Red Ryder BB Gun
A pony
Shannon, personal shopper, Yoshi Now!
A Buddhist mayor
A moratorium on the sprawl
More cowbell
Alvin and the Chipmunks. Alvinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!
How about some statues of Alvin, Simon and Theodore with a statue of David(Ross Bagdasarian)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Bagdasarian,_Sr.
Walmart has the smiley face.
Fresno can have Alvin everywhere.
Put the statues in court house park.
Redo the old play area on the Fulton Mall with brightly colored statues of Alvin,Simon,and Theodore.
The originals not the newer ones.
How about an inflatable 30 foot Alvin climbing the Security Bank Tower.
With spot lights at the base of building sweeping the sky and a few models of vintage bi planes circling?
Put Alivin, Simon and Theodore on jail inmate uniforms and play chimunk songs 24/7 in the cells.
Put up speakers and play chipmunks for the tent citys.
From 10 pm to 6 am play chipmunks songs in all public parks, Courthouse park and the Fulton Mall
As for Joey and her tolerance get over it already!
You screen name sounds more like a gang mutt from the hood then a mom.
I guess some people never grow up.
So mom answer this question.
How would you feel if they stood on the sidewalk drinking beer and were playing with their anatomy while your child walked past them going to school everyday?
Would you tolerate their behavior?
Can they mentally molest your children?
Why don't you let them set up a tent city in your backyard.
I'll even get you the refrigerater boxes to build it and the tarps to cover it.
We might even find some pallets to set them on so they are off the ground.
We can even go snatch them some shopping carts.
As long as you agree to let them drink all they want and contnue their drug use.
We will let them build the tent city in your back yard as big as they want.
Thats why they won't stay in approved shelters.
They don't want help or to follow the rules.
If you'd read my posts you'd know I have no problem helping real homeless.
It's the ones that dont want help but want enabled that are the problems and cause the problems.
The real homeless usually can't get acess to services or won't go near the Mission or Pov because the street people/vagrants prey on them.
Even the Pov's Papa Mike said on tv the homeless wont come to eat anymore.
It's pimps,prostitutes and druggies he is feeding.
Why should I or any other law following taxpaying citizen have to tolerate illegal behavior by street people/vagrants?
When your willing to give free healthcare and dental care to working people at no cost then you can care for the vagrants.
As long as the working people come first.
Joy got pulled over by the Fresno County Sheriff
It seems that the Fresno County Sheriff loves to pull over people in the Fig Garden area, one of the typical excuses is that your light was out on the licence plate, but really it does not matter if the light was on or off, they just use it for the BS they give you after they don't find drugs or alcohol in your car or on your person after a stop. I hear that the Fig Garden Patrol will not give you a traffic ticket for a terry stop, and that only the CHP will issue a traffic ticket in the Old Fig Garden area. No wonder the people who live on border of the Fresno County Sheriff / Fig Garden Patrol Area don't want to pay the extra taxes for a patrol in the area out side the current zone, because the Sheriff barely has that much to do in the Fig Garden Area, except stop citizens that live right outside that Fig Garden Patrol Area.
My Wish for the City is that the Council and the County Supervisors get some Brains, and unselfishly solve some local issues, for the tired, poor, huddled masses, wretched refuse, & homeless people who truly need help.
Instead of subsidized land for a Rich man like Trump, The City and County should Build some Dormitorys or Barracks for the Homeless and eliminate the Shantytown / Tent City that's south of downtown off of Golden State Boulevard.
wish list
"A Red Ryder BB Gun"
You'll shot your eye out!!
I so hate that song.... (santa baby)
It comes on, my eyes widen, my nostrils flare, and I walk around muttering '...who is this, Cyndi Lauper? Bernadette Peters? Gwen Stefani? Just MAKE THEM STOP...
-I actually called a friend up and held the phone to the overhead speakers, never heard the thing until this year...
'...who?'
-was told that several folks have covered it, including Madonna...
-All I wanna know is:
Where's Elmo and Patsy with 'Gramma getting run over by a reindeer' in all this?
Barking dogs singing JingleBells,
-Cats doing Silent Night?
bring back the classics
Joey Fernandez, Student, Mom, Rollerderby fanatic
~A Mayor who loves Jesus but stops hiding behind him.
~A city with open minded people who care about ALL parts of Fresno, including tent city.
~An open-mindedness to everyone who thinks their neighborhood is better than any others.
~A hard working bunch who dont have to jump through hoops and barrels to get things done downtown.
~A HUGE skating rink for the kiddies (derbygirls) to skate at, preferably downtown.
~A HUGE financial investment in the SCRG by Stacy Johnson-Klein.
~A phone call to Lola la Chola from Stacy Johnson-Klein saying how badly she wants to coach the SCRG.
~For Orange Bear to want to meet with every other passionate Famous person face to face to talk openly and with respect for color, gender, ethnicity and income level and bring forth some resolution to the squandering of ideology and intellegence.
.......hey, a girl can try, no?
oh, and new skates.....them babies are expensive!
G.I. Joe Terror Dome
Is THAT why you haunt Yoshi Now! so much? You are looking for that G.I. Joe Terror Dome you never got? How many YEARS ago was it that you got slighted??? And you STILL have NOT gotten over it? That explains far, FAR too much about you.
Here's hoping you get what you want this year...
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