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Story will air on local CBS station (CBS 47 )at 11:00 PM Death threats are made against Fresno Mayor Alan Autry for his support of Proposition 8. Prop 8 is a ballot measure that if approved by voters next Tuesday will define marriage as only between a man and a woman. (It would ban gay marriage.) Also, well known local Pastor Jim Franklin, also an outspoken supporter of Prop 8 has also recieved death threats against him, and his family. Local police Chief, Jerry Dyer confirms the threats and says the department is taking the threat seriously. Both men have...

Fresno Mayor Alan Autry said Thursday that his plan to help Donald Trump buy Running Horse would require pledging city property as collateral.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger implored California's mayors Thursday to support Proposition 76, a ballot measure intended to stabilize state finances and end deficit spending. He warned that if the measure fails to pass during the Nov. 8 special election, state lawmakers would likely raid local treasuries for funds to close the state's persistent budget gap. "I've already been informed in Sacramento that that's the very money they're going to go after next year if they don't have money," Schwarzenegger told several hundred officials at the annual conference of the League of California Cities. "Remember, they can. The...

Heads Up as FResno Mayor Alan Autry will be on H & C's show FRiday evening discussing his proposed 2-year Moratorium on Immigration .

Advocates upset with Fresno Mayor Alan Autry's proposed moratorium on immigration said after meeting with the mayor Monday at City Hall that they hope to find a workable solution. About 20 activists and Autry plan further meetings to discuss issues such as health-care access, education and immigration policy.... Autry proposed a two-year moratorium on immigration in his May 26 State of the City address, saying the consequences that come after an illegal immigrant enters the country "are 100% local." Among the local effects, Autry said, are strains on city services, hospitals and schools. A coalition of advocacy group leaders sought...

Fresno Mayor Alan Autry waded into a volatile federal issue Thursday in his annual State of the City speech, calling for a two-year moratorium on immigration in order to address the "chaos now masquerading as a border." Autry acknowledged that he would likely get criticism for his comments, much as Gov. Schwarzenegger came under fire after praising Minuteman Project volunteers who patrolled the Mexican border.

Alan Autry, Fresno's actor-turned-mayor, slips into a new public role this Sunday: cheerleader for the idea that marriage should unite a man and a woman and not homosexual couples. Autry will speak on the grounds of City Hall in support of the traditional definition of marriage at an event called Marriage Commitment Day. He also will conduct a ceremony in which heterosexual, married couples can renew their marriage vows. Autry says traditional marriage is a "core principle" that has allowed "civilization to become civilized to the degree that we see it. It is therefore a city issue." Gays and others...