The Fresno City Council moved ahead with an ambitious downtown project proposed by forest City Development, to the delight of almost everyone except Fresno Mayor Alan Autry. Autry -- once a big booster of Forest City -- was miffed, according to City Hall sources, because Forest City was dismissive of the mayor's beloved pet project, the downtown ditch.
Autry can't veto the council's Tuesday action, since it merely adopted a conceptual plan and gave Forest City permission to spend it own money on an EIR for the project, which will bring more than 700 new residences to the area just south of the downtown stadium. And if he vetoes subsequent council actions in his river pique, that's likely to go nowhere: The council was enthusiastically unanimous on Tuesday, and -- barring an unforeseen cratering by Forest City -- is sure to override any mayoral veto.
Here's today's news story and our editorial.
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