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More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. City Hall To Undergo Needed Audio Upgrade Members of the Oakdale City Council approved a long-overdue and much-needed overhaul on City Hall’s audio equipment Monday night, April 19 with unanimous support for the $76,704.27 project. Albert Avila, Oakdale City Finance Director said, “Generally we have been able to make the system...

Throwing others under the bus for political gain The thinking and actions of some elected officials is kind of hard to fathom. You know the old saying accredited to Albert Einstein: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” The first example of “insanity” was how Mayor Lopez scheduled a special meeting on March 4 to talk about, for a fourth time, an appointment to the vacant council seat after seeing the st...