FRESNO, Calif. (KGPE) – Fresno’s Mayor Jerry Dyer gave his State of the City address to a sold-out crowd in Downtown Fresno on Wednesday.
The speech, which was an opportunity for the mayor to lay out his accomplishments over the past year, was given the day after his mother passed away.
Jerry Dyer announces mother’s death, weeks after father’s
“I want to take a moment to acknowledge something very important,” said Fresno Chamber OF Commerce President Scott Miller. “Yesterday, Mayor Dyer’s beloved mother Anna passed away less than two months after his father Donald.”
The mayor himself dedicated Wednesday’s State of the City address to his parents as he delivered a heartfelt speech highlighting major accomplishments over the past year.
“The city continues to reflect my commitment to the ‘One Fresno’ vision, to have an inclusive, prosperous, beautiful city where people take pride in their neighborhood and community and to have a government that listens, keeps its promises, and is owned by the people,” said Mayor Jerry Dyer…