Michael Fitzgerald • Stocktonia, Author at Stocktonia News

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Mike Fitzgerald: The strangely familiar ‘ghost’ campaign of Jessica Toccoli

by Michael Fitzgerald • Stocktonia May 22, 2026, 4:56 p.m.May 22, 2026, 9:05 p.m.

If Stockton’s political campaigns of 2024 were a bad movie, this year’s City Council race is a sequel: “Ghost Candidate II: Jessica Toccoli.”

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Fitzgerald: Why the Stockton City Council fought through 2025

by Michael Fitzgerald • Stocktonia Dec. 31, 2025, 9:41 a.m.Dec. 31, 2025, 9:41 a.m.

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Mike Fitzgerald: Cost overruns for New City hall show a need for change

by Michael Fitzgerald • Stocktonia Sept. 9, 2025, 8:00 p.m.Sept. 10, 2025, 8:47 a.m.

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Mike Fitzgerald: The AngelAnn Flores case raises troubling doubts

by Michael Fitzgerald • Stocktonia July 20, 2025, 9:30 p.m.July 21, 2025, 8:56 a.m.

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Michael Fitzgerald: Too much secrecy in corruption case

by Michael Fitzgerald • Stocktonia Feb. 2, 2025, 7:12 p.m.Feb. 3, 2025, 8:55 a.m.

Michael Fitzgerald: Ousting Harry Black hurt the city

by Michael Fitzgerald • Stocktonia Jan. 15, 2025, 1:13 p.m.Jan. 15, 2025, 2:46 p.m.

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Michael Fitzgerald: A healthy plan to restore a Stockton river

by Michael Fitzgerald • Stocktonia Jan. 8, 2025, 2:30 p.m.Jan. 8, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

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Michael Fitzgerald: Worst. Invasive. Species. Ever.

by Michael Fitzgerald • Stocktonia Jan. 1, 2025, 12:46 p.m.Jan. 4, 2025, 7:18 p.m.

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Michael Fitzgerald: The good things of 2024

by Michael Fitzgerald • Stocktonia Dec. 25, 2024, 10:57 a.m.Dec. 27, 2024, 7:10 a.m.

Michael Fitzgerald: The year the cavalry didn’t come

by Michael Fitzgerald • Stocktonia Dec. 18, 2024, 6:06 p.m.Dec. 19, 2024, 6:14 a.m.