Cardenas will take a day off to collect checks

It's April Fool's Day in June, or seems like it. Alice Walton at The City Maven posted an email from Councilman Tony Cardenas that says he will sit in a Downtown office all day next Thursday — 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. — and wait for people to bring him money. And, presumably, tell him what they need. “I invite you to stop by, spend a little one-on-one time with me and bring a few checks” for one of his three fundraising accounts. If you have already given, no problem: "You can still help by asking a friend, colleague or spouse to give." Cardenas, whose district covers some of the poorest parts of the Valley, will take a furlough day off the city payroll to make it all nice and legal.