Archive for January, 2007
« Previous EntriesBuckle Your Seatbelts in Claremont
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007There is little doubt that things are going to get ugly in Claremont as the March 6th elections draw near. As I’ve mentioned before, since Claremont city councilwoman and former Mayor Sandy Baldonado has declared she’s not running for re-election, the open seat on the Claremont City Council will likely become the swing vote […]
The IE Gets Some Respect
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007About time.
Michael Rappaport of the Daily Bulletin quotes Ira Jackson, dean of the Drucker business school at Claremont Graduate University: “With a population the size of Oregon’s and a growth rate comparable to Phoenix, the Inland Empire is an increasingly important political, cultural and economic reality.” So the Drucker school is holding a conference […]
Props
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007Thanks to Living in Monrovia and 2020 Hindsight for helping spread the word about this blog.
Of water districts and gadflies…
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007Check out the blog of Steve Scauzillo, opinion page editor for the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group. Posts and op-ed pieces like this one are worth the trip:
NOT many people give a rat’s patootie about making sure local water districts don’t rip off ratepayers. Barbara Mee did.
When I covered water, landfills, air quality and […]
Setting the Glendor-a-ma Mood
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007Glendora City Manager Eric Ziegler is going to retire, Alison Hewitt’s SGV Tribune article announces:His departure comes at a “crossroads” for the city, some council members noted. The city clerk and public works director retired and two more department heads are retiring this year. Council members praised Ziegler, especially his integrity, describing him as “above […]
Catching up on some Glendor-a-ma Trivia
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007To build a dog park or not to build a dog park? That was the (postponed) question before the Glendora city council, Allison Hewitt reports in the SGV Tribune.
Also in the SGV Tribune, Caroline An tells us that “Glendora school districts have implemented full-day kindergarten in the last five years.” Is […]
Living Near A Freeway
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007Glendora and San Dimas school children were part of a study that found “[c]hildren growing up near freeways are not only more likely to develop asthma and other respiratory problems, their lung function also may be permanently stunted,” writes Elise Kleeman in the Whittier Daily News. See USC’s website as well. I wonder […]
Wanted: Arcadia Citizens Oversight Committee
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007“The November 2006 General Obligation Bond - or Measure I - is the $218 million school facilities bond approved by more than two-thirds of Arcadia voters,” as this Pasadena Independent article by Traci Kratzer explains.
Problem is, “[l]egislation requires that all districts that are successful in passing a general obligation bond create a Citizens […]
Mosca Works With SGVCOG, SCAG, CEHD
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007From the Pasadena Independent:In an election held Jan.18 at the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG) Governing Board meeting Joe Mosca, council member for Sierra Madre, was elected to serve as one of SGVCOG’s two representatives on the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Community, Economic and Human Development (CEHD) Committee.…Mosca was elected to […]
Arcadia to Email Agendas
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007The city of Arcadia is making your civic duty much easier:
If you would like to have a copy of each City Council Meeting Agenda e-mailed to you, please send your full name and e-mail address to:
msimonian@ci.arcadia.ca.usand ask to be added to the Agenda Subscription List. The agenda will be e-mailed to you on […]
Monrovia’s Measure L
Friday, January 26th, 2007Measure L, alluded to in my last post, would institute “a parcel tax on residential property” in Monrovia. “Single-family homes would be assessed $62 a year, vacant lots $17 a year and multifamily buildings $46 per unit,” all in order to “raise $15.5 million over 30 years for a state-of-the-art 28,000-square-foot library,” as Mike […]
Monrovia Blogs
Friday, January 26th, 2007Check out this blog containing “[u]nofficial information about the Monrovia, California, Unified School District,” including, for instance, thoughts on the proposed bond for a new library, which voters will decide on in the upcoming election.
And don’t forget the Living in Monrovia blog, which is always chock full o’ Monrovia links.
Family-Friendly La Verne
Thursday, January 25th, 2007The La Verne city council recently approved a master plan for the University of La Verne (see the recent SGV Tribune article by Will Bigham and the Claremont Courier article by Landus Rigsby). The only initial complaints that I know of were limited to the “but-this-will-change-things” variety (see Len Ly’s article in the University’s […]
Stephen Grollnek Was Convicted of Grand Theft
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007Who is he, you ask?
Over at the conservative FlashReport Blog, Mike Spence says of Monrovia’s upcoming election:
Turns out that the candidate running against incumbent Mayor has been convicted of grand theft. . .Of course he attacks the Mayor, a good guy named Rob Hammond, for being a pawnbroker. Maybe Hammond wouldn’t fence his stuff?
Heh, heh, […]
Redeveloping Your Tax $
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007Council members for three Valley cities get paid nearly 10 times the maximum amount allowed under state law for serving on their communities’ redevelopment agencies, more than a year after implementation of a bill designed to limit compensation for service on such boards.-Fred Ortega’s SGV Tribune article
The cities cited are Rosemead and West Covina (which […]