Archive for March, 2007
« Previous EntriesBest Comment of the Week
Friday, March 30th, 2007As promised, on Fridays we’ll be noting the best comment of the week. This week, our honoree is none other than Aaron Proctor, former candidate for Mayor of Pasadena, for his response to Pasadena Election Drama. Proctor’s thoughts?
Robin Salzer. A name you can trust, smothered in brown mustard and barbecue sauce.
Heh. For […]
The San Dimas Farmers Market Rules
Friday, March 30th, 2007Alison Hewitt reports on the effort to revive a Farmer’s Market in San Dimas (it died because of a lawsuit, not lack of interest). Sounds like a good idea to us and one of our readers (he got his wish—the Market will be held at Bonita Ave in front of City Hall) who encouraged […]
Friday Briefs (Pasadena)
Friday, March 30th, 2007The BIGGEST development in Pasadena: The LAT posted this article last week, but I was hoping to make it the centerpiece of some extended thoughts. Since those will be some time in coming, enjoy this article which gives a succinct overview of the numbers, issues, and players involved in the massive developments (largest in city […]
Wanted: Sierra Madre Village Manager
Friday, March 30th, 2007I neglected to mention: anyone interested in Sierra Madre politics should read the recent op-ed in the Pasadena Star by Jacqueline Knowles, which is very, very interesting. Comments?
Also, the city has found an interim replacement for City Manager in Don Hopper, who was also interim city manager before the current one, John Gillison, decided […]
Lost in the Sierra Madre
Friday, March 30th, 2007Things have gotten so bad in the Sierra Madre that the city council is trying to write “a code of conduct” the better to restrain itself, but as the headline to Erica Blodgett’s article in the Sierra Madre Weekly notes, they found it hard to agree about how best to disagree. This may be […]
Comments Enabled at Foothill Cities!
Thursday, March 29th, 2007So says the headline over at Eye Level Pasadena. Thanks, Jill!
Claremont: Ellen and Pedroza Eat Pot Cookies! UPDATED
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Would you take a cookie from this man? Ellen Taylor and Sam Pedroza took some from his supporters.
Gabriel Fenoy, Claremont CourierMore Courier stories on the issue here.
[Updated: As our surly commentator notes below, we put this up too fast: The picture above is of Mr. Kruse, formerly the operator of the Claremont-based pot-medicine shop. […]
Eastward Ho! Gold Line to Ontario
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Just in case anyone hasn’t gotten their fix of Gold Line news and commentary, it turns out Ontario wants to get in on the Gold Line party. Jason Newell at the Daily Bulletin reports:
The idea of making the airport the final destination on the Gold Line light-rail service that runs from Los Angeles to […]
Comments Ahoy!
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Regular readers may have already noticed, but I’ll call attention to it nonetheless. We have enabled comments on posts here at Foothill Cities. We’ll be tinkering with the system to ensure its smooth operation (lest spambots or partisan flamers overrun the public posting areas), and we may need to moderate comments (see above parenthetical).
Many more […]
Dreier’s Got Gold Line’s Back
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to play some hanky-panky with transportation funds, which could threaten progress on the Gold Line extension (among other projects), and lots of people are unhappy, Dan Abenschein writes over at LA CityBeat.
…the Los Angeles Metro Transit Authority was understandably alarmed to hear Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger propose diverting $1.1 billion away […]
PUSD Audit Cracks Council Up
Thursday, March 29th, 2007The long-awaited audit of the Pasadena Unified’s finances made it to the cruel light of day earlier this week, according to Kenneth Todd Ruiz in the PSN. Reactions, thus far, are mixed (to put it generously):
After nearly seven years of waiting, the City Council finally got to see an audit of Pasadena public schools Monday […]
Pasadena Election Drama
Thursday, March 29th, 2007This show isn’t going up at the Pasadena Playhouse. It’s already playing in First District where things are getting hot between Robin Salzer and Jacque Robinson. More precisely, between Robin Salzer’s wife and Ms. Robinson. André Coleman has the lowdown at Pasadena Weekly:
An article by Journal owner Joe Hopkins set to be published today reports […]
BREAKING NEWS: Measure V not endorsed
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Okay, it’s only breaking news in that it has to be breaking hearts of Measure V supporters, but the League of Women Voters, Pasadena Area, came out against the controversial anti-development measure in a letter to the Star-News.
First, Measure V removes decision-making from the hands of duly elected and appointed representatives - the City Council […]
Planet of the Glendorans, Part II of III: The Law
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007A piece of campaign propaganda by Glendora city council candidate John HarroldAlison Hewitt’s recent article in the SGV Trib virtually ended with: “The bottom line on this whole thing is, it’s a crime to vandalize someone else’s property,” said Glendora police Sgt. Brian Summers.
Nice attempt by the good police officer at “the moral of the […]
Of Unicycles and Donuts
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007Speaking of Glendora, The Donut Man is really getting some great press on the internet these days.
If you biked from Pasadena there and then back through a number of foothill cities, that might take care of the calories.
Or you could turn the bike ride to The Donut Man into an annual unicycle ride, as some […]