Archive for February, 2008
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Friday, February 29th, 2008Publius and I have been working our rear ends off as of late, and sadly neglected the blog the latter half of this week. Our apologies. We’ll be back in full swing come Monday, with a series of posts that may be of particular interest to our Pasadena readers.
In the meantime, let’s leave this as […]
Alas, Portantino, the Assembly Is Lost
Thursday, February 28th, 2008An “LA Woman” snags the Assembly’s top spot. Score one for the City of Angels in our running battle. (You didn’t know we were still fighting? It’s okay, neither did we.)
Public Safety Budgets, Joe Romero, Police and Crime
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Robert Rogers’ DB article contains some interesting factoids:
In Pomona, Police Chief Joe Romero is leery about what the future holds.
He’s set to lose 10 experienced officers, including five detectives, to retirement this year.
Add to that an expected budget crunch, a softening economy and the possibility of waves of new parolees on the streets, and Romero […]
Nell Soto: Time to Say Goodbye
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Farewell, dear Nell. Farewell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLHq7rgHOLk
SB Sun: Assemblymember Nell Soto Should Step Down
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Surprise, surprise, surprise: the SB Sun thinks Nell Soto may not up to the task of being an assemblymember (that whole “not being able to vote” thing is rather critical when you’re a legislator). In an unsigned that steadfastly refuses to acknowledge the source of all their tipoffs about Nell being unwell (or so I […]
Our Very Special Water Districts
Monday, February 25th, 2008Jennifer McLain’s article on local Water District expenditures is the real thing. Most people don’t even know what the heck a water district is, of course. Special districts often fly under the radar, and that leads to actions like these:
Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District board President Leon Garcia was paid $82,769 […]
The Proctor Is In: McAustin 3:16, New P-Dub Site, Top Ten List
Monday, February 25th, 2008Hello to my fans and friends here at the Foothill Cities Blog, the best blog in the whole land.
I’ve got a new update over at my site. I’m still without regular Internet access and it’s going to be that way until at least mid-April.
It’s been really quiet here in Pasadena this past week but […]
Pomona: Nell Soto v. Norma Torres? Don’t Think So…
Monday, February 25th, 2008Will Bigham’s DB article breaks down the local congressional, assembly and state senate races:
The Daily Bulletin and Nell Soto of Pomona
Monday, February 25th, 2008Not that we’d have any idea why, but the Daily Bulletin recently ran a Monica Rodriguez article informing the public :
Assemblywoman Nell Soto has missed every roll call since mid-September due to illness, according to legislative records.
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Requests for further comment from Lewis and Soto’s staff were unsuccessful Friday.
Soto was last present for roll calls in […]
Pasadena Parking, Whole Foods & Yuppie Scum Revisited
Monday, February 25th, 2008Many, if not most of you will have forgotten my strident declamation of Jim Burns editorial from some months ago. The critics, however, have not. A Burns defender recently came across the post (and the previous comments) and left this in response:
Well, I happened upon this blog today - apparently my search was aimed at […]
Pomona Police Chief Joe Romero on the Recent Tragedy
Friday, February 22nd, 2008The Chief was kind enough to send us the following remarks:
First, there is no feud with the Mayor on this particular issue. Both she and I have a shared interest in dealing with this troubling occurrence. Neither of us disregards the pain of which the family of Eileen Ponce-Orta is feeling and we both want […]
The Good Kind of Leftovers: Eminent Domain in Azusa?
Friday, February 22nd, 2008I hope you all read the Leftovers from City Hall blog. We like to think that our blog may have, ahem, inspired the SGVT in this regard. There aren’t a lot of news blogs out there in the big wide world that deal with local politics at this level. Check out this […]
Ears of Death
Thursday, February 21st, 2008I admit that we all screw up when writing a quick email, but Pomona Mayor Norma Torres’ email to reporter Jennifer McLain of the SGVT is priceless:
When I asked my city staff to report these abusers to the DA, the request fell into death ears.
Pasadena Politics No Longer KTodd’s Sole Province
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Though Todd Ruiz has confirmed that rumors of his death are greatly exaggerated, clearly things are changing in the cyber offices of the Star-News. In breaking news from February 18th, Fred Ortega has taken over Under the Dome.
Ah, the culture, the food, the bustle, the food, the shopping, did I mention the food?
It’s good to […]
Foothill Cities on American Idol: Azusa Represents
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Azusa’s own Danny Noriega is a contestant on American Idol.
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