Archive for May, 2008
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Among the many side debates in the current Monrovia… ahem…. disruption of tranquility…. is the matter of just what makes a community. To wit, what role does the community as a whole have in things like preventing crime and disrupting the cycle of gang violence?
To be sure, libraries, sports and the arts all […]
Lonesome Blogger
Saturday, May 10th, 2008That’s me. That’s my cup o’ joe . That’s Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Myrtle at 9:00 sharp this morning. That’s my binder of evidence proving Hay/BadBoy is associated with Adams & Barnes Escrow, if not the man himself.
The Art City: Monrovia (well one step closer to the dream)
Saturday, May 10th, 2008For those of you who missed it, Monrovia is home to several galleries featuring world renown artists (Michael Godard) as well as talented individuals who live the the city. Those artists are also very active in the community on many levels including in the Monrovia Association of Fine Arts (formerly Monrovia Art Festival Association) that […]
Anthony Adams Is a Funny Guy
Friday, May 9th, 2008Scary picture, eh? It’s Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia and the SacBee was running a caption contest to see who could come up with best piece of one-line hilarity. An FC legislator, Anthony Adams, submitted this gem:
Also, thanks to Assemblyman Anthony Adams, who wrote, “I was just trying to kiss Nunez good-bye!”
Good times. Good times.
Vandals in Azusa/Glendora Call Attention to Cop’s AWESOME Name
Friday, May 9th, 2008Yes, dozens of cars had their windows shot out, but guess the name of the cop who is answering press questions for Glendora…
[sweet name after the jump]
Speaking of Huff and Mountjoy
Friday, May 9th, 2008The San Francisco Chronicle includes the contest among those that we can blame on term limits:
Term limits have turned some former political allies into campaign foes as voters prepare to select nominees for 100 seats in the California Legislature.
In a half dozen races on the June 3 primary ballot, former lawmakers are trying to revive […]
Allen Wilson Loves Bob Huff (And That’s Totally Cool With Me)
Friday, May 9th, 2008I’m curious: does Allen Wilson really dig Assemblyman Bob Huff (who is running for Margett’s State Senate seat) or what? We’ve already seen that he’s a fan:
Assemblyman Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar), candidate for State Senate, held a Grand Opening of a new campaign headquarters in the heart of beautiful downtown San Dimas on Bonita Avenue.
In […]
On Mark Leon’s Passing
Friday, May 9th, 2008Aaron Proctor has a news/obit piece on Mark Leon in the PW:
Former City Council candidate and city Planning and Transportation Commission member Mark A. Leon died Friday due to complications from a liver condition stemming from a transplant he had undergone some years ago. He was 47.
Leon, who leaves behind a wife, two sons and […]
The Souvenirs of Mt. Lowe at Pasadena History Museum
Friday, May 9th, 2008Jeanette Bovard at the Pasadena Museum of History alerted us to an interesting exhibit:
Your readers might be interested in the exhibition currently on display at the Pasadena Museum of History — “Mount Lowe: Souvenirs from the Incline Railway.” It runs through July — here’s a link to the info http://www.pasadenahistory.org/thingstosee/MountLowe.html
More info about MOTA Day (Museums […]
Flame War!
Friday, May 9th, 2008[IMG_9045.JPG, Originally uploaded by The Real Zajac]
Damn. I step away from the blog for a few days to tend to personal matters and WOW. Y’all go bats*** insane.
First up, I deliver on what I promised: an overview of the wildfires we just had, along with my own personal story to go with it. […]
The Proctor Is In: The Doctor Is In
Friday, May 9th, 2008The Aaron Proctor Interview Series continues with Pasadena health director, Dr. Takashi Wada - the first time a Doctor has been interviewed in the Series:
The Proc: I heard a rumor that you once went down to Central America and beat the crap out of some rebel forces. Did they loosely base the “Delta Force” movies […]
Surprise, Pomona Has a Budget Deficit
Friday, May 9th, 2008Look, I don’t consider myself a journalist. But I do contribute a lot to this site and try to stay as informed as you would expect of an above-average politically-interested citizen. Every day, I read through dozens, if not hundreds of articles to find things interesting to the Foothill Cities and share them. And then, […]
Friday Linkfest: 10 Reasons to Remember
Friday, May 9th, 2008There’s a million things I’d love to write about. Sadly, the sun goes down (and comes up) much too quickly. So, here’s 9 (count ‘em, 9!) links you really should take a look at…
The Affordable Housing Bunny Hops Into Pasadena
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Joe Piasecki tugs at the heartstrings at the beginning of his piece about Prop. 98 and I had to count to ten to avoid banging my head against the wall:
Not far from the 61 new luxury condominiums built recently behind the historic Friend Paper Co. building in Old Pasadena, a tiny homeless woman sleeps inside […]
Give. Me. A. Break.
Thursday, May 8th, 2008To all the peeps out there complaining about the IP address issue, let me make something very, very clear. An IP address is like caller ID. If you don’t like the fact that when you leave a comment from certain networks, you leave a trace (unless, like most of us, you comment from […]
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