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Lonesome Blogger
By Robert C.J. Parry | May 10, 2008
That’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.
That’s an empty chair across from me.
No “Concerned Monrovian.” No Hay/BadBoy/Tom Edwards. No “MonroMan.” No Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
One can only assume that they are either afraid of the truth, or they already knew it.
Again, I’m prepared to meet anyone at pretty much any time to review my evidence in detail.
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May 10th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
wow, I like your style.
May 10th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
*crickets*
May 10th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Powerful!
May 10th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Bad Boy never emailed me about a get together either.
All Mouth!
May 10th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Amazing?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Ooooo. An internet bully. Cool.
D.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
You are a very handsome man! Thanks for the photo.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Hey RJP!!! What in the world does Laurel Ulrich argue with you about? That’s my friend and i’m gonna put her in her place!!! Sheeesh…she’s messin’ with my Monrovia peeps!!! HA! HA! HA!
By the way everyone, don’t forget about the breakfast at the V in the morning…i hear they are going to have a hot new waiter.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
MonroMan-
Why don’t you join me for the next photo?
YHIHF-
Lemme guess, are you gonna say “hey, sailor,” to him?
May 11th, 2008 at 7:42 am
This is awesome.
May 11th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Very awesome indeed? Just think, drinking coffee and having a picture taken of yourself!
May 11th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
RCJP?
A lady I know just looked at your picture and said “that man looks just like Sir Eric”
Looking at it closely, it sort of does! LOL
May 11th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Diane/handicapper, rest assure i know both people and THAT IS NOT SIR ERIC. I promise. In fact i saw and spoke to both RJP and his wife MJP about Sir Eric just this AM. Sir Eric is John Crawford that lives in Sierra Madre…the Perry’s live in Monrovia. Besides there is a 10-20 year age difference. Good call, Diane.
PS. See you two, now you know what i was talking about at the V.
May 11th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Ahhh…my friend YouHeardItHereFirst, I am not arguing with Mr. Parry, I’m merely asking questions. As I said previously, I don’t have a dog in this fight. It was just that the billboard was so, shall we say, shocking, that I was interested to know the facts behind the “higher violent crime” and “fewer officers patrolling” since this is the tactic being used for the raise.
I did take Mr. Parry’s advice and took a look at the MPOA website, but unfortunately it only gives information regarding the percentage difference in crime over one year. I’d like to know how many violent crimes have been committed over the last five year period, and then compare the amount of officers patrolling over that same time period. I’m afraid one year just isn’t enough time for me to judge whether this was one bad year in Monrovia or if there has been a steady trending up over a five year period.
I would also be interested in knowing how many of those violent crimes were committed in Monrovia proper, and how many were committed in the unincorporated area of Monrovia as I think I may have heard somewhere that the Sheriff’s department handles the unicorporated area, and the Monrovia PD provides mutual aid.
May 11th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
I may be mistaken, but I believe the crime stats are within the city limits. LA Sheriff maintains their own stats for the unincorporated areas that they have juridiction over.
May 11th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
The crime stats are the city of Monrovia’s and not the county area. Police Officer’s Wife and I have both challenged Bad Boy/ Hay/Monroman with our responses to their (his) lies. They (he)stay quiet and resort to making mindless chit-chat.
I hope he liked the pancakes because I did.
May 11th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Joe Friday you crack me up. Any of the MPD officers that just want to chat privately can do so by dropping me a note frazgo at mail dot com or stop by the house
May 11th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
So…what are those stats in actual numbers and percentages over the last five year period???
This is what the billboard says…higher violent crime and less officers patrolling. Parry answers the question by referring to the MPOA website which only gives one year of stats.
Same question…so far a partial answer.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Laurel: Your comment about demanding the Monrovia police billboard be removed because it might damage property values there has pretty much tagged you forever in my mind.
Every time I see your name I just can’t help laughing.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Laurel-
Strictly speaking, one year is the proof you need. But, I can understand a desire to confirm the statement in the context of a larger trend. I’ll see what I can do to dig up more comprehensive numbers.
There is a new mailer out from MPOA. Among the facts it cites are the following:
- 15 officers with more than a century of combined experience have left MPD in the last six years, taking with them nearly a decade of experience each (based on the Web site). That a combined 140+ years gone to other agencies.
- The Department was previously authorized 60 officers, that is now down to 56. Now, those four reduced positions were Federally funded, money which has now gone away. But, the fact is, the department is unquestionably smaler than it used to be.
- Using that 60 figure as a baseline, MPD is down a dozen bodies. That’s a quarter of the patrol force (based on the MPOA figures.
I’ll see what I can find about the Crime stats. However, I’d be shocked if they were any close to 2008 figures. That would imply that the crime rate plunged last year, as a fluke, and that the gang war of this year is the standard.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Do not forget Monrovia has several housing developments in contrcution or just finished. And is planning more. Therefore increasing the city’s population and need for more officers than the “authorized 56″.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Laurel, house values are monopoly money. Unless you are trying to sell it right now it is a meaningless number.
If you read your monrovia mailer this week there we have so many empty homes in town we are supposed to be watching for and reporting squatters. That many empty homes is a bigger drag on home values than a lousy bill board that simply states the facts.
May 11th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Actually, with that kind of surly look on your face, are you really surprised no one expected or unexpected stopped to talk to you?
Enjoy a smile, they’re free.
May 11th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Soft Urban Lifestyle or Soft in the Head (?): I never wrote a thing about removing the billboard. Read again, stop, then think before you belly up to the keyboard, Softy.
This is a blog where different viewpoints are discussed. It is not unreasonable to question what such a billboard would do for the reputation of the community, which in case you didn’t know, does affect property values. When property values decrease, so does property tax revenue, which in turn affects the general fund, which then affects the revenue the city has to pay your officers.
Parry, thanks for your reasoned comment in #20 regarding my questions. It sounds like the department was authorized to have 60 officers and they’re down 4 (to 56). Wouldn’t that mean that they have approximately 7% less officers now??
May 12th, 2008 at 6:18 am
LTU true to a point regarding lower values. A house selling at a lower price will generate lower tax revenue once it changes hands.
However, homes that we live in, not up for sale don’t get decreased valuations and lower taxes. Those remain flat.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:27 am
C’mon, man, gimme a break! I had every right to be surly! I was missing the pancakes down the road at Fire Service Day, and my date stood me up!
May 12th, 2008 at 6:40 am
always the bridesmaid never the bride.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:55 am
Laurel: You tap dance faster than Fred Astaire on meth. That you would put a dubious threat to property values above freedom of speech is very telling, and quite hilarious.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Parry, sure looks like you didnt miss any pancakes. You look like you had yours and his.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:59 am
LTU-
No, their authorization is down to 56, but several of those positions are vacant. So, even when they have all their authorized bodies, they’ll be 7% down. However, depending on whom you talk to, and how you look at it, they are down between an additional three to eight now.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Firstly, the billboard, while unsightly, ridiculous and will in no way help the MPOA cause, is Freedom of Speech. Just because you don’t like what it says (or what it looks like) it has every right to exist.
Secondly, it will not reduce home values. The recent gang shootings, and subsequent negative state-wide media attention for Monrovia is more likely to do that. Also the huge number of foreclosures in Monrovia is certainly going to have much more impact than a silly advertisement.
The concern over the number of Officers, whether it be 60 or 56, is that the NUMBER IS GOING DOWN. In Monrovia there is an increase in development, a push to expand the city limits to include unincorporated areas and recent explosive gang activity – all things that should be INCREASING the number of Police.
The bottom line is that whether it is a 7% decrease or a .02% decrease in the past 6 years, it is still a DECREASE, which shows that the City Council is still not following any acceptable common sense Police staffing for a City with an increasing need.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Wouldn’t it be great if “Bad Boy” actually brought something of substance to these discussions, instead of just name calling?
I for one, hope Mr. Parry never has to miss “any pancakes” ever again. I am sure living on military rations while stationed in Irag was less than pleasant. Of course, while he was separated from his family, serving our country and putting himself in harms way…..Bad Boy was probably holding open houses, arranging furniture for clients to help sell their home, or maybe passing out pencils with his name and company logo to prospective clients?
May 12th, 2008 at 10:53 am
RCJP
Thank you for serving our country!
I knew there was something I liked about you.
Best regards to you and your family!
May 12th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Thank you, Handicapper.
Always remember, the Army Wife has the toughest job in the Army!
May 12th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
[…] CALPERS is the largest pension fund in the WHOLE United States. Who manages the fund? Is it managed properly? One of its managers is none other than local boy Henry R. Kravis of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). These are the people that invented leveraged buyouts, and the junk bonds of the 1980s. For those who actively hunt irony, the city of Monrovia itself is caught in a subprime lending arrangement with one of its most important staff employees, the city manager. Finance wise, whomever is advising the city needs to wake up and smell the coffee. […]
May 12th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Miss H: “Subprime loan???” Does the city manager have poor credit? Was his income/debt ratio too high to manage this loan?
Or, did the city, as a part of his compensation package, offer him a second trust deed at an attractive interest rate?
May 12th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Laurel- Oh my! You’ve not been following things!
Our City Manager has a second on his house - covering 100% of the equity - at a 5% interest rate which he is paying back at 2%, interest only, I do believe. (Frazgo has the docs and can provide the specific specifics).
That is to say, his loan is negatively amortizing.
Amazing, therefore, that the Council contends it is making money on the loan!
Click over to the Monrovia section and look for Frazgo’s reports on the Sweetheart Deal.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Laurel the link to save you the digging:
http://thefcblog.com/2008/05/02/the-sweetheart-deal-that-only-gets-better-with-time/
RJCP summed it up nicely. It wasn’t subprime rather a rather sweet deal for the CM’s house where Monrovia holds the second bringing it to 100% loan to value. Interest is calculated at 5% but payments for interest only at 2%. The difference is tacked onto the loan balance.
Someone scored on that deal and it wasn’t the tax payers.
May 12th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Parry: I’ve read everything previously-see some of my earlier posts when this first came to light.
My point to Miss H was that this does not appear to be a “subprime loan” in the technical sense. I agree it was a sweetheart deal for the city manager, but he still has to pay the principal back and the city is earning 5% on the loan, albeit not all of it right now. At the end of the day I don’t think the city manager is going to default on the loan, even if the property value has decreased some.
However, I would be pretty incredulous if I lived in Monrovia and this taxpayer money was used for the second trust deed instead of pressing safety needs. But was the “higher violent crime” and “less officers patrolling” an issue when this loan was made?
May 12th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
You are quite right, LTU. It is misleading to characterize the loan as “subprime.” I was using the term in the generic sense. It is also misleading to suggest that the loan was predatory. Although, I wonder why the city chose a loan as part of a “compensation” incentive package. Will the city offer the same opportunity to the police officers or other government employees?
It seems a new trend, peer to peer lending, and going outside the banks to non-tradition lending sources/private parties. It’s a thing on Craig’s list. What a potential nightmare that is.
May 13th, 2008 at 2:21 am
I say we have a get together at the Monrovia Coffee Company. A full scale bloggers’ picnic is fun but takes too much planning.
May 13th, 2008 at 6:32 am
Post 32, Parry didn’t live in rations he was working in the office dining in the dining room. Look at him, you can’t get that fat on rations.
May 13th, 2008 at 6:47 am
I’m in for Monrovia Coffee Company meet up. Better, we’ll all bring our laptops as they have free wifi. From there we can test the theory floated that visitors all have the same IP by emailing each other.
(Yes, I know IP is computer specific. Robert even showed how router IP can be the same be the same but each pc is still unique).
May 13th, 2008 at 6:51 am
Mr. Parry:
Looks like the you had a good handle on crowd control…or cricket control while displaying “your binder”. Let me know when you next binder is released and if the same crowd control measures will be put in place. Not sure where to start the line-up….didn’t see anyone to stand behind.
Get real!
May 13th, 2008 at 7:25 am
[…] Robert CJ Parry might be unknown to a lot of Pasadenans but he’s sure making waves in Monrovia. You know, that little town you drive through to go to the Krekorian or go through to get to the 605 and then come back to Pasadena? […]
May 13th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Somehow I missed the part where Parry resorted to name calling that resulted in the negative reference to his weight. So does that mean we should all start looking for counsel member’s physical imperfections or perceived imperfections in order to judge their character or opinions? Bad Boy/Hay seems to have a fixation on people’s weight and pancakes and donuts. Most of his blogs seem to be centered around one of the three things. I’m not sure how that addresses the issues that concern our city.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:29 am
#46 Parry didn’t do anything except disagree. Personal attacks are what happens when there is nothing else argue with.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Wow. You know, many of the postings on this blog are heavily one sided and draw conclusions that are more “juicy” than fact driven. That’s sort of the nature of the blog.
But this C.M. loan on his house. Holy crap. It doesn’t even require spin or juice to be unsettling. Has the City done this before?
May 15th, 2008 at 10:32 am
BEWARE ALL…..
So I post things to this blog and SUPPOSEDLY my email address is not supposed to be used or distributed…..well Mr. Parry just sent me an email to my yahoo account….HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?
I asked him and he respondes with a smiley face…
I will no longer be a party to this forum that lies to its users and the public.
BEWARE.
May 15th, 2008 at 11:10 am
The funny part is, the first thing STM ever commented on was a post about how we knew who Hay/Bad Boy were associated with Adams & Barnes Escrow.
However, STM should rest assured that I’ll not reveal his name or location as he’s neither a sock puppet nor a fraud.
My email to him was to clarify a statement he’d made previously, and wasn’t appropriate to ask here, because he alleged that someone was a convicted felon. That’s one of the reasons why we get emails. And, the comment form says the email address will not be published, it says nothing about saving it.