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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Here is what I have so far. My friend, neighbor is in the line of fire. He was with friends in North Arcadia and they followed the fire. Currently he is in Sierra Madre a few blocks west of Santa Anita Avenue. He reports that the fire is on a steep slope. The fire is […]
My Testament
Saturday, April 26th, 2008[210 east @ 6:30, Originally uploaded by rappensuncle]
When I am dead, bury me
In my beloved Ukraine,
My tomb upon a grave mound high
Amid the spreading plain,
So that the fields, the boundless steppes,
The Dnieper’s plunging shore
My eyes could see, my ears could hear
The mighty river roar.
Special from the Desk(top) of the Photo Editor
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008To be perfectly honest, none of us contributors actually know anything about the owners of the FC Blog, Publius and Centinel. They stand in the tradition of a number of Americans, taking their very pseudonyms from the pen names of the writers of the Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers. When the U.S. […]
The Proctor Is In: Blogadena
Monday, April 21st, 2008There was a picnic.
Centinel was even there:
In Defense of the Gold Line
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008[Monrovia Train Depot HDR, Originally uploaded by KeithJ]
A Chicago native who moved to New York once remarked that New Yorkers have exactly two things to talk about: how much better New York is than any other place, and what combination of subways, buses, trains, roads, etc., one uses to get around. As an Southern […]
Gold Line Passes!
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008After years of planning, tens of millions of dollars lobbying to serve their needs 11 SGV cities step forward and announced they won. All 11 cities with the goal of being a “destination” to lure our shopping dollars are only days away.
April Fools.
It ain’t gonna happen if the MTA has to say based on their Long Range […]
They Will Ride
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=928JtbHVCTQ
Students of the Foothill Cities unite! You have nothing to loose but your seatbelts?
Last January, the MTA board voted on the county’s long range transportation plan, and left out the Foothill Extension of the MetroRail Gold Line, a project that has been on again, off again since 1993. I personally remember Amtrak running […]
AQMD to Cripple Trash Collection for the Foothill Cities?
Friday, March 21st, 2008After receiving several emails (two of which are from trusted readers of the blog), I think it’s time to air a potentially smelly issue out (that was a pun…wait for it).
The issue in question is trash collection. First, a little background information:
Athens Services provides “refuse removal and recycling services in Southern California,” including exclusive franchises […]
Congressional Campaign Contributions
Friday, March 21st, 2008Rounding out sunshine week, is a run down of the men and women we send to D.C. Copyright reformer and Stanford Law professor Lawrence Lessig has started a new open government advocacy group, Change Congress. His organization is dedicated to getting commitments to voluntary limitations on contributions and support for public financing of […]
The Proctor Is In: Food, Glorious, Food
Monday, March 17th, 2008I had some interesting food adventures this weekend in the Foothill Cities.
Check them out here.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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Parry in LA Times Op Ed:The LAPD’s assault on SWAT
Monday, March 17th, 2008Monrovia’s Robert CJ Parry appears in print and on the web all over the place. Aside from here you might also find him at his own blog, that of North Primrose or odd guest appearances on Friendly Fire. Knowledge armed with a penchant for an eloquent twist of a word makes for very interesting reading. This week […]
The Proctor Is In: Wrestling Bandits, Campaign Contributions
Monday, March 10th, 2008Lucha Libre Gone Wrong
Recently at proctorformayor.com:
Bodyslamming the WWF Shotgun Bandits
Analyzing my personal campaign contributions from last year
A brand new Top Ten List
Announcing my engagement to Pasadena Weekly reporter Susan Acker
Which one of these bullet points is completely false?
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Singleton to the FC: Just Buy the Ads
Friday, March 7th, 2008To those of us who operate in media circles, the cliff-edge decline of print journalism over the last five years has been heart wrenching. To those who actually work for our local outlets, its been outright scary. The Los Angeles Times is on its fourth editor in nearly as many years. Marquee […]
Cutbacks at the SGVN
Friday, March 7th, 2008The San Gabriel Valley Newsgroup, the network of papers that includes the SGVT, PSN, and WDN, has been forced to do what papers around the country have been doing: lay off employees. Gary Scott is keeping a tally:
Elise Kleeman, science writer for the Pasadena Star-News. A Caltech grad, she had covered her alma mater, the […]
Pomona Crime Files
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008I’m not here to harp on the police (hopefully, our mayor will take a similar high road). Instead I sit wondering why the Civic Center and its immediate surroundings aren’t blanketed with security cameras.
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