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City Council Meeting Wednesday Morning Quarterback
.Well, that was a fairly momentous meeting. Two big things were discussed and then moved along towards their inevitable conclusions. Trying to raise water rates almost 60% while also extending some of...
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Don't You Go Messing With Neil the Pig
Neil and some celebrity friendsIt seems that Neil the Pig, Sierra Madre's own beloved potbellied porcine institution, had run into a little ordinance trouble with City Hall earlier this week. A couple...
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Sierra Madre Water Quality Called Into Question - Plus What Is the Difference...
.(Mod: I received the following e-mail from a reader who is concerned about the quality of water in Sierra Madre. I would be interested in hearing from anyone else who might have been testing the...
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The Tattler Weekend News & Review: "The Waters Run Red In Sierra Madre" Edition
I kind of thought so(Mod: It may be a world of woe out in news land, but we think there is a solution. Rather than risking any actual contact with that awful stuff, it is far safer to read about it in...
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Dr. Reese Halter: Ubiquitous Plastics, Toxic Sponges Extraordinaire
.(Mod: Something that came up in the comments the other day is that one of the consequences of the colorful chloramine enriched liquid effluent now being pumped into this town from the SGVMWD will be a...
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Whatever Happened to the Downtown Retail Market Demand Study?
.You can find all sorts of things on the Internet. Apparently there is an unlimited amount of stuff out there, and if you poke around a little you just never know what you are going to turn up. As an...
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Why Are Civil Penalties (Fines) for Water Usage Still In Place?
.I have been getting calls and e-mails lately from people asking why civil penalties (read: fines) for water usage are still being called for by City Hall. Among the issues surrounding both this city's...
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SCAG Head Hasan Ikhrata Wants to Put a Black Box In Your Car and Track Your...
I'm watching.You may have noticed yesterday that a rather old Tattler article had crept back into our "Top 10 Most Read Posts" list. Originally posted here in October of 2009 (link), it asks this...
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Sierra Madre: Halloween Movie Capitol of the World?
Freddy K: Local boy makes goodI'm not sure there is any town in America that takes Halloween more seriously than Sierra Madre. As far as I can see the only holiday that surpasses it in overall citywide...
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The Last Three City Council Meetings of 2013 Will Be About Just One Thing:...
Civil Confiscation(Mod: If you go to the especially scary October 31st Halloween edition of the City Manager's Report you will discover that there are just two topics that will dominate the remaining...
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Tattler Weekend News Vs. Tattler Weekend Olds
Voted for civilityMod: We have been struggling with a great philosophical conundrum as of late. This matter is of truly the first importance, and we felt that the only way to achieve some sort of...
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The Rest of the Story: Neil the Pig Versus the Mayor and City Manager
You can beat City Hall(Mod: There is some very good reporting on the Neil the Pig story in this week's Sierra Madre Weekly. Our guy who edits the paper, Terry Miller, did some digging and came up with...
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A Look Back At 2012's UUT Measures 12-1 and 12-2
.(Mod: If you were to take a look at the current City Manager's Report you would be delighted to note that something called a "UUT Ballot Measure" is scheduled for discussion not just at the November...
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Do Sierra Madre Residents Really Pay Some of the Highest Utility Taxes In...
.There has been a lot of talk about how Sierra Madre residents pay some of the highest utility taxes in the State of California. And you may or may not choose to believe this based on how you feel...
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Charlie Reese's Final Column
.(Mod: This post is one of those things that you and thousands of others might receive in their email on any given day. Supposedly the last newspaper column written by now retiring 49 year veteran...
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A Little Yellow Prop 218 Protest Postcard In Your Mail
.If you are the officially registered rate paying water company customer in your home, then yesterday you were likely the specifically addressed lucky recipient of a little yellow postcard from the...
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Tony Brandenburg: PTA Blame Shifting (or) It's Not Our Fault
.PTA Blame Shifting (or) It's Not Our FaultAfter a little bit of reading, and a little more researching, we found what we thought we’d find. The PTA is just another institution with a history that is...
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The 'Streets of Sierra Madre Will Soon Be Awash In Sewage' Special Edition of...
The London Plague Pits(Mod: Well, you know that we are getting into the tax and rate raising season of the year because the downtown crowd is starting to trot out their finest scary stories. And we the...
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The Junkyard Dog: Back at the Mountain Views News
Just don't call her HarrietHere I'd thought the people who help keep the Mountain Views News afloat with their "loans" had put H. Susan Henderson on some kind of a leash. Or at least that's the rumor...
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Your Tattler City Council Meeting Preview: It's Utility Tax and Water Rate Time!
(The Josh Moran Tax Plan)There are three City Council meetings left for the year, and wouldn't you know that all of them will be focused on one thing. Getting more resident dough. There are pensions to...
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