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The Tattler Where Did November Go Weekend News
Comet ISON Lives(Mod: I don't know how things went for you over the last 30 days, but November was the quickest month I have ever lived. It just blew by, and I am not quite sure how it disappeared so...
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Tony Brandenburg: Autism Advocacy - Some of the Folks Out There
.Autism Self-Awareness and Self-AdvocacyLydia Brown (click here) is an interesting individual with strong, practical viewpoints. Ms. Brown is an Autistic and disability rights activist, scholar, and...
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Important New Website: Stop the Monastery Housing Project & Preserve the...
.Mod: I don't know if you have seen it yet, but there is an important new website in town. Called STOP the Monastery Housing Project and Preserve the Mater Dolorosa Monastery, you can link to it by...
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Sierra Madre's Lawsuit Mystery Man: Paul F. Woloski
Lawsuit Mystery Man(Mod: You may recall that in our preview article for last Tuesday's City Council meeting we pronounced ourselves both baffled and rather intrigued by the Paul Francis Woloski lawsuit...
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Can You Believe Anything Josh Moran Says Anymore?
Bob Matheson / Josh MoranThere was an important article that ran in the Pasadena Star News back when the Bob Matheson child pornography scandal first hit in late 2011. I thought it would be a good time...
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Richard Hall: Orwell's New Newspeak - Decoding Sustainability Rhetoric
Sustainability Spin Decoder(Mod: I was digging around for articles so that I could concoct a "Weekend News" post last Saturday when I ran across something so good I decided to go with it alone. Written...
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Pasadena Star News: Moderating Trends In Local Elections (4/14/10)
-Mod: After I was clobbered in my somewhat dubious run for City Council in April of 2010, the Pasadena Star News ran a kind of postmortem on my failed efforts. It was a remarkable editorial hit piece...
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More Developments in the Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center Land Scandal
A way of life now under assaultMod: There is an excellent letter up on the Save The Monastery website written by Sierra Madre resident Tim Thomas. I am reposting it here. Apparently the groundswell of...
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Caroline Brown: Only YOU Can Prevent Tree Pest Infestation from Transported...
-Across the United States and around the world, plant diseases and insect pest infestations are a huge problem. Have you ever thought of your place in the process when as you roll out your tarp and...
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The Very Last City Council Meeting Preview of 2013
EENERvilleAs 2013 begins to grind to a halt we should probably take a minute to reflect upon the many achievements of this City Council, won under the steady hands of Mayors Moran and Walsh. Well, OK....
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Was the City Council's Decision to Abolish the UUT Oversight Committee a...
Bevis & BarstowSomeone brought up a very good question, and unfortunately it took me a week to look into it. There were two questions on the 2008 ballot regarding the potential doubling of our...
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The City Council Caves on the UUT Oversight Committee Demo, and Other Curious...
We're OK!This is pretty much how it all went down last night. Community Media of the Foothills, who handles the city's cable TV access, broadcasts City Council meetings on both regular TV and through...
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If the UUT Extension Fails Next April, Does It Really Mean the Sierra Madre...
-The proponents of an 8 year extension for Sierra Madre's highest in California utility tax rates have developed what they believe is a winning strategy. Fairly standard in the fine government art of...
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Moody's Drops Sierra Madre's Water Bond Ratings Again
A certain kind of affluenza?One thing about Google News Alerts, they really do deliver the big news when you need it. This stuff just gets delivered to my door, like they used to do with milk. And now...
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Colantuono & Levin Finds Itself Being Booted Out Of Yet Another City - This...
-Our good friend George Edwardz at the legendary Avocado Express blog in La Habra Heights not only has a big story for us today, but could very well have been a major catalyst in making much of it...
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Dr. Reese Halter: Honeybees Dying In Record Numbers
-(Mod: I asked Reese to summarize for us the current status of the vital fight against neonicotinoids. Here is what he sent our way. At the end of this article are a couple of petitions we are asked to...
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Civility Rift: Did the Mountain Views News Throw Ex-Mayors Josh Moran and Joe...
--It appears that the tax and rate increase militia has now begun to eat their own. Apparently it is no longer enough to attack those fiscally responsible residents in town, people who insist on things...
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Sierra Madre City Hall Goes Into Full Panic Mode Over Prop 218 Water Rate...
-Ordinarily I am not a big fan of robocalls. Especially when they are trying to sell me carpet cleaning services, come from political candidates I don't support, or inform me that I have just won a...
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City Hall's Next Christmas Surprise: Downtown Housing for the Homeless
-In its continuing efforts to minimize resident awareness of initiatives that could present quality of life challenges for the people whose taxes pay their salaries, City Hall is now continuing the...
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Jim Engle's Letter to the City Regarding Discrepancies In Sierra Madre's Prop...
-(Mod: Sierra Madre resident Jim Engle sent the following letter to City Manager Elaine Aguilar and City Attorney Teresa Highsmith on Monday. It details some of the odd discrepancies and presumptions...
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