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Live Blogging the Planning Commission: Homeless Housing On E. Montecito?
-A very interesting Christmas surprise is on the PC docket for this evening. Here is how the Planning Commission Agenda puts it (link).2. MUNICIPAL CODE TEXT AMENDMENT 13-05 (MCTA 13-05) TO ALLOW...
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Last Night's Planning Commission Meeting Was Not One Of Their Finest Moments
-"Any commissioner who voted 'yes' after stating that they didn't have all of the facts should resign." - commentWatching last night's Planning Commission meeting was an unfortunate and revealing...
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Tattler Weekend News for the 1990s
-(Mod: I didn't have anything in particular that I wanted to talk about for this week's edition of our occasionally popular weekly news review. I think we are fairly well caught up with what is going...
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Dr. Reese Halter: Fresh Water is King, Don’t Poison It With Chloramines
-In the early 1990s I cut my teeth in tree root physiology at The University of Melbourne, Australia, with one of the top tree physiology laboratories on the globe headed by Professor Emeritus Roger...
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What's Up With the Pink Cow in the Nativity Scene?
This will be a story told in 4 photographs. An alert and not particularly happy resident of our fine community stopped by my house Saturday morning with some pictures related to the creche (or nativity...
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Sierra Madre Becomes Part of a Five City Alliance to Fight the 710 Tunnel
-Now here is an expenditure everyone can get behind. Sierra Madre, along with South Pasadena, La Canada Flintridge, Glendale and Pasadena, have joined in a "5-Cities Alliance" to fight the 710 Tunnel....
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The Sierra Madre Tattler Merry Christmas Fireplace!
In case you don't have one, or you do and you're afraid you'll burn down the house if you use it, here is the Sierra Madre Tattler Christmas Fireplace. Just turn on your computer and place it in that...
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Dr. Reese Halter - Merry Christmas Bob Barker: Animal Kingdom's Superhero
Come on down!Sir Winston Churchill once said"We make a living from what we get, but we make a life from what we give." It's an honor and privilege this Christmas to 'tip my hat' to an exemplary friend...
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Sierra Madre's UUT Might Not Be the Only Do-Over Tax Vote We Will See In 2014
-As you must certainly be aware by now, Sierra Madre's10% utility taxes, the highest in the State of California, must be extended by a vote of the people in April of 2014 or they will begin to sunset...
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California State Controller John Chiang's Figures Don't Quite Match What...
Sierra Madre 2010What we have to offer you today are two screen shots from California State Controller John Chiang's website. Click on each to enlarge. This particular site is dedicated to the cause of...
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Sierra Madre Weekly: Citizen of the Year Nominations Due – We cast our ballot...
The most famous Sierra Madrean of all(Mod: It is that time of year when Citizen of the Year nominations are being solicited and, as is usually the case, I can't think of anyone to nominate. Or at least...
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Steven Greenhut: Does the Bell Toll for Excessive Public Pay?
Steven GreenhutMod: This is a follow up to Friday's post (link) regarding City Hall's disturbing lack of candor about what it did with a couple million dollars in taxpayer money. Telling residents that...
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An L.A. County Superior Court Judge Calls SCAG's Population Increase...
A Superior Court judge thinks this man is a foolOne of the big challenges cities in the so-called "SCAG Region" face is the demand being made by this Regional Planning Organization that each and every...
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The Last Tattler Post of 2013
-(Mod: I was trying to come up with exactly the right post to finish 2013. As you are certainly aware it hasn't been a particularly good year for this town. The costs of sustaining our self-obsessed...
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Deer Poaching at the Mater Dolorosa Monastery
-Mod: I received the following sad news from our friend Shirley Moore yesterday afternoon.Hey, JC: deer hunters at Bailey Canyon this morning. They took a young buck with a beautiful rack,...
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Several Discrepancies Can Be Found In the "Yes On Measure UUT" Sample Ballot...
Sierra Madre's 10% UUT rate is among the highestI have received copies of the arguments for and against what is now being called Measure UUT. Today we are going to talk about the "Yes on Measure UUT"...
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The "No On Measure UUT" Sample Ballot Statement
The Civility Party's initial reactionYesterday we had the honor and privilege of discussing the "Yes On Measure UUT" sample ballot statement as written by the Mayor and Her Court. Today we will discuss...
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The Downtown Commercial Zone Renaissance Under Mayor Nancy Walsh
One of the cornerstones of Nancy Walsh's campaign for City Council in 2010 was the unhappy state of Sierra Madre's downtown shopping area. Pronouncing what had happened to our main drag commercial...
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Sierra Madre Thrown Into Turmoil: Councilmember Josh Moran Will Not Seek...
-The big story in today's Mountain Views News is that former Mayor Josh Moran will not be seeking re-election. This is the statement Councilmember Moran released to the MVN Friday:As election time...
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Dr. Reese Halter: The Global War Against Nature
-(Mod: The recent poaching incident at the Mater Dolorosa Monastery is only a part of what is going on worldwide. Here Reese Halter explains how the wholesale slaughter of wildlife for commercial gain...
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