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City Council Meeting: The One Carter Appeal and More
Is Democracy for sale in Sierra Madre?There are a few things of interest that will be revealed at tonight's City Council meeting, and the first is not be found on the agenda. That is the resident call...
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Do You Know How To Tell If This Town Is Changing?
Breaking News:Mayor Pro Tem John Capoccia joins Denise Delmar in calling for a review of the Planning Commission decision on One Carter. It's on! Sunnyside needs this stop signWhen Judy Webb Martin...
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Every California Local Tax Increase Election In 2014
-I'm sort of taking the night off. I have a 6AM flight out to a work event this morning and I really do need to get a good night's sleep.Where I am going is to a 7 band event we are putting on for...
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Tony Brandenburg - Halloween: The Night He Came Home (to Sierra Madre)
From Halloween II - filmed in Sierra MadreSierra Madre has been a locale used for some very ... interesting films. From Invasion of the Body Snatchers, to Halloween, to The Worm Eaters. Sierra Madre,...
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One Carter City Council Review Date Set For November 25
Red roof or blue?In what could be one of the more momentous moments in Sierra Madre's often colorful history, on November 25th the City Council will review the Planning Commission's findings on the...
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Michael Krieger: Welcome to Arcadia – The California Suburb Where Wealthy...
"An all cash purchase."(Mod: Michael Krieger is the kind of muckraking investigative blogger that gets a ridiculous amount of reposts on his articles. They are literally everywhere on the Internet. It...
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Stonegate (One Carter) Design Guidelines (With Pictures)
Stonegate: Where sunsets are in the north.I thought today we would take a quick look at the Stonegate (or what we in Sierra Madre know as One Carter) Design Guidelines, highlighted with some pictures...
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Arcadia: Does It Function as a Cayman Islands for the People's Republic of...
-(Mod: You might wonder whether it is possible to bag on Arcadia enough, to which we emphatically answer, "No!" But today we need to take this one step farther and ask the following question: "Why is...
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Nick Gillespie: Relax—Both Parties Are Going Extinct
-(Mod: Do not fear, because at last there is real hope. This from the Daily Beast'sNick Gillespie - link.)Our parties are shrinking because each in its own way can’t come to terms with...
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If You Like City Council Meetings, Then Next Week You Can Go To Three In A...
-You really do have to feel a little sorry for our City Council. No, you do. As the announcer of that famous and historic film clip cried as the burning Hindenburg crashed to the ground, "Oh, the...
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If You Had the Endorsement of Two Sierra Madre Mayors, the Local Weekly...
Thanks Sierra Madre!Most people would figure you'd have to be a lock to take the vote here in Sierra Madre with that kind of powerhouse local support, right? And for Los Angeles Sheriff candidate Paul...
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Annual VFW Veteran's Day Ceremony Takes Place Tomorrow At Memorial Park 1:00 PM
ANNUAL VETERAN’S DAY CEREMONY With KEYNOTE SPEAKER ROBERT SPENCER - National Security & International Terrorism ExpertDate: Sunday, November 09, 2014 Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PMPlace: Sierra Madre...
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The Day The Mountain Views News Defended Sharia Law
Sharia Law: Execution of a woman by stoningSince Sharia Law and Jihadism in general will be a topic at today's Veteran's Day ceremony in Memorial Park, I thought we might want to take a journey back in...
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Is Lot Size Now The Critical Selling Point In Sierra Madre?
Large lot, but there is also this darn house on it.What is the latest Realty tip for cash obsessed Sierra Madre residents anxious to get in on some of that big-time overseas cash? You know, just like...
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Do Not Go To Tomorrow Night's Planned Special City Council Meeting On The...
-Don't do it. You hear me? And it's not because anyone here doesn't think this is an important meeting, or that you shouldn't care about the General Plan. Which you ought to since it is just about the...
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Barry Gold's Solution to the Delayed Completion of the General Plan
(Mod: Barry's e-mail went out to the Mayor and City Council yesterday. It presents a common sense and urgently needed solution to some of the problems presented by the chronically delayed completion of...
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Possibly the Worst City Council Agenda Item This Year
Are you hearing any of this?One of the great unexplained mysteries in Sierra Madre this week is whatever happened to the "Special City Council Meeting Regarding the General Plan." It was supposed to...
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Nobody Does Cray Cray Quite Like Former Sierra Madre Mayor Nancy Walsh Does...
Cray&InTheWayWe might have a very unique situation here. Sierra Madre could very well go down as the first city ever to have someone go from being its Mayor to the village Public Comment lunatic in...
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Nancy Walsh On Tape: Is There Any Way Back From This?
You can link to this video by clicking hereI am not sure anyone has ever made this journey before. To go from being a city's Mayor to by far its most egregious and frankly cracked offender at public...
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The Nancygate Scandal: In The End Politics Takes Control
Officially ToastIf you ever need to find out what City Hall is thinking about the big issues facing the Foothill Village, one place to go is the Mountain Views News. It very often performs the same...
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