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Your Father's Day Pre-Apocalyptic Tattler News & Review
(Mod: Almost every generation throughout the troubled history of mankind has, at one time or another, believed that they were going to be the last one ever. Apparently our era is no different. The only...
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The "Process" To Raise UUTaxes Will Take Another Step Forward @ Tuesday...
What, no City Council meeting?As I'm sure you already know, the decision to put yet another Sierra Madre utility tax increase on the ballot, and for an unprecedented third time in six years, is pretty...
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Are You Really Worth Only Half the Pay a Sierra Madre Police Officer Makes?
Thanks taxpayers!Your unfortunate self-esteem issues aside, here is a sort of fun fact for you. According to 2013 compensation figures posted on the Transparent California site, Sierra Madre's top paid...
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Sierra Madre's Memorandum of Understanding With Its Police Department Ends...
-Mod: Despite the many questionable claims made by the male faction of the City Council last night, the residents of Sierra Madre are not exactly foaming at the mouth to have their utility taxes raised...
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Is the "Arcadia's Best" Blog In the Pocket of Development and Government...
There might be better.I recently had the temerity to ask the major domo of the Arcadia's Best blog (link), Scott Hettrick, what effect all of that City Hall money sent his way through the Chamber of...
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Is Former Pasadena Unified Superintendent Jon Gundry In Legal Dutch?
Jon Gundry and his amazing craniumAs dozens know, it is about a year ago to the day that Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent Jon Gundry left us all behind and headed for greener (as in...
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SCAG Head Hasan Ikhrata Wants to Put a Black Box In Your Car and Watch Your...
Video link hereYou may have noticed recently that a rather old Tattler article had crept back into our "Top 10 Most Read Posts" list. Floated all the way back up to the surface. Like magic.Originally...
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The Tattler's Ugly Arcadia McMansion Contest Is Now Up and Running
We are now putting out the call for your pictures of the ugliest McMansions in Arcadia. It is a rich environment to choose from I know, and we look forward to each and every submission. Just so you...
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Movoto Proclaims Pasadena "Snobbiest City In America"
(Mod: Here is a stunner from from the always entertaining Movoto blog. What makes the following article special for the San Gabriel Valley is it names Pasadena as the "Snobbiest Mid-Sized City In...
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Tomorrow Is July 1st And It Will Be An Historic Day For Sierra Madre
-Why is July 1st now such important day for Sierra Madre? What makes it different from every other day on the calendar for the Foothill Village? And in any year for that matter?For the first time in...
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Guillermo A. Arce On the PUSD District 3 Board Selection of Tyron Hampton's...
Guillermo Arce(Mod: Guillermo Arce was one of many candidates up for consideration recently for the vacant District 3 Board of Education seat in Pasadena. This seat was open due to the election of...
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Arcadia City Councilman John "McMansion" Wuo and the GemCoin Ponzi Scheme
Sometimes news comes your way that is just so out there and bizarre that you can't help but want to celebrate life in exuberant ways. Like by laughing out loud. That and thank the powers above that you...
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The Sierra Madre Tattler Gets Its Name Back
-One of the annoying things thrown in my general direction a few years back was the misappropriation of the URL for this blog by the irascible B. D. Howes. B. D. (which I assume stands for "Bad Dude"),...
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Washington Examiner: Fourth of July, by the numbers
(Mod: I thought this was about as nice a 4th of July article as I've read all year. Original link. Everybody enjoy the parade today and we'll be back tomorrow with some more information on all that...
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Wuo Woe: BehindMLM.com on the Gem Coin USFIA Deal
“I don’t know anything about GemCoin,” says Mr. Wuo (Arcadia Weeklylink)Mod: Behind MLM.com (link), a rather remarkable blog that specializes in exposing internationally run financial scams, has now...
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Did a Sierra Madre City Hall Employee Trash Talk the Tattler Over a Couple of...
It seems some of the things that get posted on this site actually do get noticed by City Hall. Which is a good thing. We here at The Tattler really do enjoy being part of the conversation. As a matter...
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House Percentages: "All Cash" Purchases Vs. Bank Loans
Bad Moon RisingI have nothing but raw data for you today. I recently asked a friend to update the list of all cash transactions on homes or condos sold above $700,000 in various SGV areas. The numbers...
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The Residents' 37 Input Questions Are Finally Answered
Mod: These are the 37 Questions that were collected at the Fire Station a few weeks back on June 6th as part of the "community input process." Or "outreach process," depending on who you were talking...
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Are You Ready for a 0% UUT? It Is Heading for the Ballot
What will Teresa Highsmith do?While many people in Sierra Madre debate the wisdom of a 6% UUT rate versus a 12% UUT rate, there are those who have decided that they have had enough of this...
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Behind MLM: Arcadia Councilman John Wuo roasted over ties to USFIA GemCoin...
(Mod: Great article from BehindMLM.com - link - on Tuesday's Arcadia City Council meeting where resident David Arvisu from Save the Arcadia Highlands blasted John "Big House" Wuo over the GemCoin/USFIA...
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