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A Big Realtor Roundup @ the Passionist Monastery Corral
They're dandies alright, but can you win them with cheese?Ever since that rather nervous developer known as "New Urban West" figured out just how rough and tough Sierra Madre and its recalcitrant...
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Today's Tattler Sunday News Starts With A Reader Email
-Mod: I thought I'd start the Sunday News off this week with an email I received a week or so back. I kept intending to research this but due to my new day job realities I've never found the time. So I...
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The Arcadia GemCoin Jubilee Continues: What was USFIA doing before now?...
GemCoins: Key to the CityMod: We have been happy and privileged to post the reporting of a blog called Behind MLM -link. It was they who first hung the USFIA/GemCoin albatross firmly around the neck of...
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Why Does City Hall Need To Pay Consultants $44,000 In Order To Fine People...
-Even the most bland and unadventurous Sierra Madre City Council meeting agendas are going to have at least one absurd and unexplainable item on them. It is inevitable, even in the middle of Summer....
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2009 - 2015: At Long Last the General Plan Is Approved
Nancy never did take out the General Plan -linkThis all started back in 2009. Then Mayor MaryAnn MacGillivray had the idea that it would be a good thing to update the existing 1996 General Plan so...
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Breaking: City of Sierra Madre Public Works Head Refuses To Accept GemCoins...
"Backed by amber mine"We were given a privileged look at the following email exchange yesterday, and felt that it is our duty to share this information with you as quickly as possible. Apparently Bruce...
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Does the "Arcadia's Best" Blog Have Civility Issues? Why Exactly Is Scotty So...
Overcompensating?Arcadia's erstwhile blog, Arcadia's Best, is thought to be run by a fellow named Scott Hettrick. Scott also heads up the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, which is housed at very low rent...
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Why is Mater Dolorosa's Fr. Michael Higgins Accusing Preserve Sierra Madre of...
-Mod: I always find it annoying when people throw around big words like "misrepresentation," yet offer the reader no reasons for why they're making so loaded a charge. Here we have an e-mail sent to an...
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Even the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner is getting...
Photo by Terry MillerI'm telling you, nothing is going right for Arcadia's city government these days. City Council meetings are filled with loud and angry residents, there is a Brown Act lawsuit going...
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Amber/GemCoin Connection: Was it Built on the Backs of Child Labor? (Plus)...
For videos clickhere and here.We have been covering the John Wuo/GemCoin/USFIA Amber Mines connection a lot lately. There have been some essentially hilarious revelations over the past few weeks, and...
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The Sierra Madre Police Department Grenade Incident Controversy Now Enters...
"Our Huck."I am not quite certain what to make of the following Star News piece regarding the Sierra Madre Police Department grenade incident. Obviously someone who believes themselves to be PR savvy...
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When the Old Sierra Madre City Hall Sued the New One
-Mod: This is an article that appeared a little while back on the California Eminent Domain Report (link). It involves the current owners of the old Sierra Madre City Hall building at 55 W. Sierra...
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Rally @ the Monastery Gates: Stand Up And Be Heard!
The following e-mail blast went out from Preserve Sierra Madre earlier this week.Mod: I don't know about you, but I wouldn't miss this for the world. It is time to take a stand for what you know is...
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Monastery Protest: This Is How We Roll In Sierra Madre
I will have a full report up for you in the morning, including news from our spy deep inside the Monastery/Realtor Cheese Party. But for those amongst us who just can't wait to see how it all went -...
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While Some Realtors Ate Cheese With People Who Want To Turn Mater Dolorosa...
No Access?You do realize that I need say something about Realtors, right? After all, the immediate reason for that big protest outside the rather pricey looking black iron gates of the Mater Dolorosa...
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Arcadia Residents Set Out To Recall The McMansion Trio
Is it just me, or is there a new wave of political activism in the SGV? Can it be that people have reached the legendary "We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore?" point, especially on...
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Pasadena Star News: Sierra Madre group rallies against development of...
Behind Caesar's lines.Mod: Great coverage in today's Pasadena Star News. Plus it really is nice that they saved this for their Sunday edition. Today's paper gets a much wider circulation than any of...
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Did John Vandevelde Disqualify Himself For A Planning Commission Seat With...
A small portion of John's lengthy stemwinder. Link to videohere.Tuesday evening the City Council will vote to seat two new Planning Commission members. Since this particular commission had to make some...
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The Architect Who Wanted To Raze The Historic Henry A. Darling Home Is None...
Yesterday there were some questions about exactly who the architect was behind a highly complicated scheme to demolish a Sierra Madre community heirloom called the Henry A. Darling home. That along...
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Leslee Hinton and John Hutt Get the City Council Nod for Two Open Planning...
New EENER Commissioners please take note.Honestly I would have voted for Barry Gold if I was making the choice, but would that have been over Leslee Hinton or John Hutt? Yes, sometimes being an...
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