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It Is Supposed To Rain All This Week
Source: Weather UndergroundlinkPretty soggy weather forecast for this week. Or any week for the last few years. Take your pick. Can it be we are looking at the first real inundation from the long...
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John Capoccia's E-Mails Opposing UUT Increases
-As you will read in the emails below, John Capoccia stated that government is about being accountable to the citizens. Well, he's been a part of the government for four years now, so how is he doing...
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Do The Passionists Know Something That We Don't?
No pools? Really?The Passionist Fathers have a "Frequently Asked Questions" website up and running answering a lot of concerns that nobody has actually asked about lately. The assumption most in Sierra...
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Sierra Madre Falls Short Of Its Water Conservation Target Again - This Time...
Sierra Madre has yet to get a handle on the amount of water it uses, and nobody can really tell us why that might be. Or at least I have yet to hear anything definitive. Though there are theories.There...
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Former Arcadia Mayor Jim Helms Gets His Comeuppance
Mod: Today we have a little bit of point/counterpoint on McMansion development in Arcadia that I think you will find interesting. The first is an opinion piece written by former Arcadia Mayor Jim Helms...
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Fort Sierra Madre - Five Essential Planning Commission Recommendations Now...
These five Proposed Municipal Code Text Amendments were signed off on last night by the Planning Commission and will now be sent to the City Council for final approval. They are designed to reinforce...
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The SM Police Association's Initiative To Ban The L.A. Sheriff's Department...
I am not sure what happened. I think the assumption was that this would be a slam dunk and the SMPD's many supporters in town would get the job done quickly and efficiently. However, the effort to...
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Measure UUT: For / Against / and ... Impartial?
Mod: I've never been a big believer in the "impartial." There is always a bias somewhere, and in this case it could be the wrongheaded notion that a 66% utility tax increase can be spoken about, well,...
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Will The City Council Attempt To Bury The "Stop The Utility Users Tax...
So what is the greater governmental priority in Sierra Madre? A voter initiative that by state law gathered more than the required resident signatures to get on the ballot, or a city staff report...
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A Few Charts That Make It Clear Where Much Of Sierra Madre's Tax Money Has...
One of the more malodorous fallacies contained within the city's ballot argument favoring the passage of Measure UUT is what I call the Hostage List. It is made up of the more beloved portions of this...
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Apparently You Are Incapable Of Voting On A Taxation Issue Without First...
City Council meetings are not ordinarily known for their moments of hilarity, spontaneous or otherwise. But there was a shining moment of unintended humor last night. Or two.Apparently the...
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Measure UUT: The Rebuttal Statements
"Let there be taxes!"Last week we posted ballot arguments both in favor and against the passage of Measure UUT. Today we are sharing the rebuttal statements, which will also be included in that voter...
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New York Times: U.S. Will Track Secret Buyers of Luxury Real Estate
Mod: As I wallow in flu-like misery and lack even the energy to type (well, almost), I did manage to find two articles that I think fit in with the dicey local condition pretty well. And from The Wall...
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All The Arcadia News That's Fit To Post
Arcadia has a whole lot going on these days, and just because it has one of the diciest blogs on the face of the planet doesn't mean folks there don't deserve to read about matters in the brash and...
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Help Celebrate John Shear's 95th Birthday Today @ Santa Anita Park - Right...
Mod: Here is a nice presser Santa Anita Park (link) put out recently. Today is the big day as Sierra Madre's very first 4th of July Parade Hometown Hero is to be feted there on his 95th Birthday. And...
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A Correction On The Behalf Of The Mountain Views News
The Mountain Views News, which remains Sierra Madre's legally adjudicated newspaper even though its publisher (who may not be the legal owner) no longer lives in town, nor apparently even has an actual...
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Has Someone Finally Topped Sierra Madre's 2013 City Employee Health Insurance...
We used to talk about the City of Sierra Madre's employee health care plan costs so much in 2013 that the issue became difficult to ignore. Things actually did change downtown and employee health care...
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The Eagle Has Flown
There will be no third option on the ballot for the Sierra Madre City Council elections this coming April 12. Per an email sent out to the local news media yesterday by City Clerk Nancy Shollenberger,...
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Save the Arcadia Highlands Leader April Verlato Announces Her Candidacy For...
April Veralto has been one of the leading voices for change in Arcadia over the past couple of years. Especially on the matter of mansionization where she has been one of the leaders of Save the...
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SMPD Exodus: Will The City Council Agree To Contract With Arcadia's Police...
Mod: I am going to post this City Council agenda report in its entirety because I think you are going to want to read it all. Apparently Sierra Madre Police Department members are now abandoning the...
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