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Is the Sierra Madre City Manager's Weekly Report Now a Thing of the Past?
I haven't seen the weekly report since Ex-City Manager Elaine Aguilar walked out of City Hall carrying cardboard boxes filled with mementos and drove off into the sunset. It used to be that her report...
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Pasadena Star News: Despite federal threats, Pasadena stops police, city...
Unlikely 2018 Rose Parade ParticipantMod: It looks like Sierra Madre's far larger west side neighbor is now standing up to Jeff Sessions and his demand that all cities allow ICE to seize their...
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Former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn Is Preparing To Sing...
Mike Flynn and Vlad Putin get their wine onMod: House and Senate Traitorgate investigations just keep on moving forward, and at a most deliberate pace. Yesterday President Donald Trump's former...
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How Pasadena and Sierra Madre Deal With Their Debt Problems
Mod: There is a big two part article on the Pasadena Now site that discusses Pasadena's budget crisis. Much of what I am citing here comes from Mayor Tornek's most recent "State of the City" address....
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Trump Held An Executive Order Signing Ceremony, Then Walked Away Without...
Mod: This comes to all human consciousness from BuzzFeed, and gives us an intimate look at just how life is lived on Planet Trump. Trump Held An Executive Order Signing Ceremony, Then Walked Away...
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Trump Support Plunges In Latest IBD/TIPP Poll
Mod: Yet another poll showing Donald Trump's approval numbers skidding to disastrously low levels has emerged. And not just any poll mind you. Just so you know, here is how the recent achievements of...
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Los Angeles Times: Our Dishonest President
Mod: On April 2nd the Los Angeles Times launched a 6 part editorial series that discusses the dangerous unsuitability of Donald Trump. Here is the first. Our Dishonest President (Los Angeles...
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Feds raid San Gabriel, Arcadia locations over visa-fraud scheme involving...
Mod: This isn't a GemCoins scandal, but it's close. When it comes to big time organized crime in the San Gabriel Valley you're almost always talking about EB-5 green cards and the millions to be made...
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Pasadena: Estimated $1.5 billion pension debt; City employees earn 131%...
Mod: The following comes to us from the California Tax Limitation Committee, a quite conservative organization that seeks to limit the size of government and slash taxes. Here is a portion of what they...
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ABC News: Syrian military knew the US raid was coming and evacuated personnel...
Mod: Can it be that President Trump's first big expenditure of Tomahawk Cruise Missiles took out an empty airport? And that the enemy he claims to have punished so badly had actually been warned in...
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NC pastor to Trump supporters: Stop calling Trump a Christian—he's everything...
Mod: A little homily for a Sunday.NC pastor to Trump supporters: Stop calling Trump a Christian—he's everything Jesus stood against (Daily Koslink): North Carolina Pastor John Pavlovitz continues to...
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Is Our Favorite Drug Rehab Facility Claiming Special Privileges, and in an R1...
A Sierra Madre resident living on West Carter, and not too far away from the now infamous Dedicato Treatment Center, has had the very good fortune to have an excellent nanny. The nanny was taking care...
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A Topic That Will Not Be Discussed At Tonight's Sierra Madre City Council...
On April 7 (link) we ran a piece that detailed Pasadena's $1.5 billion dollars in pension debt. Sierra Madre also has a vast amount of such debt. And while it is nowhere near as large as that suffered...
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Where is CalPERS Investing Your Money? Would You Believe Trump's Mexico...
Mod: As if driving entire cities into bankruptcy wasn't enough.CalPERS says divesting from border wall, Dakota pipeline could hurt taxpayers (Sacramento Beelink) Leaders at CalPERS are voicing concerns...
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Congressman tells angry constituents the idea that they pay his salary is...
Mod: If you didn't know better, you might begin to think they're all idiots.Congressman tells angry constituents the idea that they pay his salary is ‘bullcrap’ (McClatchy DClink): An Oklahoman...
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Is the Henry A. Darling House now being left to rot?
That most eagerly anticipated showdown between William Kefalas and the Planning Commission has now been canceled. This after having been repeatedly delayed starting late last year. Here is the news...
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The Vaskenator: News related to the Pasadena Police Lieutenant Vasken...
The VaskenatorAs many Tattler readers will recall, the Sierra Madre home of Pasadena Police Lieutenant Vasken Gourdikian was raided by the Feds last February, and crates of what are suspected of being...
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Does Past Volunteer Work Excuse Later Bad Behavior?
I have been doing this blog on an almost daily basis since late in 2008, and many interesting themes have developed over that time. And one theme that has consistently been with us all along is what I...
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Why is the Phil Hosp campaign advertising an endorsement from an EB-5 Green...
MartyTomorrow there is an election for a City Council seat in Pasadena. Like all Pasadena elections, this one has become a big money effort run by the usual frantic and quite omnipresent campaign...
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Why some national-security experts say Kremlin-gate will lead to Donald...
Mod: An interesting article from a newspaper way up north called The Oregonian. It is nice to see that there are still some actual patriots remaining on the political right. Too bad we see so few of...
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