The California Drought Is Over - So Why Is Sierra Madre Still Levying Huge...
Mod: Water fines. Is the City of Sierra Madre still going to continue with its outrageous water fines?If you go over your allotment in Tier 1, the charge goes from $2.58 a unit to $10.72 a unit. That...
View ArticleThe Planning Commission Discusses Solar Energy for City Facilities Tonight
Please don't get me wrong here, I am all in favor of solar energy. I have 51 panels on my roof, which is a lot. We love to use electricity here. Everything we own runs on sunshine, including our two...
View ArticleLos Angeles Times: ATF’s focus on firearm sales by police may be tied to gun...
Mod: More info on the ATF raid of Pasadena PD officer Vasken Gourdikian's Sierra Madre residence has become available. While the state of the case against Gourdikian still remains a closely held...
View ArticleGood Luck Signing Up For Sierra Madre's New "Village View" Newsletter
You may not have seen this brand spanking new City Hall generated newsletter yet, even if you wanted to. Which I did, though I had to have it forwarded to me. Somehow they left me off the list. Here is...
View ArticleIt looks like House Democrats just won a big victory in the Trump-Russia...
It looks like House Democrats just won a big victory in the Trump-Russia investigation (Business Insiderlink): The House Intelligence Committee said on Friday that it had invited three former officials...
View ArticleLet's face it, Ann Coulter and Milo Yiannopoulos just want a riot because it...
At least they don't reproduceMod: The thought that Broomstick Annie and preening child sex advocate Milo Yapalot are somehow being prevented from speaking their feverish little minds is kind of...
View ArticleIs Former Sierra Madre Mayor Joe Mosca Leading the Fight to Bring Commercial...
It's on peoples' mindsMore and more cash strapped cities in California are beginning to look to marijuana as a potential revenue resource. Many of these fine localities might say it is for other...
View ArticleDoes Sierra Madre Now Have Yet Another Mayor Who Will Not Tell The Truth...
I'm not as hardcore on tax issues as I used to be. Some of those that I worked with on that issue in the past became pretty big disappointments to me in the last year or so, and I no longer feel any...
View ArticleChristian preachers claim they need to fly first-class because it’s...
Mod: A quick round trip about Trumplandia is in the offing for today. This is your captain speaking. Fasten your seat belt and please be aware of the location of that small white bag in the pocket in...
View ArticleThe Hoover House: Sierra Madre Spanish-style estate listed for $3.75M sits on...
Mod: Here is a pretty remarkable real estate listing. One that has quite a bit of history as well. What if the Henry A. Darling house, also located on a large lot, had been treated with such tender...
View ArticleHenry A Darling House Update: Rewriting History?
The confusion rolls on as William Kefalas's convoluted strategies to get his project back on track continue to change. After repeated requests for Planning Commission meeting continuances dating back...
View ArticleWhite Privilege! Somebody Allegedly Gave Milo Yiannopoulos $12,000,000 to...
Veal lover MiloMod: Unlike for the rest of humanity, on the sordid and wildly spinning planet the Neo-Nazi wannabe Alt Right occupies advocating for child molestation is the freeway to riches and...
View ArticlePasadena Police Lt. Gourdikian Affair: ATF Releases A Smoking Gun On Sierra...
Slim ShadyMod: Much of the news about the Pasadena Police Lieutenant whose rather posh Sierra Madre home was raided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in February had been, at least up...
View ArticleVaskenating In The Rotten Rose: The Pasadena Star News Take On Yesterday's...
The Rotten RoseA little housekeeping first. One acerbic commenter left the following pointed observation here on The Tattler yesterday, and I thought it was worth airing it out a little. This has come...
View ArticleLos Angeles Times: Sierra Madre home once doubled as a presidential retreat...
We originally posted about the Hoover House last Friday, but since then there has been a development. More on that in a minute. Usually when a house in Sierra Madre goes on the market for $3.75 million...
View Article"Huge arsenal seized from high-ranking Pasadena police officer's home, new...
Mod: So we were pretty much the lead news site on the Vasken Gourdikian matter. The Tattler was there when most other newsies were worried about the possible consequences of even mentioning this guy's...
View ArticleSGV Tribune: Here’s all of the guns the ATF took from Pasadena Police...
Here’s all of the guns the ATF took from Pasadena Police lieutenant’s Sierra Madre home (San Gabriel Valley Tribunelink): More one third of the firearms seized in February from the home of Pasadena...
View ArticleIs G.O.P. ‘Staring Death in the Face’ After Repeal? Democrats Hope So
Mod: Interesting New York Times article detailing the politics behind yesterday's contentious Obamacare repeal in the GOP controlled House of Representatives. This still needs to go to the Senate where...
View ArticleProp 218: Sierra Madre and Arcadia's Los Angeles County Sanitation District...
Link hereYou probably didn't notice that you recently received a Proposition 218 notice from the county sanitation guys offering you the opportunity to protest their raising your sewage processing...
View ArticleTransparency? Is Sierra Madre Blocking Access To City Council Meeting Staff...
First the City Manager Report disappears, now access to City Council Meeting Staff Reports is now being blocked? If so, Sierra Madre would be just about the only city in California doing such a...
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