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This Evening's City Council Meeting Has A Tattler Preview. Don't They All?
The meeting man"It will take about 5 million of Josh's lattes to bail out the water department." - A reader comment As Sierra Madre endures some of the most difficult times in its storied history, the...
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Big Surprise: The City Council Is Going To Raise Water Rates Again
."Why are we asking the higher rates to pay for other people to conserve? How hard is it to plant drought tolerant plants?" - a readerI don't know what the Guinness Book of World Records can tell us...
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The High Density Developer @ 215 N. Baldwin Has a Colorful and Intriguing Past
Note the date change ...City Hall is going to try this one again. The matter was under discussion at the last Planning Commission meeting back on July 18, but some unhappy downtown office worker...
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The UUT Oversight Committee's Disturbing Conclusion
-"Oh my goodness. MPT* just stated that the UUT review group can't audit invoices as the money is in the general fund, so it is a "rubber stamp" process. But he's glad we're doing it because it is a...
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Did Elaine Aguilar Cancel A Newspaper Interview This Week Over A Tape Recorder?
Danger!The City Hall media blitz to sell the latest water rate increase to reluctant residents here did not get off to the greatest of starts this week. And, if the story I'm hearing is true, and I...
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Sierra Madre Tattler Sunday News: Here For You
.(Mod: Too often people feel alone in life. Sure, we have friends, and we certainly do appreciate them. But should someday everything go wrong for you, would they really be able to help? Pick you up,...
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Whatever Did Happen To Those 2010 Water Rate Increase Federal Matching Funds?
What, me worry?I was doing a little research last evening and turned up something fairly interesting. You may recall that in 2010, when the previous two water rate increases were being spawned, our...
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Nostalgia Week Continues: Today We Revisit 2012's Measure U
At 10% our UUT rates are highest in CaliforniaMod: Yesterday we reviewed some of the rather sneaky and untrue assertions made by certain elected officials as they foisted the previous round of water...
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Where Nancy Walsh's "Federal Pass-Through" Money Will Come From
High density development in Dublin CAYou may recall that a few City Council meetings back our very own Mayor Nancy Walsh was strangely a-bubble over the rich possibilities we would all realize from the...
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Sierra Madre 2010 Urban Water Management Plan: The Water Rationing Plan Is...
Is it owl season yet?Mod: A bad habit that I have unfortunately carried with me since I was very young is I try to make sense of things. In a world filled with cant and propaganda it can be a daunting...
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Pasadena Star News: Sierra Madre expects to raise water rates once again...
.Unbelievable. It really is. Just when you thought things couldn't get much worse, they take it to an entirely new level.Apparently the plan now is to run the city on yet one more new credit card.Link...
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Metro and Caltrans: Breaking the Law with their EIR Study on the 710 Tunnel...
.(Mod: The public transportation oriented LA Streetsblog has been doing important research on the shadier aspects of the relationship between Metro, Caltrans and their efforts to bamboozle the public...
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"Kim's" Unkind Letter to the Sierra Madre Weekly
wellSo those of you who have been with this blog for a bit might recall some of the interesting things that have been said about moi over the last five or so years. There are those in this town who do...
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Dr. Reese Halter: Remarkable Bees Need Our Help In Sierra Madre
Dr. Reese Halter(Mod: I had heard from our friend Warren Betts recently, which is always a pretty cool thing. Warren is both a Sierra Madre resident and the owner and chief impresario of a rather...
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The Mountain Views News & a $3,500 Bubble Bath
Dave testing SGVMWD water"Am I sacrificing my lawn and a lot of other vegetation for the Bank of NY?" - a readerAn astute contributor to this blog pointed out a rather notable Mountain Views News...
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A Reverse Public Records Act Request
oAs Tattler readers I know that you are familiar with the California Public Records Act (link). This is a state legislature approved law stating that we the citizens of this great republic, which is in...
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Sierra Madre's Water Enterprise: It Could Be Worse
..(Mod: As bad as things have become for Sierra Madre's water department recently, things could always be worse. Communities such as Claremont and Ojai receive their water from a privately-held company...
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The Campaign To Raise Water Rates Ramps Up
1With the first "informational community meeting" on the water rate increase scheduled for next Wednesday, actual news is now beginning to filter out into the media. The Sierra Madre Weekly has some...
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Shocker! OC Register: Tiered Water Rates Violate Law, Judge Rules
Michael had no comment(Mod: A judge has now ruled that tiered water rates violate the law. Sierra Madre has tiered water rates. I believe they were part of the Joe Mosca water rate hike of 2010. Many...
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AOL to Shutter 400 Failed Patch Sites, With Hundreds of Jobs Being Eliminated
`You might want to head on over to the Sierra Madre Patch site and say one last goodbye. And you might not. But if you do you'd better do it quickly because apparently the chances are pretty good it...
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