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Despite Doubts, The Tattler Sunday News Returns
So it isn't just in Sierra Madre?(Mod: I have had some serious doubts about this Sunday News idea. I really have. Sunday is a day when most people are off doing other things, and traffic here on this...
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Moody's Trashes Sierra Madre's Redevelopment Successor Agency Tax Allocation...
*Now here is a bit of a conundrum. It is also an odd situation as well. In an August 1st Pasadena Star News report titled "Sierra Madre expects to raise water rates once again" (link), Mayor Nancy...
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The 411 on City of Sierra Madre Debt
.The first indication that we are not going to get too much new anything at Wednesday evening's water confab is that City Hall is recycling their used "The 411 on H20" meme. Just when you thought you'd...
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Tonight's Water Meeting: Will the City Make the Same Mistakes It Has In the...
.It is official. The postcard announcing the City's "process" for raising water rates arrived in mailboxes all over Sierra Madre yesterday. In my opinion nothing contained in this brief notice was all...
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The Sierra Madre Water Rate Infomercial
The spirit of Billy is with usIt is still possible to be taken by surprise once in a while. And I have to admit that last night's little downtown City Hall set piece on the issue of increasing water...
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That Crazy Darrell Steinberg Is At It Again
Yeah, he's a little nutsMod: California State Senator Darrell Steinberg, the father of SB 375 (you know, the state law he co-authored with notorious steroid abuser Arnold Schwarzenegger that claims...
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Last Night's SMPD Meeting On the Crime Wave
...In the spirit of full disclosure I have to tell you that I was not at this meeting last night. I am actually sending this one in from Memphis TN. My work sends me off on trips like these once in a...
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City Mouse: The Steering Committee (or) The Plan
City Mouse typically roarsMod: Those of you who were reading The Tattler in the early days remember City Mouse. Previously associated with the Sierra Madre News (not to be in any way confused with...
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Prop 218: So Do We Do It Or Not?
... one meter in town that worksThe last time Prop 218 came up, somewhere in 2010, I stuck my neck way out. This was after I had stuck my neck out to run for City Council, and before I did the same...
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The Crime Siege of Sierra Madre ... and Facebook
The war for 'Likes'Some people really do know how to turn lemons into lemonade. They deal with what life has dealt them and just strive for the best possible results. Such as in the case of the Sierra...
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City of Sierra Madre / Hildreth Case Goes to Trial on December 30, 2013
-(Mod: As a devoted follower of all things Sierra Madre I am sure that you are aware of Jeff Hildreth and his years long quest to build a wine bar deep beneath his home on East Montecito. You must also...
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Sierra Madre Weekly: Complaint filed with Los Angeles District Attorney...
No, really.(Mod: You have to recognize this about Earl Richey. His determination to get some real time truth on the issue of water knows few bounds, and no matter what the world throws at him he just...
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The Water Letter That (Almost) Nobody Except You Will Have Seen
...(Mod: It is likely that within the next few weeks the following letter will go out to the residents of Sierra Madre. After months of rumors and speculation, this note from the Public Works...
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The Tattler Sunday News Moves To Saturday
0Mod: This week we decided to move the Tattler Sunday News to Saturday. We are doing this in honor of the effort here to relocate Sierra Madre's Farmer's Market from wherever it is now to Kersting...
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Sunday Real Estate Mystery: Who Owns Howie's Now? And Will They Be Putting It...
Montecito Fresh!Who doesn't like a good real estate mystery? And when one magically presents itself to us like this one did (it was a gift from Neuroblast Films), we just cannot wait to share it....
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Tonight's Second Pitch for the Third Water Rate Increase in Four Years
SwirlAs you may recall from the previous water rate sales pitch conducted on August 14th, the message that evening was that indebtedness, including our rather perilous level of water bond debt, is all...
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The State of the System? Once Again City Hall Ducks the Water Bond Question
Anyone care for peanuts?Hardly anyone showed up at last night's so-called "State of System - Capital and Long Term Master Plan, Sewer & Water System Needs" meeting. 14 residents, four city...
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Report: Five Ways Facebook Can Be Bad For Your Mental Health
Everybody gets a cookie except you(Mod: As you know we're not the biggest Facebook fans around. For a number of reasons. And we do enjoy pointing these reasons out to those who are fans. Call it a...
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The Latest Pasadena / PUSD "Community Schools Plan" Shenanigans
...The remnant of the AOL/Patch empire still employs the services of Dan Abendschein, which is a good move on their part. He is an actual news guy and, while the current restrictive and frankly...
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Crazy Darrell Steinberg's New Redevelopment Scheme Is Based On An Extreme...
-(Mod: It is a law potentially so bad that you might wonder how it could ever possibly exist. Darrell Steinberg, the father of the risible SB 375, who is the soon to be termed out leader of the...
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