Preserve Sierra Madre: Incumbents Re-Elected to City Council - Plus: Possible...
Mod: One organization that made a big difference this election was Preserve Sierra Madre. The following email blast went out yesterday as the city awoke to some very great news. Sierra Madre has...
View ArticleMcArcadia: A New Vanity Castle Has Now Been Proposed For Possibly Election...
A new McMansion has now been proposed for an afflicted dirt patch located at 1104 S 1st Ave. That’s in District 5, if you were going to ask. The place where the election fight over a City Council seat...
View ArticleIs Public Education Going Out Of Business In Pasadena?
Mod: Scott Phelps, who is just about the only Pasadena Unified School DistrictBoard of Education member who dares discuss real issues in public, published the following unpleasantly stark appraisal of...
View ArticleHomeland Security Begins to Compile a Database of Journalists, Bloggers and...
LinkMod: Back when anybody actually cared about what was being said there, the following remarks were left on the so-called Arcadia's Best website by some humorless little knob who uses the anonymous...
View ArticleLA Conservancy: Pasadena, Sierra Madre and Arcadia
Clunk!Mod: I've been enjoying some of the comments left on the so-called Arcadia's Best site back during the recent election, and there really is a wealth of fine blogging material there. I don't know...
View ArticlePaul Krugman Asks An Apt Question: "How do you ask a man to be the last man...
Mod: It has been a minute since we discussed what is quite possibly the most disgraceful fellow to ever move into the White House. But I have been a Paul Krugman fan for years, and in my opinion he...
View ArticleWhat Is Up With Sierra Madre's Kersting Court Now?
The topic of renovating Kersting Court is once again rising from its shallow cobwebbed resting place and is beginning to work its way through the Community Services Commission. This isn't the first...
View ArticleThe FPPC Launches An Investigation Into Arcadia Mayor Pro Tem Sho Tay's...
With Arcadia's City Council reorganization scheduled for this coming Tuesday, today's news couldn't be coming at a worse time for Mayor Pro Tem Sho Tay. His elevation to Mayor, which due to the custom...
View ArticleDid Mayor Pro Tem Sho Tay Trigger The Brown Act At Tuesday Evening's Arcadia...
Mod: I was forwarded the following email sent by Arcadia resident Laurie Thompson to City Attorney Stephen P. Deitsch this past Wednesday. It now appears Sho Tay has opened up a legal Pandora's Box...
View ArticleSierra Madre Final Vote Is In - And Nothing Has Changed!
Well, OK, the numbers are a little larger than the last time we checked. It does look like Bencosme is going to remain stuck forever at just under the 1,000 vote mark. Which is kind of sad because even...
View ArticleTim Donnelly's One Weekend 'Cinco de Mayo' Border War With Mexico Will Be...
Mod: We like to catch up with former Assemblyman Tim Donnelly occasionally, mostly because he is quite a colorful character. Tim, who you will recall once upon a time represented Sierra Madre and other...
View ArticleSho's Woes: Sho Tay Supporters Demand the City Shut Down the Free Press in...
Mod: As readers of this blog are aware, Arcadia Mayor Pro Tem Sho Tay is currently under investigation for possible California campaign law violations by the FPPC, and likely by the City Attorney as...
View ArticleLandslide Roger: How Extensive Was Voter Fraud In Arcadia's City Council...
It is not a question of whether there was voter fraud in District 5 or not, but rather how much. I believe there were enough potentially illegal votes cast there to put Roger Chandler over the top, and...
View ArticleSierra Madre and Arcadia: A Tale of Two Cities
For 50 minutes of peace, love and understanding click here.A fairly short tale actually because it is late and I am a little exhausted from all of this stuff right now. More on that in a minute. But...
View ArticleSingpoli Controlled In-House Media Outlet "The Hub" Labels Sho Tay Mayor...
Mod: If you are not yet aware (few are), Singpoli developer Kin Hui and his lavishly compensated in-house publicist, former Pasadena Star News editor Frank Girardot, have been working on a media...
View ArticleDaily Journal: Catching Up With The GemCoins Lawsuit - Plus: Getting Your...
Mod: Every once in a while the GemCoins affair shows up in the news, and as a service to all of those who were scammed out of millions of dollars in this bizarre scam we try and keep up with the news....
View ArticleSierra Madre Is Getting Ready For The Big SCAG Meeting
Remember those glorious days when Sierra Madre almost escaped the clutches of the delightfully acronymic SCAG? It seems like just yesterday here at The Tattler, while also being kind of far away at the...
View Article18 Vintage Olive Trees Tagged For City Buzzsaws On No. Michillinda Avenue
Mod: I received the following as an email blast yesterday. I thought I should post it here for a more thorough review. If this unhappy deed is being done just so the city can fix or install sidewalks,...
View ArticleFrank Girardot's Orwellian "Coded Language" Diversion Was First Used In Pasadena
A bumptious Kin Hui back in the day - Nov. 1, 2016The carelessly leveled charge of racism in beleaguered Arcadia is an unfortunate and sad tactic. That Sho Tay will not be raised to the office of Mayor...
View ArticleVoter Fraud Is On The Agenda For Tonight's Arcadia City Council Meeting
linkA story that originally broke here on The Tattler on Apr 24 ("Landslide Roger: How Extensive Was Voter Fraud In Arcadia's City Council District 5?" link) is now up for discussion at tonight's...
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