A Different/Better Approach to Rebuilding the Library
Mod: I received all of this last week. Sierra Madre resident Gary Hood has been working on some very imaginative ideas for the Library that I believe are pretty exciting, and need to be carefully...
View ArticleApocalypse Arcadia Is Only A Week From Next Tuesday
Everybody is getting ready for the big Arcadia blow out on June 5th. Will the City Council finally be able to pick a Mayor as planned? The supporters of Sho Tay will be there en masse to demand that he...
View ArticleCarpenters Union Local 209 Pickets at The Kensington
It isn't the kind of thing you usually see in bucolic Sierra Madre. Downtown Los Angeles perhaps, or maybe some place like Anaheim. But here? Across the street from City Hall, and in front of the much...
View ArticleIt's Time for Some Arcadia Election Losers to Take a Nap
This has been going on for just a little too long. Arcadia's City Council election happened over six weeks ago, and still some people can't seem to deal with the fact that Bob Harbicht lost the April...
View ArticleBeck Obsessed Mark Hong's E-Mail Claims Debunked
Clearer copies of Hong's emails are published here today as part of The Tattler's custom of keeping up with all of the good news. Thank you to the kind reader who sent them my way. TheTattler has...
View ArticleSierra Madre VFW Memorial Day Ceremony Tomorrow
They used to send me a press release about this event to post here every year, which I was always very honored and pleased to do. But I haven't been receiving any such information from them lately. I...
View ArticleHere are 10 ways President Donald Trump has dishonored American veterans
Mod: Interesting article from the news site Raw Story that details some of the more bizarre incidents highlighting the current president's deep resentment of America's military veterans.Here are 10...
View ArticleComparing what is happening in Arcadia today to what went down in Sierra...
Steve Lopez is a famed heavy hitter columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He has often been lauded for the excellence of his work, and has won some big time journalism awards. On the Pulitzer.org...
View ArticleThe Mindless Facebook Madness of the Voice of Arcadia
This sad little exercise in elementary school graffiti appeared on the Voice of Arcadia's very strange Facebook page yesterday. Who knows, though the anonymous person who runs that site isn't exactly a...
View ArticlePolitico: California Republicans have now hit rock bottom
Your call is important to us, please remain on the line.Mod: Some new numbers are out, and they show that the once-proud California state party that gave America two presidents not all that long ago,...
View ArticleThe Arcadia Weekly Fights Back
Newspapers report the news, and people read them in order to find out what is going on in whatever part of the world they happen to be living. If a newspaper did nothing more than parrot the biased...
View ArticleGun Sold By Indicted Pasadena Police Lieutenant Vasken Gourdikian Was Found...
The presently retired Chief Junta Hat SanchezMod: Apparently a series of events that eventually led to the seizure of a rather large cache of restricted weaponry by Federal agents at Vasken's Sierra...
View ArticleArcadia: The City Council Backs Off From Its Tuesday Evening Meeting In Hell
Mod: Last evening an email from Tom Beck went out to his mailing list, and a fair sized number of the people on that list then forwarded it to me. It is quite a fascinating document, and I am pleased...
View ArticleArcadia City Councilmember April Verlato reaches out
Mod: Yesterday afternoon Councilmember April Verlato sent in the following letter. This in regards to tomorrow evening's City Council meeting, the selection of Arcadia's next mayor, and the overall...
View ArticleSho Tay Flips: City of Arcadia on edge
Turn your frown upside downAfter having publicly agreed to confess to the errors of his ways tonight, then graciously accept the honorary position of Mayor of Arcadia, and in the process helping to...
View ArticleSho Tay Flips One More Time, and Then Becomes Mayor
Can you imagine being the guy who wrote that Pasadena Star News article? You know, the one where Sho Tay purportedly stated that he never would apologize for fibbing on a campaign postcard because it...
View ArticleA Tale Of Two Pasadena Star News Articles
There is another mystery left for us to ponder in the land of blog. We do a lot of pondering around here as you know, and I'd hate to give up on any of the good questions. I think this might be one of...
View ArticleThe One Carter Development Crawls Out From Under Its Stonegate
Back in 2014 there was this. It is now coming back.There will be a public hearing on June 12 at 6:30, during which the City Council will decide whether or not to rescind its denial of the Planning...
View ArticleOne Carter: Get Ready For A Whole Lot Of Happy Talk
As you will see, that is if I write this correctly, whenever the One Carter debacle reemerges from an extended period of legal negotiation, much radiant joy emanates from City Hall.The reason for all...
View Article60% of Pasadena Voting Residents Said Yes to Cannabis Dispensaries - Would...
Ready to take your order?The City Council in Sierra Madre is on record as being highly opposed to opening any pot dispensaries anywhere within the 3 square miles of the Foothill Village. They just...
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