It’s Time to Relook at Downtown Sierra Madre
To: Mayor and City Council of Sierra Madre I don’t think that anyone who voted on the zoning initiative wanted an abandoned and fenced off former skilled nursing center as a permanent blight on Sierra Madre Boulevard. It turns out that some of our ordinances have glitches so that long established businesses in the downtown [...]
ANTONOVICH RESPONDS TO MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA’S LETTER ON MTA’S ½ CENT SALES TAX
The following is an open letter to Los Angeles City Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa from Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich in response to his letter requesting reconsideration of the Board of Supervisors vote to reject the MTA’s ½ cent proposal: Dear Mayor Villaraigosa: Thank you for your letter to the Los Angeles County Board [...]
Caruso EIR – Letter
I see by the papers that the EIR for the Caruso center was not satisfactory. I doubt this was a surprise to anyone. I, for one, do not believe the Caruso plan is in the best interests of Arcadia. Of course the tax revenue would be great, but there comes a time when money is [...]
Adopting a State Budget Without Using Local Revenues
Arcadia residents may be following the media coverage of the State’s latest attempt to take money from cities to balance the State budget. For your information, below is the text of a second letter (this one signed by the Mayor) the City of Arcadia has sent to State Legislators asking them to leave local money [...]
Editor’s Note: “Declaration of Independent”
pasadenaindependentIf your eye had the endurance to ingest all the stellar photos, stinging copy and precision design of this week’s paper without an aesthetic overload, you may have noticed a slight change at the top of the page. And if not, go ahead and look now; I can wait…. See that? That’s the most exciting [...]