Cut Out More Special Interest School Funding, Don’t Lower 65% Vote for Parcel Taxes Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Superintendent Edwin Diaz, sounding coincidentally like fellow PUSD Board of Education member Ed Honowitz, continues to appeal for a school parcel… Read More
Some industry experts believe that fraudulent appraisals were a contributing factor to the inflated home values we saw during the housing boom. In response HVCC was created to protect consumers against fraudulent appraisals. Last year the Federal Housing Finance Agency… Read More
The City of Pasadena is set to open the westward extension of Walnut St. which will connect it to Kinneloa Ave. and go under the 210 Freeway. A ribbon-cutting and parade for the new tunnel and street will be held… Read More
Note: During the recent highly contested campaign for a school parcel tax in the Pasadena Unified School District no mention was made that the California legislature collapsed 40 previously categorical programs into a “flex item” that can be applied at… Read More
Steven Brill writing in the New York Times Magazine (“The Teacher’s Unions’ Last Stand”) has a fascinating, albeit lengthy, analysis of where we are with public school reform. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/magazine/23Race-t.html Brill believes that the Federal Race to the Top program plus… Read More
Pasadena City Council: This E-mail sets forth my comments on the proposed new water ordinance which is Item 14 on the agenda for the May 24 City Council meeting. I request that it be provided to Council members at the… Read More
By now if you are a regular CCN website visitor you’ve probably guessed that there are some updates and changes in the works. Here’s what you can keep an eye out for: Guest bloggers will soon be posting on the… Read More
Here’s a press release from the Pasadena Police Department about Dodger Jose Lima’s death: Pasadena, CA – On Sunday, May 23, 2010 shortly after 6:00 a.m., Pasadena Fire Department Paramedics responded to the home of former Dodger pitcher Jose Lima.… Read More
Judge’s Reversal May Mean More Water for Pasadena But No Water Rate Relief “Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.” – Dwight D. Morrow Read more here:… Read More
The Pasadena City Council will decide what, if any, action they’ll take on the new Arizona Laws dealing with illegal immigration and ethnic studies. The troubled border state recently passed a law allowing police to question anyone they suspect of… Read More
