Upcoming events from Fifty-Fifty Leadership: Click on the item to jump to it: A Woman with Wings: The Leader Within Be your own Valentine – How to Have a Healthy Heart 3rd Annual Women of the World Awards fffffffffff A… Read More
Monthly Archives: December 2010
ACLU Immigration Forum
Info from the Pasadena ACLU about an upcoming forum: ACLU-SC Pasadena/Foothills Public Forum IMMIGRATION IN THE SPOTLIGHT With incoming Executive Director of The ACLU of Southern California, HECTOR VILLAGRA, Speaking on Immigration Reform: What and When? Birthright Citizenship Under Attack. … Read More
An Open Letter To Babs Boxer From La Canada Flintridge
An Open Letter to Babs Boxer from La Canada-Flintridge (satire) Read here first. By Anita-Susan-Xenophobe Dear Babs: I hope you don’t mind me calling you by your nickname, but I feel as if I actually know you, plus once I… Read More
Emergency Crews Rescue Eaton Canyon Hikers
Authorities at the Altadena Sheriff’s Station report that Firefighters and Paramedics have rescued 9 teens out of Eaton Canyon. One of the teens was a 19 year old El Monte man who was hurt and airlifted after he fell into… Read More
Portantino’s Efforts to Root out Government Waste and Fraud
Sacramento – “Getting our budget under control is my top priority this year. Like many Californians, I’m tired of the ‘every six month band aides’ we’ve been using for short term solutions. We need to embrace significant budget reform. That’s… Read More
Officer Involved Shooting
Pasadena Police say a suspect shot at a police officer Monday evening, December 27th, but the officer only received a minor injury to the face. Police say a man approached them during a traffic stop near the CVS on Mountain… Read More
Councilman Madison Writes His Own Record
Compiled by Wayne Lusvardi NFL TEAM IN THE ROSE BOWL According to the Arroyo Seco Foundation Steve Madison was one of the first to “sell out” his local constituency and propose an NFL team for the master tenant in the… Read More
District 6 Candidates Living in Fairyland
The campaign for City Council District # 6 in Pasadena between challenger Caroyln Naber and incumbent Steve Madison sounds like the lines and plot of British writer Lewis Carroll in his story Sylvie and Bruno: “Did you ever make real… Read More
Cal May Be Unbroken, But So Is A Wild Horse
By Wayne Lusvardi In an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times, State Treasurer Bill Lockyer got on his high horse to state “California isn’t broken,” won’t default on its debt payments, and isn’t anti-business. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/20/opinion/la-oe-lockyer-california-outlook-20101220 Lockyer obviously is trying… Read More
Cal School Budget Deficit 840-Miles Long, But Only 6-Inches Deep
At a State Budget Forum held on Tuesday Dec. 14 in Los Angeles, Gov.-elect Jerry Brown and re-elected State Treasurer Bill Lockyer indicated that they are going to move quickly to significantly cut state funding for K-12 public schools given… Read More