In the ongoing discussions of possible secondary school consolidations, many board members talk about their preference for choice and the schools they think represent it. What I think some may be missing is that often parents either do not have a choice, because they did not get their choice in open enrollment, and others cannot…
In regards to cannabis licenses, fees and profits Let me open this letter with my first inquiry to the Council and the City Manager on this subject. Who is looking out for the community in this process? First, the city has collected close to $2 million in fees for the right to apply to the…
Dear editor, So many voters in Pasadena really don’t know the real story of the need for the sales tax increase. They only drank the fear of collapse of all the service they haven’t gotten in the past and that the tax would solve the problem overnight. So sorry but it won’t. The money will first go…
I got another flier in the mail paid for by the committee controlled by the Mayor [of Pasadena], who seems to be the one man show on getting our fair share of sales tax revenue. What I would like to see is those other cities’ contributions to all the sales tax revenue [that] Los Angeles…
Dear Chairperson Kuehl: For decades, the City of Pasadena has taken its responsibility to address homelessness seriously as evidenced by the existence [of] our own Continuum of Care with its many highly effective programs. Our City Council unanimously supported Measure H and had great hopes of having more resources to address our growing homeless population….
Dear Editor It seems to me that there is still no clarification on Measures I and J. Only that the additional revenue from measure I will continue to fill the City’s general fund for unspecified uses. That the current city budget process isn’t working because the present city council has approved past and current budgets…
How wonderful the management of Pasadena financial resources has become? Management has enlarged the city with excessive development; reaping millions in new money to the city coffer from increased property values on all these new buildings as well as permit fees. Our streets have been torn up everywhere you look where this development has occurred….
Dear Editor: The NFL’s new “anthem policy” requires players to “respect” the flag and the national anthem or stay in the locker room until it is played. The NFL refers to this as a compromise — it was anything but. This was a mandate, not a decision arrived at through a collaborative process. Despite claiming…
