The House is due to vote Thursday on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress – setting up a protracted, unnecessary and expensive court battle between coequal branches of government about the extent of executive privile... More »
Open Letter to Mayor Bill Bogaard, Chris Holden, City Council and Pasadena Community: While the community respects and applauds the numerous investigations being conducted by various agencies, it does not diminish our everyday concern about racial profiling an... More »
Pasadena City College student Andrew Bott, whose open letter last week drew a quick and lengthy reply from Geoffrey Baum, President of the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees, reacts to news that $2.4 million is being spent to retrofit the college with ene... More »
Geoffrey Baum, President, Pasadena City College Board of Trustees, emailed the following response to a letter by PCC student Andrew Bott which was published yesterday in Pasadena Now. Please see: “PCC Board of Trustees Obviously Doesn’t Hear Students’ Voices... More »
I am writing in response to the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees meeting on March 7th. (http://www.pasadena.edu/board/granicus.cfm) First, I wanted to say that I am disappointed that the Board seemed to hear my (I spoke before item i), and other student... More »
Despite the breathless new reports emanating from New Hampshire, this wonderful New England state represents only a tiny fraction of voters in America. Total voter turnout today will be an estimated 325,000 people and that number includes a number of independe... More »
I’m not surprised to hear that Pasadena passed a bond issuance resolution tonight to shore up what I understood to perhaps be a $23 million pension obligation. But taxpayers should realize that bonding pensions means that we will pay at least $46 million for... More »
On June 21, Hillsides Education Center hosted its graduation ceremony. HEC is a small non-public school serving not only many of the Hillsides residents, but also students from the greater Pasadena area. This year four seniors graduated. A long standing custom... More »
Dear Editor, In the wake of fights at John Muir High School last week, reports have focused on the possible causes of the conflicts and the nature of the law enforcement response. However, as I continued to learn more about last week’s incident and based o... More »
Mayor Bill Bogaard 100 N. Garfield Ave., Rm. 228 Pasadena, CA  91109 Dear Mayor, For the past three weeks, we find ourselves encountering open criticism and verbal complaints regarding “the lack of employment opportunities for local residentsâ€. As each ... More »
On December 13 on Los Angeles Times’ website, an article entitled, “L.A. County ousts head of troubled child welfare department,†announced that Trish Ploehn, the beleaguered director of the Los Angeles County’s Department of Children and Family Servic... More »
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