The City of Pasadena has about $450 million in cash, reserves, investments, receivables, and surplus property according to its Certified Annual Financial Report for 2011. Nonetheless, the city is pleading that it needs a quarter percent (0.25%) sales tax inc... More »
Recently the Mack Robinson Processing Facility closed without fanfare. This closing affects some 125+ employees, their families, and the community as a whole. Employees have been dispersed to other facilities around the greater Los Angeles area. These dispersa... More »
“Pasadena Unified Cuts Will Include Layoffs†(Pasadena Sun, June 30) is an example of the annual crying wolf ritual at the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD). When PUSD pushed for a school parcel tax called Measure CC in 2010 but lost at the ballot ... More »
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 »
