The Swarm of the Councilites
By Bill Dunn At times attempting to pay attention to what is going on in your local government is not unlike having a swarm of bees living in your head. So began the recent buzzing in my brain. It started a couple of weeks ago when the current mayor in the rotation here in Temple [...]
Los Angeles County Axes of Evil
Los Angeles County Axes of Evil The Destruction of 11 Acres of Pristine Woodland Causes Community Outrage Opinion: By Terry Miller In the wake of last week’s devasating obliteration of over 200 trees and one of Arcadia’s last natural ecosystems, there are opinions and fingers pointing in every direction as to who is to blame [...]
TaTas and the TSA
OPINION By Susan Motander Last Week I was listening to talk radio while driving to a medical appointment. Caller after caller complained to the host about the new scanners being used by the Transportation Safety Administration. Most of the men calling in were concerned about the “intrusive” nature of the body scans and the more [...]
Time for Tea, I think NOT!
Opinion By Terry Miller Having hailed from Great Britain, I have always been rather partial to a nice cup of tea. However after seeing the tactics of that last bastion of “fair and balanced” journalism – FOX news – I’ve developed rather a bitter taste in my mouth when it comes to Tea Time. The [...]
An Open Letter to Our Readers
When I first began my tenure as editor of these newspapers on the first day of 2008, we set forth a number of goals for our newspapers. Some of these are still works in progress, and some of these have been great successes. A shining example of the latter would have to be our efforts [...]
Sierra Madre Election Letters
RE: Sierra Madre Election: Fodder for Bloggers – And MacGillivray Slams Gavel down on Mosca To the Editor: Re: Sierra Madre Mayor uses Position to Abet Political Attacks on Fellow Councilmember/Candidate for Reelection I have read the accounts in both local papers of the most recent Sierra Madre Council Meeting and I am appalled. I [...]
Homophobia and Everything Else Sends Blogmeister Three Seats to the Wind
The Wacky World of Sierra Madre Politics By Terry Miller Ah, it’s springtime, that time of the year when everyone is talking about new growth and yes, those dreaded elections rearing their hanging chads in cities near and far. Indeed, this is that special time when all the uncompromising extremists crawl out from under their [...]
Don’t Mess With a Little Old Lady
By Dorothy Denne Am I little? Well not exactly, but then, it depends on whom you compare me to. Am I a lady? Well sometimes. Depends on what the occasion calls for. Am I old? Yep. Then again, depends on whom you compare me to. Hopefully I’ll get even older, but I am old. [...]
A Surefire Way to Boost Farm Exports: Sell to Cuba
Illustration by Thom Gastelum U.S. farm income will drop 38 percent this year due to global economic woes and because “demand for exports has tailed off, with few options available to expand marketing elsewhere,” according to a Department of Agriculture report issued last month. Actually, there’s a small but surefire option to boost American [...]
Op-Ed: SCAG Decision Should Not be Based on Scare Tactics and Misinformation
The only area city that is not a member of SCAG is Temple City.
So for a nominal membership dues fee, Sierra Madre can participate in planning its future, or it can choose to save that money, and have SCAG dictate to it what it has decided Sierra Madre is going to do (or not do). Seems kind of like a no-brainer, right? Why should we surrender our opportunity to provide input into the future of this region?
