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Opinion: Shooting Investigations Don’t Diminish Everyday Racial Profiling Concerns
By MARTIN A. GORDON, COMMUNITY ADVOCATE
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 and Police Practices in Pasadena including Secure Community issues. Tuesday’s show of solidarity and support on the steps ...
PCC Board President Responds to Student’s Complaints
By GEOFFREY BAUM, PRESIDENT, PASADENA CITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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.” Dear Andrew: Thank you for coming Wednesday night, staying to witness to the entire board ...
Reader Opinion: Making California Count
An opinion piece submitted by MICHAEL ALEXANDER, TeaPAC President (Pasadena Tea Party Movement)
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 independents who can vote for Republican candidates. Even if you add the 150,000 who voted ...
Opinion: “Graduation: Stepping Into the Future”
By JOSEPH M. COSTA, HILLSIDES CEO
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 at the graduation is to give graduates the opportunity to address the assembly and ...
NAACP to Mayor: “Deliver to your constituents what they want most: Jobs”
A Letter to Mayor Bogaard from Joe Brown, President, Pasadena Branch, NAACP
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 residents”. As each of you are aware, we were on the front line of support for the approval of ...
Battle Lines Drawn in the 29th
An opinion piece submitted by Tom Houg
The author alone is responsible for opinions and information presented in this essay. Pasadena Now does not take editorial positions; rather, we serve the community by offering this forum for opinion and debate, open to all. We encourage your comments! No small stir was created recently when the Pasadena Star-News endorsed incumbent Congressman Adam Schiff. ...
Business Leaders for Measure CC
Opinion piece submited by Ann Hight and Jaylene Moseley
As past chairs of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, we are pleased to join with many other business and community supporters to urge people to vote “yes” on Measure CC, the 33-cents-a-day parcel tax to help the Pasadena Unified School District avoid devastating layoffs and cuts to effective school programs. Good schools are a critical ...
Should Pasadena Quit MWD? Chief Hahamonga Has Last Laugh
SCAG Decision Should Not be Based on Scare Tactics and Misinformation
Opinion: The Nation is Suffering a Broken Health Care System
Opinion: Criminalize Water Use, or Just Buy Imported Water?
Opinion: Downtown New Development Soaks Up Water from Others is an Urban Myth
Schiff Lauds President Obama’s Commitment to Closing Guantanamo Prison
Open letter to the Mayor, City Council Members, City Manager Michael Beck and City Staff
PCC Activist Takes Dim View of Energy Savings Plan in Light of Class Cuts
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 energy-efficient LED lighting. See: PCC Plans to Save Millions in Energy Costs ...
Opinion: PCC Board of Trustees Obviously Doesn’t Hear Students’ Voices
Opinion piece by ANDREW KANE BOTT, PASADENA CITY COLLEGE STUDENT
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 students and teachers words about the importance of classes and student access and the ...
Op-Ed: Not Surprised that Pasadena Passed Bond Resolution to Shore Up Pensions
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 those pensions including bond interest just as you pay about double ...
Op-Ed: PUSD Superintendent Edwin Diaz Writes
By EDWIN DIAZ, SUPERINTENDENT, PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
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 on what I observed directly, it is apparent to me ...
Besides a New Director, DCFS Needs Organizational Change
By Joseph M. Costa, Hillsides CEO
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 Services, has been removed from her position. The Los Angeles Times website was inundated with vitriolic comments condemning ...
New Law Likely Makes PUSD’s Measure CC Unneeded
An opinion piece submitted by Wayne Lusvardi
A new law amending the State’s existing redevelopment law may make the Pasadena Unified School District’s $7.1 million Measure CC Parcel Tax unnecessary after ballots have already been mailed to voters. Under California Assembly Trailer Bill ABX4-26 enacted last week, redevelopment agencies are now required to divert their funds set aside for affordable housing to ...
No on Measure CC – The “Ginger Bread” Parcel Tax
Opinion piece submitted by WAYNE LUSVARDI, Pasadena
We all want our local schools in the Pasadena area to be adequately funded whether we are proponents or opponents of Measure CC – the Mail-In Ballot – Parcel Tax with a May 4 return deadline. That is not the issue with Measure CC. This past year the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) acknowledges that it received $23 million in Federal ...