Opinion

New Law Likely Makes PUSD’s Measure CC Unneeded

An opinion piece submitted by Wayne Lusvardi

$5.94 million in City redevelopment funds may be used for schools under new law

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.

SCAG Decision Should Not be Based on Scare Tactics and Misinformation

Opinion piece submitted by BILL COBURN

An item on an upcoming Sierra Madre City Council meeting agenda has caught my attention, and I suspect possibly the attention of many of the readers of this newspaper. The Council is being asked to consider whether or not Sierra Madre should continue its membership in the Southern California Association of Governments, (SCAG).

Opinion: Criminalize Water Use, or Just Buy Imported Water?

By WAYNE LUSVARDI

A recent purchase of imported water by San Diego from Placer County raises the question whether it would be better for Pasadena to just buy imported water in lieu of enacting a tough water enforcement ordinance and unpopular water rate hike. An opinion piece submitted by Wayne Lusvardi

Schiff Lauds President Obama’s Commitment to Closing Guantanamo Prison

By: Staff Reports

Pasadena area Congressman Adam Schiff, author of the Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act, voiced his support for President Obama’s "steadfast determination to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility" in a statement Thursday.

Opinion: What Stimulus Package for Pasadena?

Written by WAYNE LUSVARDI

Business Leaders for Measure CC

Opinion piece submited by Ann Hight and Jaylene Moseley

Ann T. Hight is retired senior investment advisor at Dean Witter Reynolds. Jaylene L. Moseley owns real estate firm J. L. Moseley Company. They wrote this with three other former Pasadena Chamber of Commerce chairmen: Omel A. Nieves, attorney with Hunt Ortmann; Bill Podley, CEO of Dickson Podley Realtors, and Nat Read, president of Read Communications

Should Pasadena Quit MWD? Chief Hahamonga Has Last Laugh

Opinion piece submitted by WAYNE LUSVARDI, Pasadena

Imagine your city is located next door to a valley water district with enough surplus water to meet your needs but instead your city imports about two-thirds of its water hundreds of miles from the Colorado River and the Sacramento Delta, and pays a premium price for it, resulting in environmental degradation in the process. Do you think this is wise policy for water rate payers in a city that praises itself for its Green City Action Plan?

I must say from start to finish the handling of the Barnes killing leaves much to be desired of our Representatives of the City both Public and Private...