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“I Plan to Run Again,” Promises Outgoing Vice Mayor Jacque Robinson

Published on Sunday, May 3, 2015 | 7:13 pm
 
Jacque Robinson poses with a young admirer at a farewell ice cream social Saturday, May 2, 2015. Robinson lost her bid for Mayor and must relinquish her City Council seat on May 4.

Two days before a new District 1 Councilmember assumes the office she has held for eight years, Vice Mayor Jacque Robinson met with supporters at a “farewell” ice cream social on Saturday and promised she will run for office again.

Which office? And when? She said she doesn’t know.

“But I do plan to run again,” Robinson said.

City Manager Michael Beck signs a "Thank You" card during the ice cream social held May 2, 2015 for outgoing Vice Mayor Jacque Robinson. Beck said earlier he prefers not to say "Good Bye" to Robinson, but instead "Until We Meet Again" in a comment that seems to reveal his apparent belief Robinson will be back on the political scene one day.

For now, Robinson becomes a private citizen again after her two terms as Pasadena’s youngest-ever Councilmember.

“I’m getting married, so I have a wedding to plan,” Robinson said as well wishers swirled around her at Perry’s Joint on Lincoln Avenue in Northwest Pasadena. “I am going back to LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District) working for Member [Steve] Zimmer so I am looking forward to that.”

She said she intends to remain involved in Pasadena civic affairs as a private citizen.

Robinson, who served on the Public Safety Committee for almost her entire tenure on the Council, said she plans to monitor police-community relations. Some observers consider Robinson to have been consistently pro-police over the years and to have resisted activists’ calls for a civilian oversight board for the police department.

The appointment by Mayor Tornek of a new Public Safety Committee chair to succeed Robinson is thought by many to be a key upcoming appointment.

Saturday, Robinson said she believes both Councilmembers Steve Madison and Gene Masuda have sufficient experience on that committee to warrant consideration for the chairmanship.

Robinson also said she plans to stay involved with development opportunities that exist south of the 210 freeway in the Lincoln Avenue corridor.

“The redevelopment of Lincoln is one of the legacies that I want to leave,” she said. “I do plan to stay involved, this is my home area, I live just down the street.”

Earlier, Robinson also said she is proud of her collaborative work spearheading the Pasadena-Altadena 20/20 Initiative, a grassroots coalition of individuals and organizations working to stop gang and community violence.

Born and raised in Pasadena, Robinson is a product of the district she represented. Raised by parents who work as a cement mason and postal clerk, she has spent the majority of her professional life fighting for working families as a labor community organizer.

For now, Robinson is moving forward with her personal life here in Pasadena.

“I do intend to stick around,” she said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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