Faced with a shrinking student enrollment, PUSD’s school board and administration are continuing to show an utter lack of both critical and creative thinking when it comes to addressing the myriad problems contributing to that enrollment decline. Among the mos... More »
In the heart of Pasadena, California, the Halloween of 1993 was meant to be a night of laughter and innocent fun, but it instead turned into a nightmare that left scars on our community that have yet to fully heal. It has been thirty years since the tragic eve... More »
The more you know. So it turns out the Cell Site Simulator (CSS) is not on Monday’s agenda, despite my last prose about the City Council’s responsibility where I said the item would return on Monday. Serves me right for slapping a date on it. After all, I don... More »
The Pasadena Freeway [Editor: known now as the Arroyo Seco Parkway] has been my playground for the 56 years I’ve been driving. After I moved back from living in Montana for nine years, I couldn’t wait to relive my youth on the Pasadena Freeway. Ever since we ... More »
Alright, alright settle down Gumbo is back. I appreciate all the queries and requests to stir the pot once again. Well the nation finally has a Speaker of the House. I’m glad they didn’t have to appoint an interim speaker, We know how local people respond to a... More »
I wanted to take a moment to address a recent Op-Ed published here by School Board Member Tina Fredricks. In the Op-Ed byline, it states that she is a board member “but is speaking solely as an individual member of the Board.” When public officials speak, they... More »
An awkward topic bubbling up in conversations around the City of Pasadena is the Pasadena Tournament of Roses’ (Tournament/ PTOR) trend of sidestepping an expectation to honor long-established partnerships with the City and not practicing what it preaches to s... More »
The numbers are staggering. Over the next five years, the City of Pasadena’s proposed capital spending exceeds $1.5 billion. That’s not counting nearly $800 million more in proposed projects which are entirely unfunded. This year, Pasadena celebrated its 137th... More »
Pasadena is committed to addressing the climate emergency and to carbon-free energy – we need your input for an inclusive path to achieve our goals In January 2023 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 9977 declaring a climate emergency and setting a goal of... More »
These days, California schools have to stretch our budgets in order to make ends meet and deliver the education our students deserve. Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) is no exception. PUSD, serving nearly 15,000 students, has another responsibility – be... More »
I have been a public school teacher for 23 years and a professor of English at Pasadena City College for 16 years. In my position as faculty here at PCC, I have worked closely with many of those who are advocating for a move to CFT. I count many of them as clo... More »
Ageism is alive and not so well everywhere, even in reference materials. If you look up “old” in a Thesaurus, you’ll find words and phrases such as enfeebled, decrepit, over the hill, impaired and senile. What exactly is ageism? It’s prejudice or discriminati... More »
