Dear Editor: How many City Council meetings have many of us citizens of Pasadena sat through while Councilmembers droned on into the night when an adept Mayor could keep the meeting moving. That is why people complain about having to wait hours to make comment... More »
Dear Editor: I happened to go up to the top of Annandale Canyon recently to see the City’s new trail permitted by local homeowners after a contentious Conditional Use Permit hearing. I write to report what I learned from my visit. Promised as an open space nat... More »
At last Monday’s City Council meeting, I and many other community members were shocked to hear Mayor Gordo announce that live public comments on matters not on the Council’s agenda would no longer be heard for the first 20 minutes of Council meetings. Rather,... More »
We are puzzled by the following quote of the Superintendent in Pasadena Now’s March 13 staff report titled “It’s Masks Off in Pasadena Schools Monday”: “Our decisions are based on science and influenced by parents, teachers, staff, and, above all, our students... More »
Under the leadership of Dr. McDonald, for the past 8 years, there has been a consistent choice made: overfund the Central Office and ignore the classroom. This Thursday, the salary agreement for teachers, for principals and for the Superintendent’s contract ar... More »
We are deeply puzzled about how the PUSD Superintendent arrived at his decision at the March 10, 2022 PUSD Board meeting to lift the indoor mask requirement at PUSD schools and childcare sites without any metrics or criteria beforehand to guide the start and e... More »
I read with satisfaction André Coleman’s story on Monday, March 21 that the minimum wage will be going up to $16.11 per hour on Pasadena on July 1. The story could have mentioned that the minimum wage will be increased in the City and County of Los Angeles and... More »
If you are interested in the Pasadena City Council and want to make a public comment, good luck navigating the City’s many recent attempts to stifle public engagement. First, several months ago, the Council cut the time allotted for each speaker in half, from... More »
A video made the rounds last week, for whatever that’s worth, of a local cop fleeing the scene after a California Highway Patrol stopped to question him in another jurisdiction. Three people sent me texts asking me for my opinion. It was incredibly stupid. A f... More »
Not a lot coming out of the City Council this week. The resolution to continue meeting remotely will be interesting, the question here is will any councilmember ask when the council plans to meet in person. If so, that should make for interesting watching. As ... More »
The same year that the Rose Bowl will celebrate its centennial operation, its General Manager, Darryl Dunn, will be retiring after nearly 30 years. At a time when the future of the Rose Bowl has been challenged be it in social media, the court room or from th... More »
Pasadena has long had both a significant population of poorer families and a significant number of educated, caring and very wealthy people. As a result, there are an extremely high number of nonprofits—something like 1100-1200—in the city trying to help the p... More »
