Respect to the more than 300 people who showed up online and in person at last week’s community meeting aimed at dealing with the rise in local gun violence. Sadly, since that meeting one man died from wounds suffered during a shooting incident on Summit Avenu... More »
One of the first things I teach my sociology students to do is develop critical thinking skills, to break the habit of black and white, and either/or thinking. But this kind of simplistic thinking was on full display at this week’s Pasadena City Council, when ... More »
Last week, city officials hosted an emergency community meeting in response to increased gun violence in our city. According to an article appearing in Pasadena Now on October 29, Mayor Victor Gordo stated the following: “I’m concerned about what’s happening i... More »
Pasadena prides itself on being an innovative and welcoming city, and indeed the people of the city are genuinely wonderful. It is heartening to see signs around the neighborhood proclaiming that “Everyone is welcome here”. However, in order to match our actio... More »
The question for Pasadena Unified School District is not whether to mandate. The mandate is already here. On October 1, the State of California passed a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for students at all K-12 public and private schools. This policy adds the ... More »
Over 35 years ago, in the mid 1980’s L.A. County designated West Altadena predominately Black and Brown community for redevelopment. Lincoln Crossing was completed in 2007 with a fitness center, supermarket and retail stores. Fourteen years have passed and dev... More »
“Facts are stubborn things; whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence,” John Adams, our second president, once observed. Last week, some local residents seemed to have a pr... More »
On Monday October 18, 2021 I attended (virtually) a meeting of the Pasadena City Council. I’m a long-time resident, my son goes to public school here and I’ve been active with the PTA and local government. When I moved here years ago, I was truly shocked to ... More »
The City Council recently took an action not to accept the state’s recently enacted limit of $4,900. per contributor for our local elections. Instead, the council authorized an ordinance codifying the existing practice in Pasadena which says there are no limit... More »
We, the undersigned local community leaders, advocates, and residents respectfully urge Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo and Pasadena’s Councilmembers to pass crucially needed campaign finance reform to fulfill Mayor Gordo’s promise of ensuring Pasadena’s “local ci... More »
You may remember the drive-in culture of the 1950s. Drive-in movies, A &W or Bob’s Big Boy car window service by roller skating servers. That was about it. Going to one of those venues was a fairly infrequent adventure, a family outing or a hot date. It was t... More »
There are a lot of bad arguments flying around with regard to the campaign contribution limit debate and I’m concerned that your recent Political Gumbo on Oct 19, 2021 adds to the confusion. You begin with a non sequitur; namely, that campaign contribution lim... More »
