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Guest Column | Kathleen Clary Miller: I Moved Out But Didn’t Move On, A Pasadena Love Affair
The object of my affection is not a person in Los Angeles; It is Los Angeles—or, specifically, a suburb thereof: Pasadena, the city where I was born and raised. Oh, I’ve been unfaithful. I confess there were flings. I convinced myself that what I held in the... More »
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Guest Opinion | Shaun Szameit: Pasadena Needs a Cannabis Equity Program
Pasadena’s cannabis program is one of the worst public policy failures in the history of Pasadena, costing the community more than a thousand jobs and City Hall millions of dollars in unnecessary administrative and legal expenses and foregone tax revenue. Howe... More »
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Guest Opinion | Marsha Rood: If You Build It, They Will Walk
Pasadenans have found a renewed passion for walking and being outdoors. COVID-19 lockdowns have had a lot to do with it. Restaurants and retail have had to be creative to survive. Ironically, the pandemic may have given us a glimpse into the “possible” – what ... More »
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Guest Opinion | Pasadena Construction Companies Coalition: Hire Local on Villa Parke Renovation Project
“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” — Albert Einstein Pasadena has a problem. It’s Local Hiring Program is not working. The latest example is the Villa Parke Community Center Renovation and Addition Project. The s... More »
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Counterpoint | Susan Mossman : In Response to Rick Cole’s Central Library Op-Ed
Pasadena Now received this opinion piece Thursday, in response to an Op/ed published on Wednesday by Rick Cole entitled “Library Closing is a Moment of Reckoning“ I always appreciate hearing Rick Cole’s opinion. He’s an old friend, and he generally makes good ... More »
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Guest Opinion | Rick Cole: Library Closing is a Moment of Reckoning
For nearly one hundred years, Pasadena’s Central Library has been a vital community resource, full of residents, students and researchers utilizing its unique resources. It has served as an iconic public space, inside and out – a vibrant crossroads of people f... More »
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We Get Letters | Anthony Manousos : Open Letter to the Mayor and City Council Members
Open Letter to the Mayor and City Council members, I was taken aback by the decision to cancel the planned City Council meeting “out of an abundance of caution.” Was this done because it was felt that the staff would be unsafe? Many of you attended the Black L... More »
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Guest Opinion | Jennifer Hall Lee: Education Vouchers Hurt Public Schools
What is an Educational voucher? Tamerlin Godley, a founder of Public Funds, Public Schools defined vouchers as “Any mechanism that takes money out of the public schools for the benefit of private schools.” Educational vouchers or Educational Savings Accounts... More »
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Guest Opinion | Dr. Edward C. Ortell: Free Community College: The Foundation for Monumental Change
When historic events converge, historic change cannot be far behind. As Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” First came a global pandemic. Next, an economic downturn, characterized by food and housing insec... More »
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We Get Letters: YWCA Issue
Thank you for your carefully written article. I read Pasadena Now faithfully – it is a real player in our community. Best regards, Marsha https://www.pasadenanow.com/main/city-suing-former-owner-of-ywca-building/ Marsha Rood Pasadena Got something to say, emai... More »
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It Matters | Kathryn H. Ross: Cap is Black
***WARNING: SPOILERS FOR The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Series Ahead! I want to start by saying I’m majorly indulging myself with this month’s column. From the first Spider-Man franchise to the MCU’s debut with Iron Man, growing up with Marvel was like havi... More »