Danielle Haskell Elgin May 21, 2013 at 12:38 pm
Yes Rich, it seems a bit like having the fox watch the henhouse.
R. Ray Morford May 21, 2013 at 09:29 am
When a film is being made, it requires that both Police and Fire personnel are on duty. Extra pay…Read More for employees. A recent film being made, I saw only CHP on duty. Where's the benefit to our employees?
Rich Altavista May 21, 2013 at 07:57 am
It ridicules to think that "a non-profit organization funded by production companies" will…Read More have Monrovia residents best interest as a priority. While filming in Monrovia does help the local economy the right of our citizens the the quiet enjoyment of their properties should be paramount to some studio corporation making money.
Farming this out will not protect the rights and properties of Monrovia citizens as well as the current city managed process. If the permitting process takes resources, charge more and/or increase the lead time on applications, don't outsource the protections our elected government is supposed to provide to some industry sponsored "non-profit".
Nancy Matthews May 21, 2013 at 08:52 am
we are so fortunate to have an organization like MAFA focused on the arts! Keep up the great work…Read More all!
Jennifer Ranger May 14, 2013 at 03:44 am
Heartfelt congratulations to Susan Hirsch, Rouzanna Berberian, Bella Cabot and Robin Starkey! It's…Read More clear that MAFA has chosen very well for these important awards. Thank you also to MAFA, for all your contributions to our community.
Nancy Matthews May 21, 2013 at 09:01 am
What a great day - so many groups working together. Many thanks to the City (Community Services)…Read More for coordinating the Fountain to the Falls Run/Walk and health expo, Center Stage for the Pancake and Popstars event as well as the wonderful community booths with carnival games, and the Monrovia Day Association volunteers. Let's post the date for 2014 on the community calendar now so others can plan to join the fun next year.
http://theneighborhoodfix.blogspot.com/p/community-calendar.html
Louise Robertson-FOMPL May 11, 2013 at 12:01 pm
The Friends of the Monrovia Public Library will hold their annual Spring Book Sale Friday, May 17…Read More and Saturday, May 18, Come to the Community Room at the Library between noon and 5pm and shop the huge selection of bargain books and media for your home library or for gifts. Stay for the Saturday $2 a Bag clearance sale from 4-5pm. All proceeds stay right here in town to benefit the Monrovia Public Library.
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All Boards » Buzlightyear aka marty May 22, 2013 at 01:54 pm
OH! the blog won't let links, link-up. Well in 3 minutes you can google, and find all of this.
Buzlightyear aka marty May 22, 2013 at 01:51 pm
Joan, let me presume you generally understand how the government works, what it can, and can't do,…Read More and what freedom of the press really means.
If so, theoretically, would you agree that if my post, is correct, would be very disturbing?
Would you also agree that because of political leanings, most of the main stream media ignores, and/or twists the events I described to alter public opinion, and minimize it's impact?
All of the statements in my original post are factual, out there in the public, in print, on T.V., and the internet.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/irs-official-in-charge-during-tea-party-targeting-now-runs-health-care-office/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-30/fed-maintains-85-billion-pace-of-purchases-as-growth-pauses.html
It is also called qe3 to infinity, If you want a deeper understanding of what lies ahead, then read this guy everyday. He has predicted, and laid out every move for years.
http://www.jsmineset.com/2012/09/21/qe3-to-infinitythe-final-end-game/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphbenko/2013/03/11/1-6-billion-rounds-of-ammo-for-homeland-security-its-time-for-a-national-conversation/
I believe the above group of links above is spells it out.
Thanks for the challenge. ....
Joan Ochoa Sullivan May 22, 2013 at 10:14 am
Anyone can post a rant like this...if you can back up your statements with facts, then post…Read More legitimate references.
Bill C. May 23, 2013 at 09:16 am
Why was my comment deleted. I saw it go up and then it came down. Are comments being censored here…Read More now? What I said was where I agree people who worked and volunteered last Saturday should not be attacked but thanked for their efforts, the city council and members of city government know the history of this parade and that their conduct was shameful in allowing it to slip to the wayside and not attacking the issuing early enough to assure it would continue. It would be nice to hear Tom Adams or home town grown Larry Spicer speak to this issue.
rubberband May 22, 2013 at 12:51 pm
Yep, B Ulm....
I was there all day. People were working really hard from early a.m. to clean up…Read More time. I noticed plenty of smiles and laughter, some quick no-nonsense problem solving, and some really rather creative ways to tackle the project at hand. It was smaller scale, there was no carnival (Did the Tilt a Whirl with dried puke REALLY mean that much to you folks?!)
Look, the pancakes tasty, kids cute, dunk booth busy. These people did their best, and this is coming from me, an admitted Mr.grumpy pants.
Danielle, since you seem keen on helping out per your post, and would volunteer if you knew where to go to do so, please sign up to be the dunkee next year. We'd love to have ya...I might be old but I have one helluva fast ball.
B Ulm May 21, 2013 at 09:06 pm
Wow - what an insulting, non-constructive post. You live in a city whose citizens banded together to…Read More tax themselves to save it Foothill wilderness, raised funds to renovate its schools and to build a state of the art library. The fact that one one single event in the year didn't go the way you wanted made you ashamed to be a Monrovian suggests you need to seriously rethink your priorities in life. As the first response said, quit complaining and get involved. Its not very hard in this city to find out how to volunteer if you had given it a slight effort. And the volunteer groups like the one that put the event together are starving for help since tearing people down is a lot more popular these days than putting in hard work. You are the one who should be ashamed.
rubberband May 20, 2013 at 07:38 am
Who was that face painter? She was really good with the kids, even the wiggly ones. She also was…Read More giving away little handmaid mermaids.
Some of the stuff at the celebration was cool.
I think next year the city council should be the dunkees for the dunk booth.
Ellen Zunino May 17, 2013 at 01:02 pm
Cool presentation. Many of us have had our own encounters and all of us have seen numerous photos…Read More and videos so your creative approach freshened it up for us.
Dan Crandell May 16, 2013 at 09:28 pm
A California city will never prevail in a lawsuit against the STATE. All CA. cities must merge to…Read More sue in mass under Federal RICO laws while we still have Federal laws. Filing alone at the State level is useless. Wake up people.
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