The Monrovia Blockbuster video store at 123 W. Foothill Blvd. will apparently survive an April 10 round of closures that will affect Blockbuster stores in other local cities. http://goo.gl/LBLlG
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia's STAAR Plans Five Commercials
STAAR Surgical, of Monrovia, plans five new commercials focused on the benefits of its contact lenses and glasses. http://goo.gl/NG4ZT
- Brad Haugaard
The Monrovia Rule
The Monrovia Rule, no wearing jewelry during track and field events. http://goo.gl/L2Z9S - Brad Haugaard
Win $50k / Bark for Life / Firefighters Fight Cancer
~ Enter the Home Energy Makeover Contest before March 31. Win up to $50,000. http://goo.gl/ihwIg ~ Bark for Life of Monrovia to raise money for American Cancer Society, Sunday, March 20. http://goo.gl/4mZ4F ~ Monrovia firefighters help raise more than $30,000 to fight Cancer. http://goo.gl/xdMVO - Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Mayor: Contact State Representatives / Gold Line Benefits
~ Monrovia Mayor Mary Ann Lutz is asking residents to contact Senator Bob Huff (916) 651-4029, Assembly Member Anthony Portantino (916) 319-2044 and Assembly Member Tim Donnelly (916) 319-2059 before noon today to ask them to vote against Assembly Bill 101 and Senate Bill 77, which would end redevelopment agencies. http://goo.gl/YcHtS
~ Thoughts on how the Gold Line will benefit Monrovia and the San Gabriel Valley by Cynthia Kurtz, president and CEO of the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership. http://goo.gl/nWVYS - Brad Haugaard
Donnelly Votes Against Higher Benefits
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, who represents Monrovia, says that he has voted to stop an increase of government spending for illegal immigrant benefits. http://goo.gl/OiKLB
Monrovia Deer
These deer were all munching in someone's front yard on Scenic Drive. They saw me but couldn't care less. Can you spot all seven of them?
- Brad Haugaard
Contribute to Japan Relief Through YMCA
According to the Monrovia Family YMCA, you can donate to the Japan YMCA Relief Fund by visiting ymca.net (click on this link to go right to the giving page: http://goo.gl/ipy2Q ) or by calling (800) 872-9622. The Y says that "100 percent of the contributions donated to this fund will go directly to the Japan YMCA."
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Mayor Asks Residents to Sign Petition
Monrovia Mayor Mary Ann Lutz is urging Monrovia residents to sign an online petition protesting the State of California's intention to eliminate redevelopment agencies. If you would like to sign the petition, you can find it here: http://goo.gl/0pSnE - Brad Haugaard
Monrovia City Council Candidate Statements
Here are the Monrovia City Council candidate statements (click on the image to enlarge) from the official sample ballot for the April 12 city election.
Interestingly, although his name is on the ballot, there is no statement for candidate Jason Cosylion. Also, according to this report ( http://goo.gl/urJLh ), candidate Joe Espinosa has dropped out of the race because of a death in his family, although his name will remain on the ballot.
I did not include the statement for Mayor Mary Ann Lutz because she is running unopposed.
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia City Manager Criticizes Assembly Speaker
In his weekly update, Monrovia City Manager Scott Ochoa mocks state Assembly Speaker Perez' description of his support for the elimination of redevelopment. Ochoa said Perez said, "You have to end it before you can mend it."
Ochoa isn't buying it:
"Right. Decades of law and legal precedent, investment, improvement, and public interest proposed to be erased in as many days, and we are to believe that this is about creating a better mousetrap? Not likely. This is about money. If this were about public policy, the State would - or at least should - involve many stakeholders and perspectives. Instead, Speaker Perez and the other members of the so-called Big 5 are holed up trying to figure out an $86 billion structurally imbalanced budget."
Source: http://goo.gl/2ePc5
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Giving Its Part of Mountain Road to County
City Manager Scott Ochoa reports that Monrovia - along with Arcadia and Sierra Madre - will turn over ownership and maintenance of Chantry Flats Road to Los Angeles County after damage from a 2004-05 rainstorm is repaired. The repairs, he said, are being made with federal funds, not city money. http://goo.gl/2ePc5
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Church Raises Money for Japan
First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia raised $786 for Japan earthquake and tsunami relief with an impromptu special offering Sunday. The money will be sent through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to work with mission partners in country. Source: http://goo.gl/t8Ea2
- Brad Haugaard
Multi-Sign Shevlin
UPDATE: Becky Shevlin responds:
"There is even yet another version as well which has a sentence down at the bottom about help me make Monrovia a great place to live work and play. Actually, when I ran two years ago, I did not want to use the same traditional signs and I experimented a bit with color and size – as well did the local sign maker Signs by Steve ‘n Sons. I have recycled the old signs and added a few new yellow ones.
"Regardless, I obviously got you to take notice and now you have posted same providing even more exposure so I guess you would have to say they have done their job. This time around I would also like to bring attention to the fact that we are holding an election and encourage people to be engaged in the process and to get out and vote. On the other hand, I guess it all boils down to the eyes and minds of the beholders as to whether they see the different signs as a positive or a negative. I guess I will see what happens on April 12th! Please remember to vote!"
- Brad Haugaard
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