Monrovia School Board Candidates

Here are all the Monrovia School Board candidate interviews (alphabetical by last name) from Patch. You can open them all side-by-side in tabs using my little tool, OpenUpper.com, and clicking "Open checked," or you can open them one by one here:

Janeane Covarrubias http://goo.gl/FdJ4k

David Crabtree http://goo.gl/hY0Uu

Ed Gililland http://goo.gl/EkCiY

Rob Hammond http://goo.gl/V0fbl

Ed McCarthy http://goo.gl/4J6Yz

Terrence Williams http://goo.gl/N1Pqa

Bryan Wong http://goo.gl/llWwB

- Brad Haugaard

Halloween Ship

I'm thinking this ship will be pretty impressive on Halloween night. On the south side of Hillcrest between Madison and McKinley.

- Brad Haugaard

Man Shoots Himself on Myrtle

Man reportedly shoots himself on Myrtle near Library Park. http://goo.gl/EhqqB and http://goo.gl/lf0hS

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia's McCarthy in Sports Illustrated

Monrovia's Ellis McCarthy makes Sports Illustrated Player of the Week. http://goo.gl/Vc4xk

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Dia de los Muertos | Home Depot Helps

~ Dia de los Muertos at Live Oaks Park in Monrovia Wednesday. http://goo.gl/mQT6v

 

~ Home Depot helps out VFW http://goo.gl/939Oq

 

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Over San Marino in Football :-)

Monrovia beats San Marino 43-7. With a score like that I cringe and feel a bit embarrassed for the losing team. But San Marino didn't give up and scored its 7 points in the fourth quarter. Good for them.

Full story: http://goo.gl/Oi1Xw

- Brad Haugaard

Gold Line Wins Court Cases Brought by Monrovia Landowner

The Metero Gold Line won a court ruling in a case brought against the line by a Monrovia property owner who doesn't want to sell his land for a rail maintenance yard.

 

According to the Gold Line press release, "the ruling released today denies the petitioner’s request that the court invalidate the Construction Authority’s certification of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the project."

 

Also, the news release says that, "To date, the petitioner has initiated six lawsuits against the Construction Authority and City of Monrovia in an attempt to stop the eminent domain process for his property. The lawsuits have ranged from alleging a secret conspiracy, to challenging the ability of board members to sit on the Construction Authority board, to claiming the Construction Authority is not legally permitted to conduct design-build procurements."

 

More here: http://goo.gl/6OsRP

 

- Brad Haugaard

Lunch at Wang's Place

Lunch at Wang's Place yesterday, successor to the old Wang' Palace. It's on Lemon east of Myrtle. Got the Shrimp with Lobster Sauce combo from the lunch menu. It was the most expensive thing on the menu at $8.50. Fresh, tasty, traditional American style Chinese. You know, not too spicy, forks not chopsticks, American music. Restaurant has beautiful decor!

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia High Schedules Grand Opening

Monrovia High schedules grand opening on Nov. 16 to celebrate its renovations and to open the Louise Taylor Performing Arts Center. (Taylor was the former superintendent.) http://goo.gl/dQrff

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Teachers Endorse Candidates | Football vs. San Marino | MHS Reunion | Green Dot

~ Monrovia Teachers Association endorses Ed Gililland, Byron Wong and Terrence Williams. http://goo.gl/Hg2eF

 

~ A look at the upcoming Monrovia-San Marino football game. http://goo.gl/6tmz3

 

~ Monrovia High all-class reunion Oct. 30 at the racetrack. It's a fundraiser to send the Wildcat Symphonic Band to Carnegie Hall. http://goo.gl/mtWUT

 

~ Monrovia's Green Dot will work with GE Capital Retail Bank and Walmart to expanded the Walmart MoneyCard prepaid cards. http://goo.gl/UbPM8

 

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia City Council to Consider Allowing Gates on a Residential Project

At its Nov. 1 meeting, the Monrovia City Council will consider whether to allow Bowden Development to put gates at both entrances of a recently-completed, 7-unit residential development between 1122 and 1126 South Magnolia Ave. and 239-247 West Cypress Ave. City staff is recommending allowing the variance. Details: http://goo.gl/q5X3y

 

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia's State Senator: Governor on the Right Path

Senator Bob Huff, who represents Monrovia, said he supports "raising the mandatory retirement age for all new employees and the adoption of a hybrid risk-sharing plan." He said he thinks the governor "is on the right path." http://goo.gl/oMDgw

 

- Brad Haugaard

Support Monrovia Girls' Tennis | Water-Smart Gardening

~ Have dinner at T. Phillips to help the Monrovia High Girls' Tennis team. (Thanks to Alex Zucco on Facebook). Details: http://goo.gl/N7tdw

~ An evening workshop on water-efficient gardening, Nov. 2. Details: http://goo.gl/gLWhs

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia's AeroVironment Unveils a new Police Drone | Green Dot Has a Great Third Quarter

~ AeroVironment unveils a new police and public-safety drone. http://goo.gl/DR9cl and http://goo.gl/799sU

~ Monrovia's Green Dot Corporation had a very nice third quarter. http://goo.gl/ibIlR

- Brad Haugaard

Gold Line Works Around State Supreme Court Roadblock

Working on the Gold Line bridge at Santa Anita Avenue.

The Metro board has freed money for continued Gold Line rail line work, kind of outflanking a State Supreme Court decision.

As you may recall, the court froze redevelopment agencies until a lawsuit is settled, but since the Gold line needed to lock up property from the Monrovia Redevelopment Agency for a maintenance yard before it would qualify for more money, the court order meant it was stuck. But now the Metro board has taken that into consideration and decided to free up some of the cash. Gold Line spokesman Habib Balian writes:

"Earlier today, the Metro board approved an important amendment to our funding agreement, affording the Construction Authority access to $208 million of the approved $735 million total project budget, an increase of $103.6 million from the original terms.

"Having access to the funds allows the Authority to provide Kiewit Parsons Joint Venture an Interim Notice to Proceed for the Pasadena to Azusa design and preconstruction work, maintaining our current schedule of construction completion in 2015."

- Brad Haugaard