“We’re mad as hell and we’re not gonna take this anymore!”
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2009 VOLUME 14, NO.87
In Fiscal Crisis, Monrovia Gives Bonuses Only to Cops
No Criminal Charges for Pasadena Cops in Barnes Killing
BY SUSAN MOTANDER
With all the discussion of the current financial problems facing municipal governments, questions have arisen about bonuses regularly given to various city employees. In response to a request for public records, Monrovia’s City Clerk Alice Atkins supplied the following information: “...the amount of bonuses paid in fiscal year 2009/10 is $17,585.67,” said Atkins. “These were paid to employees of the Police Department, as the MPOA did not forgo bonuses as part of their negotiations. Bonuses for all other employee groups, including management and mid-management, have been suspended.” Atkins added that the
County Releases Detailed Independent Review of Shooting Incident The two police officers who shot and killed 38-yearold Pasadena resident Leroy Barnes in February will not face any county criminal charges it was disclosed last week. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office concluded its investigation Wednesday and stated that the shooting was “lawful self-
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Boy Scout Takes Leadership Role in Monrovia’s Make a Difference Day
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A group of students from USC Dept. of Anthropology Field Study group dig at the northeast corner of the adobe seeking artifacts. They found little here.—Photo courtesy of California State Parks, 2009
Recipe for Rose Bowl Rock: Black Eyed Peas, Splash of Slash, and a Heaping Spoonful of U2
-Photo by Terry Miller BY TERRY MILLER
BY SAMEEA KAMAL
The slogan for the campaign is “A National Day to Help Others.” And this is precisely what local Boy Scout Scott Card set out to do in organizing his group for this year’s Make a Difference Day in Monrovia as part of his Eagle project. The October 24 event was part of the national Make a Difference Day campaign, which the city of Monrovia has been participating in for the past seventeen years. The day was kicked off by Mayor Mary Ann Lutz, after which the approximately
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Anthropologist Dr. William J. Wallace is pictured in one of the adobe rooms during the 1958 restoration effort. Dr. Wallace headed the archeological effort to build what they thought was the Hugo Reid Adobe. The Baldwin Annex was torn down.—Photo courtesy of California State Parks, 2009
a committee as early as this week to review the 50 yearold archaeological findings and reports by anthropologists to save the adobe and hire experts to sort out fact from speculation.
100,000 U2 fans jampacked the Rose Bowl on Sunday night to watch the legendary Irish rockers put on their only California show and the largest on their 360 Tour. Everyone was prepared for the “wall of sound” so often associated with major U2 Concerts, but this was a bit different. The elaborate, alien like structure, which doubled as the stage, held the massive speakers at a distance so that those on the ground wouldn’t go deaf after the opening number. In fact, the concert was not loud by any stretch of the imagination, though many Rose Bowl area residents might disagree with this assessment. Advanced planning and
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A room in the historic adobe at the Arboretum shows how Baldwin enhanced the mud and straw building which was constructed in 1854. The photo was taken to show the condition of the adobe before restoration, in 1958.—Photo courtesy of California State Parks, 2009
Arboretum Gets the Message: Save the Adobe and Baldwin’s Home! BY BILL PETERS
The Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee, the group of Arcadians formed to pressure the County to get serious about preserving the old adobe located in the
historical section of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, got a piece of good news this week. The Arboretum announced it will work not only to stabilize the quickly deteriorating 150 year-old adobe structure but
also develop a plan which will include the re-construction of the home of Elias J. Baldwin, the founder of Arcadia, that an earlier restoration group had removed. The Arboretum’s CEO, Richard Schulhof, said he will pull together