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Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7 - FEBRUARY 13, 2011 VOLUME VII, NO. VI
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150 People Protest Arcadia Community Breakfast Speaker Duarte Man Shot Near Rose Bowl Now Identified
Approximately 150 people from area churches and groups who are opposed to Amundson’s breakfast speaker choice, may their message clear Friday morning at Arcadia Community Center. The sold out event featured a speaker from Focus on Family which is opposed to gay marriage. - Photos by Terry Miller
BY TERRY MILLER An estimated 150 protesters from Arcadia, Pasadena and other parts of California voiced their strong objections to Arca-
dia Mayor Peter Amundson’s choice of speaker from Focus on the Family for Friday morning’s annual Community Break-
fast.
The protestors arrived around 6:30AM Friday as organizers prepared for the event. People with signs
which read “Are you really my Mayor?” and “Hey, focus on YOUR Family”, plus “Don’t use tax money for Bigotry and Hate”
and “It’s good to be Gay” stood there allotted ground and asked the breakfast go-
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Rodney King Stopped by Duarte Mayor and School Board President Deliver Joint State of the Arcadia Police on the Eve City/State of the School District Talks of the 20th Anniversary of While there was no ucation Center in Duarte. “This is part of our the LAPD Beating getting around pointing Paras-Caracci and future, part of our legacy,” out the economic challenges that confront the City of Duarte and Duarte Unified School District, there was also much upbeat about the joint State of the City/ State of the School District presentations delivered by Mayor Tzeitel Paras-Caracci and School Board President, Pam Kawasaki. More than 100 civic and business leaders attended the Duarte Chamber of Commerce sponsored luncheon held at the newly opened 34,000 square foot Maryvale Family Resource and Early Ed-
Kawasaki spoke of the reality of budget cuts and the shared dread of more to come as a result of the State’s budget crisis. But despite the gloomy economic news, Mayor ParasCaracci told the crowd, “This could be our finest hour.” One example, she said is the new Maryvale facility which brought 30 new jobs to the City, provides child and family counseling, a family resource center, community classes and health and nursing services to the community.
she said. Other reasons for optimism sited by the Mayor. The City is safer. Bucking the norm that when unemployment goes up so does the crime level, Part 1 crimes in Duarte were down 13% in 2010 in almost every category with the exception of auto and grand thefts, up nationwide. The City was awarded a $191,000 California Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention Grant (Cal-GRIP) in late 2010
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olice stopped Rodney King Wednesday evening and cited him for driving with an expired license. Arcadia police said a patrol unit pulled over King after a motorist called 9-1-1 and reported someone driving recklessly in the area of Santa Anita Avenue and the 210 Freeway, Arcadia Police Lt. Paul Foley said. King’s green Mitsubishi Eclipse fit the description of that car, Foley said. Police issued King a
citation for driving on an expired license. His girlfriend drove him home, Foley said. The traffic stop came on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the videotaped beating King received at the hands of four Los Angeles Police Department officers on March 3, 1991. Foley said he could not confirm it was in fact the same Rodney King who was beaten by police, but the two men shared the same name and birth date.
At about 4:00 a.m. Sunday, the Pasadena police department received a call of “Shots Fired” in the 1000 block of Armada Dr. Officers responded to the call and checked the area but nothing was found. At approximately 5:22 a.m., an employee of the city parks department patrolling the area of the Rose Bowl parking lot notified Pasadena Police that as he was arriving for work he saw a Black male lying in a dirt area of the Brookside Parking lot, approximately 100 yards south of Seco Street at Arroyo Blvd. Officers arrived and discovered the body of a Black male in his thirties who had been shot. Paramedics were called and the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have now identified the body as that of Victor Franklin Cass, 57, of Duarte. Cass had two daughters, Chelsea Cass, 24, of West Covina and Victricia Cass, 35, of San Diego. He was married twice and divorced each time. He also apparently had an extensive criminal record including GTA, domestic battery and other charges. He was also dishonorably discharged from the Army. An autopsy will reveal how many shots struck Carr according to coroners. It is unknown if the incident on Armada is related to the discovery of Cass. Detectives are investigating both incidents. Detectives working on the case have said it is too early to tell anything in this stage of the investigation. Anyone with further information pertaining to either of these incidents is asked to call the Pasadena Police Department Homicide Detectives at 626 744- 4511.