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Lamplighter Publisher Receives Questionable Tax Letter From LA County Treasurer By Randy Economy On the heels of articles written citing corruption and collaboration to discredit Lamplighter/ Los Cerritos Community News, Brian Hews, publisher and President, received a highly questionable letter from the LA County Treasurer and Tax Collector Brian Hews demanding payment Publisher of over $5,000 on a delinquent “unsecured property tax bill.” The letter, sent to Hews’ residence and referencing Carmen Hews’ Estate (Carmen Hews is Brian’s mother who passed away in Jan 2011) states, “this notice serves as an official demand that unless payment in full.... is received in this office by 11-15-12, you will leave us no alternative other than to proceed with enforced collection for this delinquent tax bill.” “This is outright intimidation, I was never on the title of that house, and my brother was the executor of the estate,” said Hews. “The City Council here in Cerritos slammed me and the newspaper when we wrote an article on Councilman Bruce Barrows assaulting a resident after a council meeting. Barrows tried to change his story, we documented the changes, and at the next city council meeting, led by Barrows, they voted 5-0 to cut our print advertising budget. LA County is trying to do the same thing, it is a personal attack and an assault on freedom of the press”, said Hews.
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VOL. 1, NO. 50
LA MIRADA, CA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2012
50 YEARS: First Graduating Class of La Mirada High School By Carol Fritz Tomlinson La Mirada High School was built in the early 60's and in October the school’s first graduating classes held the school’s first 50-year reunion at the Hilton Irvine Airport Hotel. Over 150 alumni and faculty from Classes of 1962 and 1963 attended the weekend event that started on Friday night and ended with breakfast on Sunday morning. On Saturday, a group went on a tour of their old campus, and on Saturday evening the main party included a tribute to the 11 faculty members, including La Mirada High School’s first principal, Charles Vernon, who attended. Special moments were remembered
[See GRADUATES page 9]
Work is underway on the new community shopping center on La Mirada Boulevard and Imperial Highway. The center will feature a new supermarket and drug store, as well as a number of smaller shops. The center is the largest of several older commercial areas in La Mirada that have been upgraded recently or are currently planning to undertake
The La Mirada High School 50th Reunion Committee included co-chairs Pat Tisa and Carol Fritz Tomlinson, Cheryl Cummings Short, Carl Olson, Norm Jones, Colette Poore, Steve Dermer and Martha Perry Campbell.
State Demands Cerritos Pay $17.1 Million in Redevelopment Funds
Friends of LM Library Fundraiser at Dale Tiffany
City disputes state’s findings. By Jerry Bernstein
On November 5, Dale Tiffany donated 20% of their sales to those who came to their store because of the efforts of the Friends of the Library. In addition they added a generous donation of their own. Ann Choi, store manager, Jonathan Kim, company Vice President, Jose Millan, a store assistant, made it all possible. The Friends of the
Library greeted shoppers and gave out door prizes. This is one of the continuing fund raising events that result from the efforts of the Friends of the Library as they seek to provide funds for the La Mirada Library. New books, magazines and the funding of Children’s reading program come as a result.
The California Department of Finance has informed Cerritos it needs to make a cash payment of $17.1 million to the State of California, claiming the money is owed by the Successor Agency to the Cerritos Redevelopment Agency. In a letter dated Nov. 9, the Department of Finance wrote it was their understanding $17.1 million from the unencumbered Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund and cash equivalents was transferred to the City on Feb. 1,2012. The Health and Safety
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