Wednesday 11:00 pm I heard a gunshot outside my home and when I went to investigate I discovered that an MPD officer had been forced to shoot a Mountain Lion that had made an aggressive move toward the officer.  The Mountain Lion was killed instantly by the gunshot and did not suffer. 

This occurred near the entrance to a private road in the 800 block of Norumbega Dr.  There have been recent sightings and encounters with Mountain Lions in this area for some time and this was the inevitable outcome as these wild animals become more and more accustomed to us.   I had posted an article about a neighbor’s dog that had been attacked and almost killed if he had not intervened with a rake.  This female Lion (aprox. 75lb) has a mate that is still in the area so be very carful for yourself and your children.

At the last council meeting the Mayor found it funny and joked that the council was convening the Redevelopment agency meeting to approve the minutes and then adjourn so that the council could receive their pay under state law for holding an Agency meeting, after being asked to re-think the wage freeze for the General employees.

That is ONE SICK COUNCIL to make jokes about the plight of people who are not getting a raise while the council who is supposed to be a group of part time community volunteers, who are earning with benefits more then some of the General employees.  The single moms raising children and heads of families all struggling to make ends meet with the rising cost of gas and all of the price increases that come with the rise in gas prices.

Mayor Hammond and the rest of the City Council find that amusing.

I applied for the Monrovia CERT program a few weeks ago after completing my training with the MFD and receiving my Certificate of Achievement.

I was informed by the Human Resources Department that the CERT program was not in need of any volunteers at this time.  I confirmed this fact with the Fire Chief.  If you were thinking of volunteering for the CERT program be aware that they are not accepting applications at this time.

The initiative process is the people’s retained constitutional right to enact “direct legislation.” Born out of distrust for government, the initiative process provides a tremendous constitutional protection for Californians.  California law demands that local government trust the voters, not the otherway around. Initiatives are to be upheld when reasonably possible. The California Supreme Court has put it this way:

“The amendment of the California Constitution in 1911 to provide for the initiative and referendum signifies one of the outstanding achievements of the progressive movement of the early 1900’s. Drafted in light of the theory that all power of government ultimately resides in the people, the amendment speaks of the initiative and referendum, not as a right granted the people, but as a power reserved by them. Declaring it “the duty of the courts to jealously guard this right of the people, the courts have described the initiative and referendum as articulating “one of the most precious rights of our democratic process.” “[/It has long been our judicial policy to apply a liberal construction to this power wherever it is challenged in order that the right be not improperly annulled. If doubts can reasonably be resolved in favor of the use of this reserve power, courts will preserve it.”

Up-Date on Public Information Policy And Nothing Will Change.

Still no reply on the Media (Press) Pass issue.

If you are at an official gathering, major police or fire emergency the treatment you receive from the city employees will be discretionary.  That’s right the city manager would rather waste the time of his employees and risk mistreatment of the public and Media (press) because he is not willing to let the city clerk issue an information distribution policy for all city employees to adhere to when dealing with the public or Media (press). Continue Reading »