In an email from a reliable deep throat I just received additional information on the growing problem within the management of our city and its governance by our City Council.
 
“Cyrus, I have on good authority that there is one more suit pending regarding Verna’s actions.  The kid is still a minor so his statute has [...]

Monrovia City Watch found out the settlement amount in spite of the city’s attempt to hide the facts by signing a confidentiality agreement with Ramirez.
 
Will the police officials who did nothing to stop the abuse be dismissed and sued for negligence?
 
Will Sgt. Daniel Verna be sued to recover the community’s losses?
 
In most other cities the [...]

Yesterday, Dorothy Kelty emailed the CMF board this report:
 
 “7/9/09, Dear CMF Board, An incident report was filed with the PD tonight, regarding Lance’s attempted intimidation of me today, by threatening to call the police because I disagreed with his reasoning on withholding the addresses or city of residence on the Membership List and asked him [...]

It was agendized as the “2009-11 Fiscal Years Budget – Department Presentations”
 
Not much of a budget report.  Scott Ochoa would have been embarrassed if he had any idea of how his department heads should present a budget to the governing body whose job it is to approve that budget.
 
It was a show and tell about [...]

At the Last City Council Meeting, the Council, meeting and acting as the Redevelopment Agency, approved a loan in the amount of $150,000.00 to a new business called London’s Bar & Grille (London’s), 419 South Myrtle Avenue.  The terms of the loan called for the loan to be repaid with funds from the sales tax [...]

The 5/5/09 seating of the newly elected City Council Members and the filling of the vacated Council Seat brought some very interesting dynamics to light about the makeup of some of the community and the MUSD (Monrovia Unified School District) board and superintendent.
 
Who wasn’t there?  Notably absent was all but one MUSD Board member and [...]

Our Police Department has some very outstanding Female Police Officers that have received recognition for Bravery and other achievements that have proven them as combatant as any Male Officer.
Looking at the City Council Agenda 04/07/2009 Item-(PR-3 Introduction of Newly Hired Monrovia Fire Department Employees, Firefighter/Paramedics Dustin Leddy, Anthony Gallegos and Nicholas Board) I see [...]

The main concerns of the community judging by questions from the audience at home and in attendance were:

Runaway Redevelopment
Police Officer Law Suits
Youth and Gangs
Friday Night Street Festival  

The answers from the new City Council Candidates with the Exception of Shevlin and Larson (who because of their tenure on the Community Services Commission speak and [...]

I received this email from someone that wants to remain anonymous.
“My husband talked to one of his buddies who works for the city in the Public Works Department.  This employee tells my husband that he is getting overtime for working every other Friday (city workers have every other Fri. off) and every Saturday just to [...]

If you are a Monrovia resident, then you are paying for Scott Ochoa’s Bailout.
 
Our City Council has allowed or assisted the city manager to steel money from the community with no consequence for the theft. 
 
The loan that Scott Ochoa has, was not the loan presented to the community and approved by the city council at [...]