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 [...]

 Every year the Monrovia Chamber of Commerce (MCC) receives close to $50,000.00 from the city’s general fund to provide specified contracted services to the city and businesses in the city…(see contract).
 
 Is MCC fulfilling the terms of that contract?
 

The contract calls for a business directory but the MCC only provides a Member Directory.
The contract calls for [...]

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 [...]

“From The City Manager’s Desk” Weekly Report- Friday, May 22, 2009
State Special Election Ends with a Whimper
  
“a Governor and Legislature unable and unwilling to make decisions or provide leadership because the electorate has spent the 30 years stripping them of authority.”

Scott with his typical, public servant mentality chooses to blame the people who make it [...]

 
THE SPENDING STOPS WITH A NO VOTE
 
 Vote May 19, 2009 Vote
 
THE SOLUTION IS NOT MORE TAXES, SPENDING AND BUSINESS AS USUAL.  HOW MUCH MORE TAXATION CAN WE INDURE!
 
The May ballot offers phony solutions to real problems.  Democrats and Republicans are chasing headlines while refusing to face up to the fact that they created a budget [...]

The Democracy we enjoy in this country has been and is being paid for with the sacrifices of the brave men and women who have served and are serving and those who have been maimed or killed in its defense.
 
If Mayor Elect Mary Ann Lutz is really concerned about Democracy and wanted to give the community their democratic [...]

Today the Pasadena Star News Endorsed Clarence Shaw For the Monrovia City Council.   This is a departure from the Council Candidate endorsements that the Pasadena Star News has made in the recent past.   
The Star news usually endorses the incumbent candidates, so for them to break tradition and endorse Clarence Shaw over the incumbent Dan Kirby [...]

Our Current City Council Is Prostituting Monrovia To Special Interest

??????? WHY ???????

Follow The $$ MONEY $$ For The Answers

Council Members Earn As much as $30,000.00 Yr. + Expenses for a Part Time Job

Special Interest Campaign Donations Help Re-Elect Them

Monrovia will lose $$ TENS of MILLIONS of Development DOLLARS $$ Gone Forever

Developers Will $$$ Profit $$$ [...]

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 [...]