Throw the new kids under the bus, man

I love how they send the new two out to research the possible new city manager. Is that so everybody else can blame them when it all blows up? Tyler's a sweet old dude and nobody'd blame him for a major fuck up in the selection.

From the S-Nooze blogsite: http://insidesocal.com/pasadenapolitics/2008/07/new-pasadena-city-manager-coul.html

New Pasadena city manager could be selected tonight (or might not be)
By Dan Abendschein on July 28, 2008 10:32 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | ShareThis

Riverside city officials are a little more open-mouthed about the Pasadena city manager job than Pasadena officials. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported over the weekend that Riverside Assistant City Manager Michael Beck is a finalist for the Pasadena job.

A Riverside city official told him that Pasadena council members Jacque Robinson, Margaret McAustin and Sid Tyler spent Friday afternoon at Riverside city hall talking with officials about Beck.

Sounds to me like folks in Rivvaside like talkin' to the press. Not like elected and staff peeps in Pasadena.

Word of caution to Robinson and McAustin: Watch out for your council pals when they start gettin' hit with hard criticism. They're gonna ask you why you fucked it up.

Here: It's already startin' girlz. Watch yer backs:

This from a leader of the bitchin' biddies of Pasadena.

From: Christle Balvin [mailto:cbalvin@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:24 PM
To: 'Adam Carter'; 'bill ellinger'; 'Bob Oltman'; 'christine Lazzaretto'; 'connie holguin'; 'dale trader'; 'david Fertig'; 'diane Kirby'; 'Diane Peterson More'; 'Don Nollar'; 'ed & Delores Rodriguez'; 'Elizabeth Pomeroy'; 'Elsa Vasquez'; 'emily stork'; 'esteban lizardo'; 'Fred Zepeda'; 'fritz Puelicher'; 'greg apodaca'; 'helen Rahder'; 'Irma Strantz'; 'Jaime Regalado'; 'Jay Chilin'; 'jeanette Henderson'; 'Jody Donnelly'; 'juanita Espino'; 'juliana Delgado'; 'kelly kimball'; 'linda Handelman'; 'lyla White'; 'Madhu Kumar'; 'mark goldschmidt'; 'mark nay'; 'Martha Hernandez'; 'marvin schachter'; 'mary barrie'; 'mary sullivan'; 'mary wilson'; 'meredith McKenzie'; 'merrilee fellows'; 'michelle White'; 'miriam Nakamura-Quan'; 'oscar Manzanares'; 'patricia Herrera'; 'paul jacoy'; 'raheen'; 'roberta marti'; 'roberta Martinez'; 'rudy Carrasco'; 'Sandra Greenstein'; 'stac cahan'; 'Tim Wendler'; 'vatche'; 'Arnold Siegel'; Carolyn_Meredithoo@yahoo.com; 'Cesar Portillo'; 'David Czamanske'; 'David Nazaryk'; 'Diane Zaptal'; 'Dick Roether'; 'Dorothy Lindsey'; 'Edith Grady'; 'Erlinda Romo'; 'Irma Strantz'; 'James Maddox'; 'jill Fosselman'; 'Joan Hearst'; 'Joan Palmer'; 'Kelly Sutherlin McLoud'; 'LorettaMockler'; 'Mariam Quan'; 'Marvin Schachter'; 'Maureen Carlson'; 'Mic Hansen'; 'Monica Hubbard'; 'Pepi Feinblatt'; 'Richard Janisch'; 'Richard Norton'; 'Sam Gennewey'; 'Stacy L. Cahan'; Steven Marcussen; 'steve mulheim'; 'Steve Preston'; 'Teresa Baxter'; 'Virginia Oltman'; 'Wendy Cobleigh'; 'Weston Embree'; 'Wilma Tayor'
Subject: FW: Michael Beck is Not a Good Choice for Pasadena City Manager



Dear Concerned residents:



Bob Kneisel lived in Riverside for many years and actively worked with preservationists in that city just as he has here. For those of you who do not know him, he helped to form Bungalow Heaven and the Neighborhood Coalition as well as save the Charles Francis Sander’s home. He has sent us the following information about Michael Beck, a candidate for Pasadena City Manager.



If you are concerned about Mr. Beck’s selection as City Manager, please call or e-mail your council member immediately. Time is of the essence. As you know, your council member can be reached by e-mail by simply writing the first letter of his or her first name plus the full last name followed by writing @cityofpasadena.net. To phone, the following field representative numbers might be helpful:

Mayor Bill Bogaard Assistant is Judy Kent 744-7147

District 1 Jacque Robinson Field Rep is Tina Williams 744-4444

District 2 Margaret McAustin FR is Margo Morales-Fuller 744-4742

District 3 Chris Holden FR is Jacqueline McIntyre 577-2066

District 4 Steve Haderlein FR is Rhonda Stone 791-8011

District 5 Victor Gordo FR is Vanya DeLa Cuba 744-4741

District 6 Steve Madison FR is Taka Suzuki 744-4739

District 7 Sid Tyler FR is Pam Thyret 441-1802



Christle




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From: Bob Kneisel [mailto:bkinpas@charter.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:42 PM
To: cbalvin@sbcglobal.net
Subject: Michael Beck is Not a Good Choice for Pasadena City Manager



Michael Beck, Assistant City Manager of Riverside, is being considered by the City Council to be the next City Manager of Pasadena. Mr. Beck has a very poor reputation among the historic preservation community in Riverside. The proposed Fox Plaza Project, which he has been a prime advocate for, would destroy seven historic buildings in Riverside's historic downtown. The Environmental Impact Report for the project was so deficient in assessing impacts on historic resources that the City has been sued for a California Environmental Quality Act violation. And the Request for Proposals sent to attract developers for the project failed to mention that there are historic buildings that would be in the way of the project. With this track record, Michael Beck would be a bad fit for Pasadena, where we save our historic buildings, and use them to enhance our economy. Pasadena needs a city manager who is on the side of preservation, not demolition.

I ain't sayin' who sent it to me. (And no, I ain't on that email list from Crystal "Save Pasadena from the culluds 'n the young 'n everybody who ain't a well-to-do old white lady " Balvin.

D.