Enjoy the holiday with your family and remember to do something nice for someone else. We'll all be better off if we all take a little responsibility for others.
D.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Can we get one of these with Selinske's head on it?
Maybe we could throw failing report cards at him.
Best online freebie so far this Christmas.
http://www.sockandawe.com/
I got as high as 12 my first time out.
D.
Best online freebie so far this Christmas.
http://www.sockandawe.com/
I got as high as 12 my first time out.
D.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
I love our PUSD wants to sue a contractor and lose money
Typical:
PUSD claims it got cheated by a contractor. PUSD's own records are so shoddy the police and prosecutor can't make a case but PUSD wants to spend $300K to $500K to sue a contractor they say cheated them out of $300K.
Great leadership from Tom Slimensky, er Selinske. The S-Nooze has this. Love his quote: However, PUSD may ultimately have to file a civil suit that could cost $300,000 to $500,000 to placate critics, Tao wrote in the confidential letter obtained by the Pasadena Star News.
"I think it is something we need to pursue," school board President Tom Selinske said Friday. "Wherever we can recover taxpayer dollars, that is my duty as a board member."
Michael Ammermon, a forensic accountant hired by the district, has alleged that contractors Eric Peterson and Jesse Yzaguirre improperly billed PUSD for at least $300,000 in 2006 and 2007 on repair projects at Washington Middle School.
Where were these people when PUSD's LEARNS staff was stealing money? Oh, yeah, they asked Pasadena PD to back off investigating.
Selective watchdogs. Just what we need!
D.
PUSD claims it got cheated by a contractor. PUSD's own records are so shoddy the police and prosecutor can't make a case but PUSD wants to spend $300K to $500K to sue a contractor they say cheated them out of $300K.
Great leadership from Tom Slimensky, er Selinske. The S-Nooze has this. Love his quote: However, PUSD may ultimately have to file a civil suit that could cost $300,000 to $500,000 to placate critics, Tao wrote in the confidential letter obtained by the Pasadena Star News.
"I think it is something we need to pursue," school board President Tom Selinske said Friday. "Wherever we can recover taxpayer dollars, that is my duty as a board member."
Michael Ammermon, a forensic accountant hired by the district, has alleged that contractors Eric Peterson and Jesse Yzaguirre improperly billed PUSD for at least $300,000 in 2006 and 2007 on repair projects at Washington Middle School.
Where were these people when PUSD's LEARNS staff was stealing money? Oh, yeah, they asked Pasadena PD to back off investigating.
Selective watchdogs. Just what we need!
D.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Council Blow by Blow for 12-15-08
They're talkin' about Heritage Square in Closed Session. Think we'll hear what they decided? Ha! How much you wanna bet the new developer wants more $$$?
Madison's there. Robinson's callin' it in from home again. That's at 530 West Howard, peeps! Let's all go do public comment in her living room, whaddaya think?
OK. Here we go. Robinson's actually not there at all, even on the phone. Gordo leads the pledge and gets it right.
COUNCIL PALS GET BACK PATS: This time it's long suffering, er working employees. These folks have worked for 35 years for the city. Good on for them, actually. There's five or sic people they call out. Nobody works for one company for more than five years these days. They're good people who work hard. One guy's a mechanic knows five languages and sent two kids to college.
They intro some new execs. Andrew Green's the new finance guy. Holy shit! Yoda smilin' guy's black. Cool. Bill Wong's the housing guy who used to work for the National Trust. Schoolmarm Sue's gotta be happy about that. The new assistant city manager's the interim finance director.
PUBLIC COMMENT: Falun Gong Asian Scientologists are back in force. Bogus gets dissed a bit for bein' a latecomer to caring about human rights. They're all about what's goin' on now and how China's not respecting human rights. Big surprise. But they're right about Bogus playing at caring now a year after he coulda done womething meaningful about the China Gloat er Float.
CONSENT CALENDAR: They're only spending $260K without talking about it. This time it's for Hamilton Park.
CONFERENCE CENTER: It's gettin' built and they all love it. Can it stay on schedule? We'll know in March or April. They say they're doin' ok and are doin' energy efficiency projects so we gotta love it, right? They hired a lot of local people and got locals doing contracts. That's good. There's something up with the public art part. The council gets to decide. They all sound very... esoteric and kinda crappy.
ICE RINK: Madison's all over lovin' this one. It's costing $26 million 'cause now they wanna put it on crappy land near Eaton Wash. They gotta build a real foundation to keep it from fallin' into the stream. Just the foundation's gonna cost almost $4 mil. Then they gotta build a road to get to it and hook up electric and all that costs $1.2 million more. Maybe it's time to look for somethin' cheaper guys. But the building guy says their ain't no such place to find. They're gonna bid it all and see what happens. Tyler says he's not sure they can afford $26 mil for skaters.
Public commenter Arthur Chin wants his kid to go home and do homework and loves ice hockey and wants the new rink and thinks we should all pay $26 mil for it.
Madison's ready to spend for this boondoggle. Holden wonders why they need to build two instead of just one like they have now.
Madison's all over spending another $100K for design now. Hey, Steve, can you spell R-E-C-E-S-S-I-O-N? Oh, right the dude drives a Maserati, what's $100K to him?
REPORT ON FINANCES AND CITY SPENDING: Beck says they are going to keep bringing info when they know what's going on. He says the economy is getting worse on the national level and we've got a recession with half a million jobs lost in November. Retail sales are down 2.7%. Office vacancy rate in Pasadena is up to 11%. TOT is down 7%. Anybody know what TOT is? Something to do with hotels and the convention center. Business license payments are down 10%. City general funds are down. Sales tax is down. Utility tax is up. Construction tax is down. Property taxes are up a little. Other taxes are down 5.5%. The general fund is down 2% from last year and off 5% from the budget. For 2010 he expects it's gonna get worse because of expenses going up with no new money. Personnel will cost $5 million more thanks to the raises they gave. He's got nice graphs to show that the city's gonna start losing money real fast and will be in a deficit by 2012 if they keep it up. Before 2007 they were being careful but since then they've been deficit spending. Beck wants to make it up with salary saving, cutting back bathroom cleaning in parks and not clearing up trash as fast and clearing brush. He wants to cut back travel and training costs and cutting back overtime. He wants to look at holding off on giving raises, furloughing workers and cutting back contracts. Change how they buy trucks. He wants to look at doing things to stimulate Pasadena's economy. They've got money hangin' out there for urgent care, west Pas open space, ice rinks and more that cost between $112 million and $750 million. He says they're gonna have trouble borrowing to pay for these things. Gordo's lookin' out for the union folks. McAustin's askin' about bond ratings and gets told Pasadena's in good shape to sell bonds. She says they need to cut big things to get enough savings. Holden wants to know if there's ways to raise more $$$. Where dude? Raise my electric and water costs? He wants to have workshops about how to pay for Pasadena quality of life. Tyler wants to look at fees and how much gets charged for business license taxes and shit like that. He wants to cut personnel costs. So don't vote for the big raises, dude! McAustin says the residents expect a lot of service but there's not a way to pay for it. Bogaard says the state's gonna really screw over Pasadena but Beck says things will get worse but slower than maybe it might look like now. Holden asks about green business and says he wants to know what a green economy means. Holden says Water and Power should be the model. Solar panels for everybody! I say: Get a grip folks. We're screwed and we gotta deal with it.
MY COMPUTER HAD A BRAIN FREEZE SO I'M Finishing TODAY, WHICH IS TOMORROW FROM THE MEETING.
PENSION FUND TRANSFER: City owes police and fire retirees and has gotta pay $1 million to make it whole.
$18 MILLION WATER AND POWER OFFICE/WAREHOUSE AND EMERGENCY CENTER: This is at the Pasadena yards in Northwest. Who's gonna have their office there? Don't think they're movin' the downtown PWP folks up there. Too bad, they oughta do that and save some $$$. There's some talk about Hahamonga 'cause they power dept. wants to use a building up there temporarily. Bogus asks about some road and gets told it's not something they're doing. They're spending it.
ROSE BOWL TAX: They're raising the tax on tix for the game and parade.
WHAT'S A ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD COST ANYWAY?: Hey, what's better to put in? Duh! I'm guessin artificial turf cause you ain't gotta water it, plant it or any of that stuff compared to fake grass that lasts for a long time. Artificial turf costs twice as much but you can use it for a lot longer every week and its costs a lot less to keep up. Fake grass is cheaper and better it sounds like. But you gotta keep bodily fluids cleaned up. Keep them cheerleaders off their backs on the turf dudes. Oh, they're talkin' 'bout sweat and spit they say anyway. Haderlein's fishin' for a field in east Pas and gets told the next one's at Robinson Park then Villa Park. Robinson's on the phone for this one. She squeeks a yes.
COUNCIL YAKKIN': Holden wants to know how many people are gonna be there next time.
WRAP UP: Pasadena's gotta do something about the budget. Ok. Stop spending a buncha money in West Pas for Nina Chomsky's backyard and spend it on something that gives people jobs.
Meeting's another snoozer. The big item got done in closed session and we don't know abot it c'cause nobody tells anything about that.
Surprise. Tell me about astroturf but nothing about a big project that's costin' the city millions.
Sad nobody really gets it.
D.
Madison's there. Robinson's callin' it in from home again. That's at 530 West Howard, peeps! Let's all go do public comment in her living room, whaddaya think?
OK. Here we go. Robinson's actually not there at all, even on the phone. Gordo leads the pledge and gets it right.
COUNCIL PALS GET BACK PATS: This time it's long suffering, er working employees. These folks have worked for 35 years for the city. Good on for them, actually. There's five or sic people they call out. Nobody works for one company for more than five years these days. They're good people who work hard. One guy's a mechanic knows five languages and sent two kids to college.
They intro some new execs. Andrew Green's the new finance guy. Holy shit! Yoda smilin' guy's black. Cool. Bill Wong's the housing guy who used to work for the National Trust. Schoolmarm Sue's gotta be happy about that. The new assistant city manager's the interim finance director.
PUBLIC COMMENT: Falun Gong Asian Scientologists are back in force. Bogus gets dissed a bit for bein' a latecomer to caring about human rights. They're all about what's goin' on now and how China's not respecting human rights. Big surprise. But they're right about Bogus playing at caring now a year after he coulda done womething meaningful about the China Gloat er Float.
CONSENT CALENDAR: They're only spending $260K without talking about it. This time it's for Hamilton Park.
CONFERENCE CENTER: It's gettin' built and they all love it. Can it stay on schedule? We'll know in March or April. They say they're doin' ok and are doin' energy efficiency projects so we gotta love it, right? They hired a lot of local people and got locals doing contracts. That's good. There's something up with the public art part. The council gets to decide. They all sound very... esoteric and kinda crappy.
ICE RINK: Madison's all over lovin' this one. It's costing $26 million 'cause now they wanna put it on crappy land near Eaton Wash. They gotta build a real foundation to keep it from fallin' into the stream. Just the foundation's gonna cost almost $4 mil. Then they gotta build a road to get to it and hook up electric and all that costs $1.2 million more. Maybe it's time to look for somethin' cheaper guys. But the building guy says their ain't no such place to find. They're gonna bid it all and see what happens. Tyler says he's not sure they can afford $26 mil for skaters.
Public commenter Arthur Chin wants his kid to go home and do homework and loves ice hockey and wants the new rink and thinks we should all pay $26 mil for it.
Madison's ready to spend for this boondoggle. Holden wonders why they need to build two instead of just one like they have now.
Madison's all over spending another $100K for design now. Hey, Steve, can you spell R-E-C-E-S-S-I-O-N? Oh, right the dude drives a Maserati, what's $100K to him?
REPORT ON FINANCES AND CITY SPENDING: Beck says they are going to keep bringing info when they know what's going on. He says the economy is getting worse on the national level and we've got a recession with half a million jobs lost in November. Retail sales are down 2.7%. Office vacancy rate in Pasadena is up to 11%. TOT is down 7%. Anybody know what TOT is? Something to do with hotels and the convention center. Business license payments are down 10%. City general funds are down. Sales tax is down. Utility tax is up. Construction tax is down. Property taxes are up a little. Other taxes are down 5.5%. The general fund is down 2% from last year and off 5% from the budget. For 2010 he expects it's gonna get worse because of expenses going up with no new money. Personnel will cost $5 million more thanks to the raises they gave. He's got nice graphs to show that the city's gonna start losing money real fast and will be in a deficit by 2012 if they keep it up. Before 2007 they were being careful but since then they've been deficit spending. Beck wants to make it up with salary saving, cutting back bathroom cleaning in parks and not clearing up trash as fast and clearing brush. He wants to cut back travel and training costs and cutting back overtime. He wants to look at holding off on giving raises, furloughing workers and cutting back contracts. Change how they buy trucks. He wants to look at doing things to stimulate Pasadena's economy. They've got money hangin' out there for urgent care, west Pas open space, ice rinks and more that cost between $112 million and $750 million. He says they're gonna have trouble borrowing to pay for these things. Gordo's lookin' out for the union folks. McAustin's askin' about bond ratings and gets told Pasadena's in good shape to sell bonds. She says they need to cut big things to get enough savings. Holden wants to know if there's ways to raise more $$$. Where dude? Raise my electric and water costs? He wants to have workshops about how to pay for Pasadena quality of life. Tyler wants to look at fees and how much gets charged for business license taxes and shit like that. He wants to cut personnel costs. So don't vote for the big raises, dude! McAustin says the residents expect a lot of service but there's not a way to pay for it. Bogaard says the state's gonna really screw over Pasadena but Beck says things will get worse but slower than maybe it might look like now. Holden asks about green business and says he wants to know what a green economy means. Holden says Water and Power should be the model. Solar panels for everybody! I say: Get a grip folks. We're screwed and we gotta deal with it.
MY COMPUTER HAD A BRAIN FREEZE SO I'M Finishing TODAY, WHICH IS TOMORROW FROM THE MEETING.
PENSION FUND TRANSFER: City owes police and fire retirees and has gotta pay $1 million to make it whole.
$18 MILLION WATER AND POWER OFFICE/WAREHOUSE AND EMERGENCY CENTER: This is at the Pasadena yards in Northwest. Who's gonna have their office there? Don't think they're movin' the downtown PWP folks up there. Too bad, they oughta do that and save some $$$. There's some talk about Hahamonga 'cause they power dept. wants to use a building up there temporarily. Bogus asks about some road and gets told it's not something they're doing. They're spending it.
ROSE BOWL TAX: They're raising the tax on tix for the game and parade.
WHAT'S A ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD COST ANYWAY?: Hey, what's better to put in? Duh! I'm guessin artificial turf cause you ain't gotta water it, plant it or any of that stuff compared to fake grass that lasts for a long time. Artificial turf costs twice as much but you can use it for a lot longer every week and its costs a lot less to keep up. Fake grass is cheaper and better it sounds like. But you gotta keep bodily fluids cleaned up. Keep them cheerleaders off their backs on the turf dudes. Oh, they're talkin' 'bout sweat and spit they say anyway. Haderlein's fishin' for a field in east Pas and gets told the next one's at Robinson Park then Villa Park. Robinson's on the phone for this one. She squeeks a yes.
COUNCIL YAKKIN': Holden wants to know how many people are gonna be there next time.
WRAP UP: Pasadena's gotta do something about the budget. Ok. Stop spending a buncha money in West Pas for Nina Chomsky's backyard and spend it on something that gives people jobs.
Meeting's another snoozer. The big item got done in closed session and we don't know abot it c'cause nobody tells anything about that.
Surprise. Tell me about astroturf but nothing about a big project that's costin' the city millions.
Sad nobody really gets it.
D.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Who's runnin'
Here's what's posted so far on the March horse race.
No odds yet for District 7, but I gotta say Clark's gonna be tough to beat since she's a name with cash.
Holden's got no competition and the guy runnin' against Gordo's not got much of a chance.
Here's the info so far:
Good luck Pasadena.
D.
No odds yet for District 7, but I gotta say Clark's gonna be tough to beat since she's a name with cash.
Holden's got no competition and the guy runnin' against Gordo's not got much of a chance.
Here's the info so far:
Good luck Pasadena.
D.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Council Blow by Blow for 12-8-08
OK.
Another yawner. Not a lot on the agenda. Historic building on Lake Ave., the health clinic in east Pas, local politicos gonna haveta post contributors online.
Wake me when it's over.
They're all there, but Robinson's calling it in. Guess she's getting that wax from somebody besides big Steve.
Haderlein gets a coupla his students to lead the pledge.
Council pals get pats on the head for recycling. Somebody gets one for recycling plastic bags that're gonna get banned pretty soon. Does she haveta give back the award then? They're gonna retire in honor of Vernon Orr the dad of the B2 bomber. Anybody else notice the one flyin' over yesterday?
PUBLIC COMMENT: The Falun Gongers are back. Scientologists move over these people are still hasslin' Pasadena over the Beijing gloat, er float in last year's parade. And they're puttin' on a show in January for Chinese New Year.
CONSENT CALENDAR: They're askin' for new money for plants in the Arroyo. Got any money so my neighbors can get jobs? They're givin' some execs a raise, but I can't really tell how much. McAustin doesn't object but wants CM Beck to explain it even though he doesn't really say who's gettin' raises or how much they're gettin'. He says these are people who get raises based on what the managers got before. Haderlein asks about bicycles so he sounds enviro-heroic. Maggie says "Me too!" They are gettin' new radios for the PD, which kinda makes sense we'd want them to be able to talk to our own Fire Dept. and other police type persons. Tyler seems all over this but I'm not sure if there's a problem. They're gonna spend almost $8 million for radios. Police radio guy says hte need it to talk with the Fire Dept. and other PDs. I do gotta wonder how PPD and PFD ever got started with systems that don't work together. And what about using cell phones and saving $8 million of my bucks? Burl Ives lookin' tech guy 'splains it all Loocy, but I'm still wondering about someMcAustin asks about Motorola's bond ratings hitting bottom. Good point, Maggie M!
HISTORIC BUILDING LANDMARK: It's that building across Washington from the Food 4 Less on the corner. Cool old building and the owner likes it so. Save away folks.
SPEED LIMIT CHANGES: Transportation guy Radar O'Reilly's dad says they're keeping most the same and putting stuff in to catch speeders and make people slow down. They're good with all this.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS ONLINE: Run for cover all you donors, they're putting your info online so there's no hiding that you gave the District 6 Surrender Monkey money after he spiked the Rose Bowl. They're good with this.
URGENT CARE CENTER: Haderlein's outta this one 'cause Mrs. H. works for Huntington. Lucky dude goin' home early and avoidin' Fritz Pukelicker. Staff blonde puts on the full court press makin' the case for puttin' it in East Pas. They looked at other places but found they all suck for one reason or another and they won't own the building at the end of 5 years. City building at Del Mar is cheaper and would city would own it forever, not be a renter.
PUBLIC COMMENTERS: Huntington Hospital Board person loves this. Council wants to know how many people using it will be from Pasadena. The complainers didn't show up. Gordo asks about it, but they got notice and decided not to come and complain. Lawsuits here we come.
Council's going for it this time. This time Bogus Bill's all over lovin' this one. Holden says Bogaard oughta take credit for makin' it all come together and make it happen.
They're done by 9:15 and I'm gonna turn on Law and Order and hope they bring back new episodes of Weeds pretty damn quick.
D.
Another yawner. Not a lot on the agenda. Historic building on Lake Ave., the health clinic in east Pas, local politicos gonna haveta post contributors online.
Wake me when it's over.
They're all there, but Robinson's calling it in. Guess she's getting that wax from somebody besides big Steve.
Haderlein gets a coupla his students to lead the pledge.
Council pals get pats on the head for recycling. Somebody gets one for recycling plastic bags that're gonna get banned pretty soon. Does she haveta give back the award then? They're gonna retire in honor of Vernon Orr the dad of the B2 bomber. Anybody else notice the one flyin' over yesterday?
PUBLIC COMMENT: The Falun Gongers are back. Scientologists move over these people are still hasslin' Pasadena over the Beijing gloat, er float in last year's parade. And they're puttin' on a show in January for Chinese New Year.
CONSENT CALENDAR: They're askin' for new money for plants in the Arroyo. Got any money so my neighbors can get jobs? They're givin' some execs a raise, but I can't really tell how much. McAustin doesn't object but wants CM Beck to explain it even though he doesn't really say who's gettin' raises or how much they're gettin'. He says these are people who get raises based on what the managers got before. Haderlein asks about bicycles so he sounds enviro-heroic. Maggie says "Me too!" They are gettin' new radios for the PD, which kinda makes sense we'd want them to be able to talk to our own Fire Dept. and other police type persons. Tyler seems all over this but I'm not sure if there's a problem. They're gonna spend almost $8 million for radios. Police radio guy says hte need it to talk with the Fire Dept. and other PDs. I do gotta wonder how PPD and PFD ever got started with systems that don't work together. And what about using cell phones and saving $8 million of my bucks? Burl Ives lookin' tech guy 'splains it all Loocy, but I'm still wondering about someMcAustin asks about Motorola's bond ratings hitting bottom. Good point, Maggie M!
HISTORIC BUILDING LANDMARK: It's that building across Washington from the Food 4 Less on the corner. Cool old building and the owner likes it so. Save away folks.
SPEED LIMIT CHANGES: Transportation guy Radar O'Reilly's dad says they're keeping most the same and putting stuff in to catch speeders and make people slow down. They're good with all this.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS ONLINE: Run for cover all you donors, they're putting your info online so there's no hiding that you gave the District 6 Surrender Monkey money after he spiked the Rose Bowl. They're good with this.
URGENT CARE CENTER: Haderlein's outta this one 'cause Mrs. H. works for Huntington. Lucky dude goin' home early and avoidin' Fritz Pukelicker. Staff blonde puts on the full court press makin' the case for puttin' it in East Pas. They looked at other places but found they all suck for one reason or another and they won't own the building at the end of 5 years. City building at Del Mar is cheaper and would city would own it forever, not be a renter.
PUBLIC COMMENTERS: Huntington Hospital Board person loves this. Council wants to know how many people using it will be from Pasadena. The complainers didn't show up. Gordo asks about it, but they got notice and decided not to come and complain. Lawsuits here we come.
Council's going for it this time. This time Bogus Bill's all over lovin' this one. Holden says Bogaard oughta take credit for makin' it all come together and make it happen.
They're done by 9:15 and I'm gonna turn on Law and Order and hope they bring back new episodes of Weeds pretty damn quick.
D.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Maureen Dowd and NY Times diss Pasadena journalism.
Maureen Dowd's down on Pasadena Now for outsourcing news coverage. But then she quotes the S-Nooze's Larry Wilson calling the idea nutty.
Ok. It sucks reporting's getting sent to India but then the best our local daily birdcage liner can do is respond by calling the idea nutty. Damn, we are sooooo lucky to have a daily newspaper that's so f-ing insightful.
I'm gonna start reading Pasadena Now to see who gives better coverage. Pasadena Now with reporters who don't know football from athlete's foot or Pasadena S-Nooze reporters who don't know shit about Pasadena or the Weakly who put bull's eyes over Obama's picture and think that's anything better than inciting anger.
Sorry, P-Assadena, we got fuck-all for news reporting. If I had a kid, I'd pick up the Outlook, at least they run cute pictures of school kids.
Mike
Oh, here's Maureen's Pasadena column: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/opinion/30dowd.html?scp=2&sq=dowd&st=cse
and who got a makeover Maureen?
Ok. It sucks reporting's getting sent to India but then the best our local daily birdcage liner can do is respond by calling the idea nutty. Damn, we are sooooo lucky to have a daily newspaper that's so f-ing insightful.
I'm gonna start reading Pasadena Now to see who gives better coverage. Pasadena Now with reporters who don't know football from athlete's foot or Pasadena S-Nooze reporters who don't know shit about Pasadena or the Weakly who put bull's eyes over Obama's picture and think that's anything better than inciting anger.
Sorry, P-Assadena, we got fuck-all for news reporting. If I had a kid, I'd pick up the Outlook, at least they run cute pictures of school kids.
Mike
Oh, here's Maureen's Pasadena column: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/opinion/30dowd.html?scp=2&sq=dowd&st=cse
and who got a makeover Maureen?
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Weekly Pasadena News Reports: New Developer Chosen for Heritage Square Development
From the Weekly Pasadena News:
New Developer Signs on for Heritage Square Project
Tournament of Roses will develop float building, museum and senior housing on site
DATELINE PASADENA-The City of Pasadena announced this morning that it had chosen the Tournament of Roses to develop the vacant lot known as Heritage Square. New plans call for a warehouse for float building, a museum dedicated to the past glories of the Tournament of Roses. A senior housing project is also included, so the noise of float construction and museum patrons can keep some old people awake at night.
"We needed to find a developer we knew could complete something," said Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard. "The neighbors might not like it much, but if the Tournament can throw a huge parade and football game, they should be able to finish this project, too." Plans are to hold an elaborate groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, January 19th. "What better gift to our poor and minority communities than to break ground on this exciting project on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the day before Barack Obama's inauguration," Bogaard commented.
"We're very excited to be undertaking this project for the City of Pasadena," said Tournament President Rich N. O'Blivious. "We're anxious to find new ways to give back to the community that has given so much to the Tournament. I mean, these people are the ones who mow our lawns, watch our kids and clean up after us."
Neighborhood spokesman I. M. Noddamused issued a statement that was completely unprintable.
Satire Wayne. Enjoy.
D.
New Developer Signs on for Heritage Square Project
Tournament of Roses will develop float building, museum and senior housing on site
DATELINE PASADENA-The City of Pasadena announced this morning that it had chosen the Tournament of Roses to develop the vacant lot known as Heritage Square. New plans call for a warehouse for float building, a museum dedicated to the past glories of the Tournament of Roses. A senior housing project is also included, so the noise of float construction and museum patrons can keep some old people awake at night.
"We needed to find a developer we knew could complete something," said Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard. "The neighbors might not like it much, but if the Tournament can throw a huge parade and football game, they should be able to finish this project, too." Plans are to hold an elaborate groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, January 19th. "What better gift to our poor and minority communities than to break ground on this exciting project on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the day before Barack Obama's inauguration," Bogaard commented.
"We're very excited to be undertaking this project for the City of Pasadena," said Tournament President Rich N. O'Blivious. "We're anxious to find new ways to give back to the community that has given so much to the Tournament. I mean, these people are the ones who mow our lawns, watch our kids and clean up after us."
Neighborhood spokesman I. M. Noddamused issued a statement that was completely unprintable.
Satire Wayne. Enjoy.
D.
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