Statewide ‘Extravagance’ According to USA Today, May 8, 2018: “The average American household’s pretax income is $74,664. When you add up the money that is paid for goods and services or taxes, the average household spends more than 90% of their income whereas California’s income is $83,000, or 11% higher.” According to payscale.com, the cost of […]
My Report Back from D.C. In January, I joined the California State Assembly delegation to the nation’s Capitol to meet with federal leaders on a host of issues concerning our state and the country at large. This was a fantastic opportunity to meet one-on-one with House and Senate leaders including our own congressman Adam […]
Richard Nixon Comes to Montrose Yes, it’s true! In October 1962, the future President held a campaign rally in Montrose, giving a speech before 2,000 enthusiastic locals. He was running for California governor on the Republican ticket against the Democrat incumbent Governor Brown. (For the youngsters: Governor Edmund “Pat” Brown was the father of […]
Link Paola’s Custom Cars and Custom Car Terminology In the years that Link Paola had a custom car shop in Montrose, between 1939 and 1951, he probably produced hundreds of these sleek rolling works of art. I’ll describe a couple of them to give you a feel for what sculptural genius was being performed […]
First off, on behalf of the Crescenta Valley Town Council and the residents of our unincorporated area of Los Angeles County here in La Crescenta and Montrose, I want to thank the LA County Fire Dept. and the Dept. of Public Works for their work on managing the effects of the rains. They are responding […]
Link Paola – Pioneer Car Customizer in Montrose A recent Facebook post led me to an article by Rik Hoving in Custom Car Chronicles. In it, he profiled the career of one of the premier car body customizers of the post-war car craze. Many of us remember Pete Paola who owned the Paola Oldsmobile dealership, […]
Wants to Right the Record We appreciate the CV Weekly coverage of the Sagebrush Territory Transfer Petition. Unfortunately, the Jan. 24 article [Superintendent Weighs in on Territory Transfer] contains outdated and inaccurate information that could mislead readers. It is understandable that the debate on the merits and impacts of the transfer petition has differing views. […]
WHY DO WE HAVE ZOOS? I have held a lot of jobs in my lifetime. One of the most rewarding was working at the Los Angeles Zoo. I started there as a volunteer during college doing behavioral research studies and eventually worked my way to paid positions as education assistant, catering assistant and volunteer coordinator. […]
Sagebrush Territory Transfer In the next few weeks the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization will be finalizing its decision on the transfer of Sagebrush territory students from the Glendale Unified School District to the La Cañada School District. Those of us with families, students and property in the County and City of […]
First, I’d like to wish you all a happy new year and also to thank you for awarding me the opportunity to represent you in Sacramento for another term. Currently, I’m hard at work with my Capitol office as we finalize my 2019 legislative package that contains an assortment of legislative proposals that have come […]