Clean It Up, Montrose!
On Saturday afternoon, Aug. 14, my husband and I decided to take a stroll through Montrose and stop for a bite to eat. We had a very pleasant meal at Pepe’s (we had the best service, the food was very good) and people watching; it’s always fun for us.

We ate al fresco style and really enjoyed being outside; we’re so appreciative this experience is here. However, walking around Montrose was disturbing. The streets of Montrose have become so dirty; that’s not us, it doesn’t represent our community.

The sidewalks are filthy with spillage of any and everything; they look like they haven’t been maintained in years or swept in weeks. It was also really sad to see volumes of trash in the planters and curbs. I drove down Honolulu the following morning; it was still disappointing and dirty.
A lot of energy and resources are spent to clean up Montrose spic-&-span for Oktoberfest and the Christmas Parade. Do we only clean house when we’re having company?

This is our place, our little town to be proud of! Stop failing us and do your job. Whatever entity is responsible for cleanliness is failing us. Is it the City of Glendale or Montrose Shopping Park Association?

With all the marketing money spent to bring business to the MSP, figure it out … clean up first!

Kim Mattersteig
La Crescenta

Willing to Give Up a Double-Double Combo
CVWD’s recently published Prop 218 notice and online rate calculator predicts my water bill will increase by $8.50/month this year if approved. $8.50/month isn’t going to break me, but it would buy me another double-double combo at In-N-Out. So why am I still supporting this budget and its three-year rate increase?

• It supports a long-term capital improvement plan to replace La Crescenta’s aging water mains, reservoirs and wells, ensuring reliable delivery of water to our homes, businesses, and fire hydrants.
• It helps avoid the public safety hazards and additional costs resulting from failed old water pipes, like the one on Pennsylvania Avenue just before school started a couple years ago that cost almost three times more to repair than if replaced before failing.
• It reflects the meteoric rise in wastewater treatment costs CVWD pays LADWP, which increased 60% in the last two years.
• It provides funding for automated metering and feasibility studies of local stormwater capture and wastewater recycling projects.
• Lastly it reflects almost two years’ worth of serious cost-cutting, analysis, planning, and public engagement by CVWD staff and their board.

If you too want safe, reliable water for years to come for the cost of a burger, join me and email your support to customerservice@cvwd.com.

Frank Colcord
La Crescenta

Crazy Driver Leaves Her Scratching her Head
Driving west on the 210 this morning around 11:45, a white Acura blazed its path going well in excess of (my guess is) 100 mph in the far left lane. Whoosh – it blew past and right behind it was a CHP vehicle.

Yay, I thought; finally one of these people who seem to think that speed limits are not for them is going to be stopped!

The CHP vehicle chased the car, pulled to the right of it and, as the car slowed down, the CHP vehicle continued on.

What? HUNH? WTH? Did they know each other?

No wonder people drive as they please if there are no consequences to bad driving or speeding!

Tracy E. Collins
La Crescenta