Thursday March 07 2013
Press Release posted 3/7/13 – The first community study session on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 10:00 am in the Sierra Madre Room at the Community Recreation Center, 611 E. Sierra Madre, will be a discussion of our water rates, and the upcoming water rate study that the City Council will be commissioning. For this [...]
Tuesday May 01 2012
Posted 5/1/12 – I was asked to post this letter “word for word.” I have left the letter as it was received, with the exception of some formatting of the addressees, and removing the contact information of the recipients and the sender, and removal of the non-City (media) recipients. April 25th, 2012 Honorable City Council Members John P. [...]
Monday August 01 2011
The City of Sierra Madre and John Crawford have reached a settlement on Crawford’s lawsuit over the City’s Ordinance 1312, increasing water rates, filed May 6th, 2011. In the suit, Crawford alleged that the actions taken by the City to increase the water rates were contrary to law because they violated the California constitution as [...]
Saturday July 30 2011
The LA Superior Court website has a new entry on case no. BS131950, John Crawford’s lawsuit against the City of Sierra Madre, filed on May 6, 2011. Crawford had filed suit alleging that the actions taken by the City to increase the water rates were contrary to law because they violated the California constitution as [...]
Wednesday June 29 2011
The City of Sierra Madre has responded to the lawsuit filed by John Crawford on May 6, 2011 (which we wrote about here and here) by filing a Notice of Demurrer and Demurrer to the Verified Petition and Complaint on June 20th, 2011. A hearing is scheduled for July 25th at 9:30am in Department 85 of [...]
Tuesday May 10 2011
4:55pm – City Manager Elaine Aguilar has now confirmed for me that the City has been served with John Crawford’s lawsuit. I will be posting the first (main) part of the lawsuit paperwork (minus appendices) shortly. 5:55pm – Here’s a copy of the first 19 pages of the lawsuit filed by John Crawford against the [...]
Monday May 09 2011
See bottom of article for update…. Sierra Madre resident John Crawford announced on his website today that he has filed suit against the City of Sierra Madre in relation to the recent increase in water rates. According to Crawford “A “Verified Petition For Writ Of Mandate And Complaint For Declaratory Relief” was filed with the [...]
Sunday November 14 2010
This editorial is the opinion of Bill Coburn, publisher of Sierra Madre News Net and 15 year Sierra Madre resident. It is not intended to reflect the views of any other person or entity with whom I am associated. Last Tuesday night at City Council, four members of the Council again rebuffed Council Member MaryAnn [...]
Tuesday September 14 2010
This editorial is the opinion of Bill Coburn, publisher of Sierra Madre News Net and 15 year Sierra Madre resident. It is not intended to reflect the views of any other person or entity with whom I am associated It was reported yesterday that former City Council Member Don Watts was surprised by the City’s [...]
Friday July 30 2010
This editorial is the opinion of Bill Coburn, publisher of Sierra Madre News Net and 15 year Sierra Madre resident. It is not intended to reflect the views of any other person or entity with whom I am associated. At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, the City Council did the right thing by setting the [...]
Saturday July 24 2010
Date approximate, within a week This editorial is the opinion of Bill Coburn, publisher of Sierra Madre News Net and 15 year Sierra Madre resident. It is not intended to reflect the views of any other person or entity with whom I am associated The results of the verification of resident protest letters regarding the [...]
Tuesday July 20 2010
(7/20/10) What Are The Real Numbers? Who Cares? I Do, NOW – Editorial This editorial is the opinion of Bill Coburn, publisher of Sierra Madre News Net and 15 year Sierra Madre resident. It is not intended to reflect the views of any other person or entity with whom I am associated Last Tuesday night [...]
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